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awai`i County Council
Date: February 17, 2021
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Where: Via Videoconference
West Hawai`i Civic Center
RE: Resolution 43-21,A RESOLUTION STRONGLY SUPPORTING DIGITAL EQUITY AND URGING
DEVELOPMENT OF BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BOLSTER COVID- 19
RECOVERY AND FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Aloha mai e Chair David,Vice Chair Chung, and Councilmembers.
The listed organizations and individuals SUPPORT Resolution 43-21,which strongly supports digital equity and
urges development of broadband infrastructure to bolster COVID-19 recovery and foster economic development.
Over the past ten months,our organizations have collaborated, each within their own ability, to increase Hawai`i's
digital capacity, thereby supporting the continuity of social connections, education, employment, and access to other
essential services throughout the pandemic. Through the work of the Broadband Hui,we have supported broadband
infrastructure development in rural communities,provided digital devices for students and families, supported the
accessibility of telehealth,provided information on low-cost internet options, and adopted a Digital Equity
Declaration to set a vision and goals for a more equitable digital future.
Looking to that future, much work remains ahead. It will take an ongoing commitment and collaboration from
public and private partners to deliver on the goals set forth to address Hawai`i's digital inequities and to leverage the
opportunities enabled by improved digital access.
We recognize this resolution supports the aspirational goals of the Broadband Hui Digital Equity Declaration and we
believe that addressing digital inequity through broadband access, digital literacy, and digitally-enabled societal
systems is one of our greatest opportunities for economic and social recovery, diversification, and resilience.
For these reasons,we kindly request you PASS Resolution 43-21. Mahalo for the opportunity to testify.
(Please see names on the following page.)
Ref.
Name Organization Email Address Zip
1 Brad Kaleo Bennett Auamo Collaborative auamoconsulting@gmail.com 96720
State of Hawai'i Department of
Business Economic
Development and Tourism
(DBEDT)- Hawaii Broadband
2 Burt Lum Initiative burt.q.lum hawaii.gov 96813
3 Christine Sakuda Transform Hawaii Government csakuda@transformhawaiigov.org 96806
4 Curtis Kropar Hawaiian Hope Org curtis@hawaiianhope.org 96817
5 Daniel C. Smith [self] dancsmith@rocketmaii.com 96782
Hawaii Leeward Planning
6 Jacqui Hoover Conference jacqui_hlpc@yahoo.com 96743
Hawaii Island Economic
7 Jacquil- Hoover Development Board jhoover(a)-hiedb.org 9674I
Economic Development
8 Jeanne Skog Alliance of Hawai'i jskog@skograsmussen.com 96793
9 Jenifer Sunrise Winter jwinter@hawaii.edu 96821
10 John Kealoha Garcia Exchange Ave. LLC john@exchangeave.com 96816
11 John L Reppun jreppun@keyproject.org 96744
12 Katie Hendrickson Code.org katie@code.org 45701
Keani Rawlins-
13 Fernandez Keani.Rawlins@MauiCounty.us 96748
Lorna Takehara
14 Strand lorna.strand@gmail.com 96701
0'ahu County Democrats
15 Lynn Otaguro Digital Equity Committee Imotaciuro@yahoo.com 96821
16 Mark lha Tangents Systems mark@tangent.systems 96813
Mary Therese Perez
17 Hattori maryhattori@gmail.com 96821
18 Peter Dames Servco Pacific Inc peter.dames@servco.com 96819
Rachel Solemsaas
19 Ed.D, Hawai'i Community College rsolems@hawaii.edu 96720
20 Susan Tai susantaikaneko@gmail.com 96814
21 Tom Leonard tom.ni3@htdc.org 96740
22 Tony Velasco tvelasco(cb-honolulu.gov 96782
23 William Robert Sides 11 wrsides@hotmail.com 96713