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HCHA meeting <br />November 5, 2020 <br />specifically and what is considered volcanic hazard area which in Puna mainly <br />represents lava zones 1 & 2 and which also encompasses a lot of the historic <br />flows. <br />And so with public input in July and August we provided a copy of the action <br />plan for public comment. We received 93 comments and 70 were supportive <br />but even among that support there were a lot of questions and concern that <br />we really looked to address in the subsequent versions of the action plan that <br />have been shared and also approved by HUD. I think issues that have been <br />brought up by folks from the community and also spoken about earlier too is this <br />question about insurance right, do we want to penalize folks who were able to <br />get insurance coverage? of course not. So how does it all play out? and how <br />does ... how does that weigh in in terms of the design of the program itself? <br />Questions around road restoration and its relationship to the work that would be <br />supported by this grant which was focused on housing and also question <br />around future land use so after properties are acquired what does that look <br />like? In terms land assemblage? In terms of long term management? And we <br />have proposed some strategies that are informed by what HUD and other <br />jurisdictions have taken on in terms of these properties in the long. <br />Finally this represents the spread of issues and the action plan does provide a <br />summary of the comments and specific issues that were raised in those <br />comments, as well as responses from our side in terms of how we incorporated <br />those comments, reflected on them or directly answering the question. <br />I think among many of the folks that have been in touch with us, reaching out in <br />this recovery process, yes there are families and farms that want to return to their <br />property and want to rebuild. There are also families who are waiting for some <br />assistance to be able to rebuild their lives or to really square there either their <br />housing situation, their financial situation, as part of this recovery as well and I <br />think these questions and concerns came across in this spread of topics. <br />So just to wrap up and help us transition to the next part of todays meeting. <br />What are some of our next steps? Were here befo... today before the Hawai `i <br />County Housing Agency for approval on this plan. We also are... have... are <br />anticipating subsequent meetings with county council for the appropriate <br />approvals to enter into an intergovernmental agreement between County & <br />HUD and also to appropriate these grant dollars. Our next steps are staffing and <br />operations, policies and procedures, really standing up programs which I think <br />we're as a county and as community familiar with what that takes to stand up <br />these types of programs. To really provide public information and outreach <br />around what ... what documents folks need, what people really need to weigh <br />and consider, being available to answer folks questions about their choices and <br />Page 22 of 36 <br />