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to manage the property for the affordable rentals. HOPE Services has been providing the services at Ulu Wini for over a year, and the County earlier this year extended the service agreement to June 25, 2013. They are anticipating that a new RFP will be released soon due to the current agreement expiring in June. <br /> <br /> Mr. Henricks asked Mr. McComber if the proposal they were getting ready to bid on was the one he had put together when he worked at Housing, and Mr. McComber said no. He explained that he was involved with the prior contract, the one expiring on June 25. He was not involved with the proposal coming up, as he left employment with the County in July 2012. <br /> <br /> Mr. Henricks said that the ethics concern was whether Mr. McComber held any advantage with the upcoming RFP because of his prior position with the County. He asked Mr. McComber whether he had any knowledge of the new contract that would be superior to anything any other bidders might have, and Mr. McComber said he did not. He said the only frame of reference he had is what Ms. Menino submitted for the initial contract. <br /> <br /> Mr. Henricks asked Mr. McComber whether he had any insider knowledge about the whole thing that would benefit him and hurt someone else, and Mr. McComber said no. Mr. Henricks asked if the playing field was even, and Mr. McComber said yes. <br /> <br /> Mr. Henricks asked whether Mr. McComber was very close to anyone in the County because of his prior employment, someone who would give him an advantage in the bidding process. Mr. McComber said it was his understanding that the individual drafting the RFP is a new employee based in Kona, and he had not met the employee. Mr. Henricks asked whether he had a distinct advantage over any other bidder that could come forward, and Mr. McComber said no. <br /> <br /> Mr. Hisashima asked when the next RFP was due, and Mr. McComber said it had not been noticed yet. Ms. Menino said they were just anticipating it since the current agreement ends June 25. She explained that the next phase of units has been completed, and the County has informed them that they are going to wrap that with the first 40 units into one RFP. <br /> <br /> Mr. Balsis asked who informed them it was going to be wrapped with the first, and Mr. McComber said the Housing administrator did. Ms. Menino said she had asked Housing if they were going to continue the extension of the current agreement and was told that it was going to go back for an RFP to include an employment training center, warehouse, the next 36 units, and a wastewater treatment plant. <br /> <br /> Mr. Hisashima said that Mr. McComber had left County employment about 10 months ago. He also said the County has a history of extending contracts. Mr. McComber said that their contract, however, was the first of its type anywhere in the County. <br /> <br /> Mr. McComber said he wanted to mention a section of the Code of Ethics which was about economic gain or advantage. He was assuming that the second phase of the project would be like the first phase, in which the County would prepare the RFP and not pay anything to the provider who was awarded the contract. The current contract requires HOPE Services to provide a certain level of service on its own dollar, which means HOPE needs to coordinate with federal,