2019-04-09 HCHA Approved Minutes

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HCHA April 9, 2019 center to provide services so that when the client comes in he can receive...that person can receive whatever service they may need. And we've also done and what we call rapid response sessions where we go out and meet with the clients that lets say dis...the business had closed down, like we had for Jack's Tours, we had one for Bubba Gump Shrimp and we also I believe had for the Lava victims, we had three up in Volcano, Pdhoa & Hilo. We did rapid response to try to service people who got laid off due to those businesses closing. I won't go into the housing program because it kinda explains to you but I wanted to say that were currently involved with about 34 proposed projects and another two with...under the 201 H application proj...process. Those 34 is basically in discussion and preliminary design and just...there just trying to get it off the ground. The prior projects are..are...are...are most recent one is Mohouli III, which is 92 elderly housing units built on Mohouli Street. That's the third phase. It's under construction. I think was due to be completed next year sometime. We hope to be doing in the next year Kamakoa Nui, which is the County owns the property in Waikoloa. We recently got a U.S. Army Remedial Action Report from...for our multi-family project...parcel. We hope to get the letter of no further action from Department of Health and that will clear the way for us to receive funds to build those units. We also wanted to do what we call build homes for employees...working employees in that area, so they can buy homes. We did five phases, 91 homes so far. We sold it to employees and they have to be working within 45 miles of this project. So it can be anywhere from Honoka`a down to I think was Captain Cook I believe. So if their working in an area they would be eligible to buy those homes. And its for, I would say moderate low and moderate income families. The average price in the last phase was about $300,000, its a three bedroom house and about a 10,000 sq foot lot. So if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them or my staff. Eoff: Thank you very much. Councilmembers any questions? LeeLoy: go Mr. Richards. Eoff: Mr. Richards. Go ahead. Richards: Okay, thank you Chair and Neil thanks so much for the presentation. A couple things Neil, we...l think we briefly touched on it concerning the vouchers for building, could you go back over that, did I understand correctly that you guys basically have used up all your vouchers, your programs working that well? Page 8 of 22