MIN CHARTER 2018-09-14 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -3 September 14, 2018 Pepeekea and the Ouli Ekahi Housing Project which is off of Kawaihae Road in Waimea. This year we were able to secure in addition to the block grant of 2.5 million dollars, a home and housing trust funds home 2.55 million dollars and housing trust fund 1.4 million dollars from department of HUD (Housing and Urban Development) through Hawai`i Finance Development Corporation to build projects and it is going to be designated to Kaloko Heights Housing Project here up on Hina Lani. We also administer the Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act which is an Economic Development Program where we provide economic activities such as job training to people who have been laid off or in this case a lot of people were affected in the lava flow. We are trying to get a grant to help them find jobs and secure income. If you look at slide six, this graph shows that we rely entirely on mostly 93.3,4% on the federal funds, grants, and revenue, administrative revenues. The County provides us with two million dollars or 6.6% of our administrative budget. So it basically relies on federal funds to run our program. In addition to the administrative division, there's a grant management division they provide federal grants to primarily low-income, moderate -income persons in the form of block grants, and if you look at page 9 it shows the list of the right now, the open block grants and I have noticed this Commissioner Saquin from Hilo Adult. We have 1.3 million dollars to really almost complete it, the facility in Hilo. We also have different things like the Boys and Girls Club, we have Kula 'Milano Elderly renovations, we have Pahala Fire Station where we provide pumper trucks. We also administer the Workforce Innovation Act like I said that provides you know, economic development activities like that. The rest is just some information about the existing housing programs and the different projects that we are involved with throughout the island. Right now we are currently doing a lot of projects here in Kona for the West Hawai`i certified kitchen for the shelter. We are also doing things like the Kula`imano where we are doing some landscaping, fencing, and roof renovation, things like that yeah. Those are community development block grant projects like that and as I said before, we are not in the County Charter and I don't know the reason why not, but I really don't know this, if there's any advantage or disadvantage to that. That's it, if you have any questions. CHR. ADAMS: Do we have any questions or dialog? Commissioner Hopkins. Page 22