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`y, .�'• Wil Okabe <br /> ' . , r Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim : *:��"I• �•.3 <br /> Mayor <br /> Barbara J. Kossow <br /> . +4' r`� - Deputy Managing Director <br /> County of!tartan <br /> Minn of the AFtnor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy„Bldg C • Kailua-Kona,Hawai`i 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> March 15, 2017 <br /> Senator Clarence K Nishihara, Chair <br /> Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, <br /> and Military Affairs <br /> Hawaii State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair <br /> Committee on Agriculture and Environment <br /> Hawaii State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Dear Chairs Nishihara, Gabbard and members: <br /> RE: HE 2 HD 2 <br /> Relating to Agriculture <br /> Thank you for this opportunity to testify in support of HB 2, HD2. <br /> The problem of unaffordable housing calls for creative thinking, and therefore I <br /> must thank Representative Evans for presenting the idea of"tiny homes," and thank this <br /> committee for giving the idea a hearing. <br /> I want to assure this Committee that we will be considering all options, including <br /> tiny homes that might help with our housing crisis. We are looking for solutions, and I <br /> have directed my departments to do everything in their power to figure out how to bring <br /> down the cost of housing. HB2 might be a valuable new tool in our toolbox. <br /> Rather than overriding county ordinances in earlier drafts, HD2 seems to <br /> eliminate any State barrier to tiny homes. As such, we welcome it. <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />