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2. Council Member Tamara Paltin shared Maui's Governance, Ethics, Transparency Committee requested Council Members to submit legislative package proposals no later than August 5. She noted that Council Member Kelly King wanted to seek a co- hesive package that included invasive species, sewage, coastal erosion, affordable housing, and vacation rentals. Council Member Paltin shared how prevalent vacation rentals are on Maui, and that even with the proposed $20,000 fine, the Council still needed to accept this and have Planning &Permit Department implement. She won- ders if the body should seek a moratorium on issuing vacation rental permits. She said Maui has approached Representative Tulsi Gabbard and and Senator Mazie Hirono about these issues. . Council Member Ross Kagawa felt Scot Ishikawa's advice and support has not been helpful. He felt the body needed to put forward a better package that can't solely be money driven. He advocated for getting a new lobbyist on board earlier than the leg- islative session begins to start advocating. He encouraged the Executive Committee to start texting each other prior to the next meeting to get a sense of where each county stands on issues and priorities. 4. Council Member Ashley Kierkiewicz suggested that each delegate as their respective areas to solicit proposals, bring ideas back to the table in August, where the body would identify common themes and pick a potential top 3-5 items that are policy and home rule driven. She suggested an updated legislative package development sched- ule: August - Delegates solicit thoughts from colleagues; Executive Committee meets and does preliminary prioritization. September- Draft potential package; Present draft package to Counties. October- Each County introduces resolutions adopting the HSAC 2020 Legislative Package. She encouraged all to meet with legislature contacts ahead of time to get a sense of leadership policy direction and to get guidance around what they were willing to do, which would help HSAC position its requests accordingly. She also echoed the sentiments of Council Member Kagawa in crafting policy ideas beyond money asks, and that the package shouldn't ask for any money this time around. She felt asking for TAT was overplayed and off the table. 5. Council Member Val Poindexter shared that Senate President Ron Kouchi and Council Member Riki Hokama from Maui suggested working on cesspools. She provided dele- gates present with a copy of Legislative Package outreach and communication calen- dar as prescribed by Becker Communication. B. Discussion on Debit Card Procedures, Travel Reimbursement Procedures and Request Form 1. Council Member Tamara Paltin shared that former HSAC members have handed debit cards in, but if they didn't they would be automatically cancelled. Maui drafted three documents - Debit Card Procedures, Request for Travel Reimbursement Procedures, and Request for Travel Reimbursement template form - and distributed copies to dele- gates, requesting feedback. She noted that Maui was HSAC Treasurer in 2016 and 2019, and the desire to establish standard operating procedures and putting guidelines in place now, so they could be carried on into the future. She requested that the Committee Contact list be updated to reflect current leadership in various national boards and committees. She is pushing for consistency to make it easier for all to be compliant.