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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN HSSSC 2021/05/04 2020-2022 Committee on Human Services and Social Services 4th Session West Hawaii Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawaii May 4, 2021 CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Human Services and Social Services ORDER: was called to order at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Kailua-Kona, by Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Chair Ms. Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Vice Chair Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Member Mr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Member Mr. Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Member Ms. Heather L. Kimball, Member Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III, Member (came in later) Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Member STATEMENTS The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: The following individuals registered to speak in support of Communication 99, and came when called by the Chair: Nadine Ebert, representing `O Ka`u Kakou. Jessica Carvalho, representing the Friends of Big Island Drug Court. Mary Moody, representing 1`6MM I Ka Lani. Laura Mallery-Sayre, representing the Daniel Sayre Memorial Foundation. Regina Weller, representing 808 Homeless Task Force. Linda Grossgrietz, representing the Friends of Big Island Drug Court. CHR. LEE LOY: Mr. Clerk, if you could take us into Communications, please? HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, CATIONS: Communications. Comm. 99: FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 NONPROFIT GRANT REVIEW PROCESS AND FORMATION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE From Human Services and Social Services Committee Chair Susan L. K. Lee Loy, dated January 14, 2021, describing the nonprofit grant review process and requesting formation of an ad hoc committee. The ad hoc committee would conduct application reviews for the County's annual nonprofit grant awards and then report its recommendations to the Human Services and Social Services Committee. Postponed: February 16 and April 20, 2021 (Note: there is a motion by Ms. Kierkiewicz, Seconded by Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, to close file on Comm. 99.) ; and Comm. 99.1: From Finance Director Deanna S. Sako, dated February 12, 2021, transmitting the applications from eligible nonprofit organizations for the Council's review and appropriation of funds for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 nonprofit grant program. ; and Comm. 99.2: From Finance Director Deanna S. Sako, dated February 23, 2021, transmitting five additional nonprofit gran-in-aid applications for the Council's review and appropriation. ; and Comm. 99.3: From Finance Director Deanna S. Sako, dated March 17, 2021, transmitting two additional nonprofit grant-in-aid applications for the Council's review and appropriation. ; and Comm. 99.4: From Human Services and Social Services Committee Chair Susan L. K. Lee Loy, dates April 1, 2021, transmitting the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations for grant funding to nonprofit organizations for inclusion in the County of Hawaii Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022. A total of 178 eligible applications were received with requests totaling $6,596,847.02. The recommendations have been developed through a review of all applications with each applicant. (Note: Submitted for deliberation and decision-making pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5(b)(1)(C) and Council Rule No. 7(5).) Page 2 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 and Comm. 99.5: From Human Services and Social Services Committee Chair Susan L. K. Lee Loy, dated April 13, 2021, transmitting a clarification to Exhibit A of Communication No. 99.4. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. So we have a motion on the floor to close file on Communication 99. Mr. Clerk, please help me. We're going to close file on Communication 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 ? MR. HENRICKS: Your motion on the floor right now will close file on the main communication and all subordinate ones. And then you'll also want another motion prior to that that would approve the recommendations the Ad Hoc Committee, in Communication 99.4, as clarified by Communication 99.5. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Well with that I'm just going to launch into how we got here. My colleagues, you have Communication 99.4 which outlines the process that the Nonprofit Grant-In Aid Ad Hoc Committee took. Just a little bit of background, on January 29, 2021, the Finance Department received 243 applications, totaling a $9.2 million request. After review by the Finance Department, 65 applications were determined ineligible due to incomplete packets and information, leaving the balance of a 178 applications for eligibility. The total request of those 178 applications was, as Mr. Clerk described, $6.5 million. The process that the committee undertook, on February 12, 2021,this body reviewed the applications and during the course of the next two and a half weeks, the Ad Hoc Committee met. There was a scoring process along with evaluations of each and all applications, and recommendations of four members of the Ad Hoc Committee were evaluated and scored. One thing that was really unique to this process, and I do have to thank my colleague, Ms. Kimball, we were really looking for some data around the different applications and where the requests were coming from. And so contained in Communication 99.4, Ms. Kimball and her office put together a snapshot of the different requests of what the request was asking for, and which districts they were coming from. At this time I'd love to turn this over to my colleagues, Ms. Kimball, Ms. Kierkiewicz, where they can share some of the highlights of the program and some of the lessons that we've learned through this process. Ms. Kierkiewicz. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. That was quite an experience. You know, five straight days, eight to five, connecting with the community in this virtual space. It really was, you know, an honor and privilege to hear from community. I really appreciated the approach we took as an Ad Hoc Committee Page 3 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 to do things a little bit differently in a way that brings about more efficiency and also tees us up to potentially amplify our give in partnership with other entities such as philanthropy/private sector. I think there a lot of work that we need to carry on beyond this initial Ad Hoc Committee. For the most part, there's huge community need out there. The $2.5 million that we have set aside to help nonprofits, helps a little bit. You know, unfortunately we couldn't provide everybody with 100 percent of their ask. But it was very clear based on the questions we were asking about how they are leveraging their human and social and actual capital, they are going to find a way to continue the programs and services that they set out to do. You know, one thing that really struck me that I would like to be able to further work on is building up community capacity in terms of filling out these application forms and being able to measure the data and progress that's being made by these various programs and services. Again, that's going to take a little bit more time beyond the life of this particular ad hoc. But I think we're onto something and, you know, it certainly was a pleasure to serve with my colleagues, Ms. Kimball, Ms. Lee Loy, Mr. Richards, on this. It was a lot of work but it was certainly worthwhile work. Thank you. I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. Kierkiewicz. Ms. Kimball. MS. KIMBALL: Yes, thank you, Chair. You know, I feel that it was a lot of work but it was extremely rewarding and informative. And I do want to thank you colleagues as well for introducing me to this part of the Council's business. I think there were a lot of lessons learned both, you know, the data that I want to thank my staff, Lopaka, for actually pulling that out of all of the different applications so we had a visualization of what the kind of coverage was for the different types of services across the island. You know, one of the things that I think is important that we diagnosed to some extent was what we—you know, we wish we could give all the money to everybody and fulfill every need and we can't. So we need to be very thoughtful about how we do our decision making. And what I think Council Member Kierkiewicz was alluding to and something that we need to do as we move forward is really put focus on aligning the way we want to make our decisions, which is around the CARES framework, with the questions that we ask in the initial application and engaging in some sort of onboarding process so that the nonprofit organizations have a sense of what we're looking for. While there is a lot of useful information in the applications themselves, we found ourselves asking questions about what kind of capacity building are we doing here? Is there any duplication of effort with other organizations? Are there opportunities for building network, building community, cross-pollination with Page 4 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 other programs? Those that will return on investment, not necessarily exclusively in dollars and cents but, you know, we have to be thoughtful about how we spend this money because there is never going to be enough of it. And so I appreciated the approach that was used through the change framework. I think it was very useful. And I think that we learned a lot about how we want to approach this in the future so that, you know, we're really aligning the objectives of us as a County with what the need is out there. I'll finally say, and Ms. Kierkiewicz mentioned this too, we are in a time of tremendous need. We certainly heard that from all of the applicants. At the same time we are blessed to be in a community where there are so many people doing so much good work just from the bottom of their heart. Many of the presentations were really moving, and you know, we're just so damn lucky to be here. I've just go to say that. This is a wonderful community to be part of and it's times like this we really see that. So thank you. I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. Kimball. Mr. Richards. MR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Chair. Without repeating and echoing my fellow committee members too much, we truly, first of all to start out the need was huge. And I remember back when Councilwoman Lee Loy and I started four years ago, a little more than that now, one of the things we discovered was the inefficiencies and we found that in Boy's and Girl's Club. It wasn't that we didn't have the program, it's because we didn't have the transportation to get to the program. And so I appreciated the retooling of how we approach things and looking for the bang for the buck. The fact that the State had postponed its grant-in-aid program this year, the needs were very, very high. And I really like the fact that we're grouping the different needs together to look for the synergy between the different groups that we could then become more efficient with administering these programs. And then taking that a step further, looking to see how we can maybe amplify that in partnering up with some of the private philanthropic funding and see if we can find a solution there. And then ultimately my favorite question throughout the whole thing was, "And then what?" What is the plan for not just this year but the next year coming forth? And so as powerful as it was helping the community, we're also setting the stage for really developing a great metrics going forward. And so it was grueling; five days, eight hours, looking at a zoom screen time after time, after time. But I think it really gave us a finger on the pulse of what our communities are needing and what they're trying to get done. And without question and probably one of the most touching things that I saw was some of the requests were very modest. And when asked the question, they said it's because everybody has a lot of needs so we're not going to ask for too much because we want other people to get Page 5 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 something too. And so, with that Chair, thank you for the opportunity. I look forward to seeing this through. Chair, I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Richards. And again, thank you to my other colleagues for that hard work and the heavy lift. Anyone else? Mr. Inaba. MR. INABA: Yeah. I just wanted to say mahalo to the Ad Hoc Committee. I can't imagine sitting there for five days like you folks did. So wonderful job. And then if we could just go back, I'm not sure it was explicitly explained with regards to Ms. Sayre's question on how we got to the exact amounts versus the requests. Thank you. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you. And thank you for letting me clarify that. As our Ad Hoc Committee evaluated all of the applications, clearly there wasn't enough money to give. And what we did is we used a scoring matrix that we then applied against all the different requests. So it was kind of a mathematical formula based on their scoring sheet. And as Ms. Sayre mentioned, yes it's in desperate need. But I think some of the work that I think we can do in Communication 225, is how we can begin to leverage other funding sources so this isn't just the one stop for them. And I'll go into that when we get into the next communication. But I hope that explains how we got to the award amounts. MR. INABA: Thank you. Chair, I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Inaba. Go ahead, Ms. David. MS. DAVID: Thank you, Chair. And I just want to say, understanding how complicated and how long and drawn out this whole process is and just want to commend you folks for doing an excellent job in finishing this up despite COVID and despite the many challenges that I think this year's nonprofit procedure posed to you folks. And so I'm really pleased at your success and what you've come forward with and yeah,just thank you. In hindsight I know what you've done. So you're awesome. Thank you. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. David. And thank you for leaving such incredible information. Dawn and your staff handing that all over to us really served us a wonderful foundation for us to build off of. So thank you so much. Ms. Villegas. MS. VILLEGAS: Yes. I just have a couple questions. And once again, after serving on this Ad Hoc Committee for two years, one of them which got abruptly interrupted during the interview process because of the coronavirus. I can understand how long it takes and the desire to provide as much as possible to everyone and how challenging it is not being able to do that. Page 6 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 I just had a couple quick questions. I see in Communication 99.5, we have Boy's and Girl's Club listed here and there are seven different clubs being allocated an amount of$50,000 each. But in Communication 99.4,there are nine Boy's and Girl's Club line items listed, each at $50,000. So I guess I'm just looking for clarification on is just the seven or is the nine? And in that case, because the number that added up in the end of Communication 99.4, still added up to the $2,500,000. So I was wondering where the other $100,000 just how that worked? CHR. LEE LOY: Give me a second. Hang on. There was 178 applications. So sometimes the names were a little different. If you could give me one second? MS. VILLEGAS: No worries. Maybe while you're checking on that one, I could ask Heather a quick question? Because Lopaka helped get the data together. I was wondering, this is a new format to take a look at the requests across districts, I wonder if it was possible to present this information in a capacity that shows more specifically the allocation based on areas of the island. It's just a little bit — I love that it's based on, and I remember seeing this before, based on kind of whether or not it's education or transportation, kind of those focuses. But I'm just having a hard time kind of making sense of the equitable distribution based on districts, if that's possible? MS. KIMBALL: Yeah. Thank you for raising that. You know, we're always, when presenting data, we're always at the mercy of the quality of the data being put in. And so again, this will pertain to our next conversation about the next communication. The information that you see clouded there is from the application itself. And so they have the districts that they can check off, which district each nonprofit serves. And then we categorize them based on what sort of service they provided. What I would see more beneficial in the future is perhaps a site, a web page that they can go to and draw the area that they cover. And then we can actually represent that in a much more meaningful way than just the district but actually have specific areas that they cover, you know, something we can kind of work out. But I would love to see a greater level of detail on that particular graph, but that's all we're able to produce with the information we have available to us. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay. I would then ask perhaps maybe you could reach out to Dawn because it was presented to us in that capacity in the last two times based on the same data provided. So I know that was something when I sat on the Ad Hoc that I held very close to make sure that when we looked at how the money and unfortunately, it just is one of the challenges that I hear from people, they want to make sure that there's equitable distribution of resources throughout the whole island and they're not being allocated more specifically to one side or the other, top or bottom or what not. And so in the report that was provided last year Page 7 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 and the year before there was a line item just on the spreadsheet that created a percentage of where the funding was going based on MS. KIMBALL: Thank you. Yeah, okay. I apologize, I misunderstood your first question. So yes, the distribution of data that you're seeing right now is really just based on count. It's the number of nonprofits that are providing this service in this area. We could certainly attach the dollar figure to each of those counts and do it that way. The only thing that might be misrepresented there is because of the way they're divided among the different districts and categories, you may have a nonprofit that is distributed across multiple districts within a category. So we just have to figure out how to tally that like it was—say somebody gets $50,000, their work is spread of across five districts, do we say, $10,000, $10,000, $10,000, or do we say, $50,000, $50,000, you know, we just have to figure out how to tally it so it's the most accurate representation. But that particular request is doable and I can have Lopaka work on that. MS. VILLEGAS: And I'm pretty sure that Dawn knows or hasI hate to volunteer your staff, but after years of managing that process they had a strategy and a way to do that. Because I recognize what you're saying, how they would be spread out. But for me it was more helpful in the spreadsheet we were provided before. It gave, you know, we also I think provided what ended up happening is kind of the percentage that was awarded a relative to the ask which for me help provide, like okay, how much are we helping in sort of having to run through each one and see what their ask was. And so if that could be possible, too? And perhaps it's just for me. I know you guys were exploring some different avenues is how this was taken on. It's even its own committee this year. But for my own sense of at least finally having an understanding of something with this many spreadsheets, to have it come in the same format as we've had in years prior would be awesome as well. MS. KIMBALL: Sure. I think Council Member Lee Loy can speak to that second point of information with regard to the percentages. But yeah, I'll speak with Dawn and see about getting it in that previous format as well. MS. VILLEGAS: That would be fantastic. Thank you. And then Ms. Lee Loy, you have CHR. LEE LOY: And thank you, Ms. Villegas, for that because having sat on the nonprofit grant-in-aid committee, that spreadsheet that was just for the board members had the request amount, the reward amount and then came up with the formula of what that percentage is. And this one is just a very cleaned up version of that. Page 8 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 Walking about to your question about the Boy's and Girl's Club. They have a total of nine programs. So Exhibit A, under Communication 99.4, is the complete awards of all 178 applications. Communication 99.5 just clarifies each individual Boy's and Girl's Club Program. A lot of them had similar names but we had to dig in a little deeper so they understood which programs were being awarded. However, at the end of the day it's still the exact same amount. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay so the CHR. LEE LOY: Yeah. So Communication 99.5 really just clarifies the name of that program to match the application itself. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay, gotcha. Because these weren't actually the seven that contained the name of the actual club like, Hilo Club, Kea`au Club, and what not. CHR. LEE LOY: Correct, correct. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay. Okay. CHR. LEE LOY: And then speaking a little bit to, at the end of last year's cycle we got that report that showed the pie and how the money was equitably distributed. That still will occur. That happens during the next phase of the reporting requirements. So as the nonprofits receive the money, they have to show compliance through the contracts that they execute with the Finance Department. And then through that we glean all of that information. So that information will happen six months and then annually. But we can still do more work to really take a look at, as Ms. Kimball mentioned, right,the return on investment, how they're amplifying their dollars, if there are more community partnerships, and/or how we partner certain programs together. And that was one of the big steps that we took putting everybody into that change framework where we were able to evaluate them with like services together. But also listen to the barriers that they were facing. So for example, if they were doing childcare, what were the barriers for childcare, right? Was it transportation, was is hours of service? And I think as we continue to move this work forward we can begin to refine that process whereby amplify the dollars and more importantly just leverage our social capital, right? It would be ideal to partner a transportation nonprofit with people providing childcare, right? And if we gave both sides money we would actually be able to get kids from school to their childcare, leveraging the transportation dollars with the monies that we're giving childcare. Page 9 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 So that's some of the work we really want to continue. And I think we can dive into that under Communication 225. But if you have any more questions, I'd be more than happy to answer. MS. VILLEGAS: I'm sorry, Communication 225? CHR. LEE LOY: It's the next item on our agenda. MS. VILLEGAS: Got it. Sorry, I just was looking over it. Okay. So is it appropriate then to ask more specific questions about allotted amounts to certain nonprofits right now or would that be better discussed in Communication 225? CHR. LEE LOY: Right now we're evaluating the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee contained in Communication 99.4, and the clarifying Communication 99.5. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay, great. Thank you for helping to clarify the difference between those and what the changes were. My apologies, I didn't see—yeah, on this 99.4,just said developing programing and then this one has more specifics. I guess the only thing that I would point out as I look through here and it's no reflection of the program itself, but when looking at the Boy's and Girl's Club of the Big Island and $450,000 out of$2.5 million is 18 percent of the total grant-in-aid which just seems a bit high for me to be allocated to one particular group, even though they are serving in a lot of different areas. It calls to question a greater understanding of that. So that's what's jumping out at me right now. And then I just had a quick question about the KUPU, the Hawaii Island KUPU `Rina Corps. Super excited about that. But I also wanted to make sure, I mean I see that's at$50,000. I just want to get some clarification, it was my understanding also they're getting state funding and federal funding and that's what we're looking kind of from those avenues. So just want some clarification on that big number for something that is going to have dollars from other avenues. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair, if I could just speak to the KUPU allocation? CHR. LEE LOY: Sure. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: You know, one of the bills that I worked with Rep. Sean Quinlan to get introduced and passed, it was HD 1176. It allocates $5 million to activate a job corps program. It doesn't specifically call out a particular vendor. KUPU could be one of those eligible entities to implement the program. But it's for DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) to administer and it's to support a number of industries. So, you know, natural resource preservation. You also want to look at green technologies, renewable energies. So there are a suite of different folks that could apply, and KUPU could Page 10 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 be one of them. But it doesn't guarantee, that allocation doesn't guarantee that they would receive any or all of the $5 million. I just wanted to provide that clarification. So many different buckets of funding that I think folks are trying to braid together to try to pull together a cohesive program. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thanks, Chair. I yield. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay. And then it's my understanding, KUPU then becomes kind of a clearing house for the different nonprofits themselves that would want, basically interns to work with them, paid interns to work with them. And so then the intern puts in their application through KUPU, and KUPU provides that to the nonprofits who then decide which applicants they want to work with? MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Yeah. KUPU does provide that framework. They provide the shell for how the program would operate and ensure its consistency of experience and credentialing across different hope sites. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay. Is there any prioritization for local, kama`aina? MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Define local? MS. VILLEGAS: Well for not bring in people from—or young people from the mainland to work these projects as opposed to giving preference to those who are residents of the islands. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Yeah. The bill makes clear that it is for residents of Hawaii and there is an age range of I believe 20 to 40 years old. MS. VILLEGAS: Okay, great. Thank you. I appreciate that. MS. KIMBALL: Chair, if I may while you're coming back up? You know, I'll add on to that. The KUPU program and this jobs bill is certainly very exciting, 11-76. Still got to pass through the governor so just do know. Send a letter of support. You know, I think KUPU, we recognize their original ask I believe was $500,000. So that puts it in perspective a little bit. They're a group that does a good job of leveraging other sources of capital. And in terms of how they operate, you know, they provide a lot of the administration for employment that the nonprofits don't have the capacity to do. And so it's a really interesting model, and I think it's an effective model to provide on the job training for folks, get them paid, and really build capacity. So excited to support that program because it checks a lot of boxes that we were looking at. Page 11 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 But to speak to Boy's and Girl's Club, you know, I'm sure Mr. Richards will chime in. But you know, we really saw the need to feed kids. And when we looked at the different organizations that were doing that, Boy's and Girl's Club were filling a lot of needs: transportation, feeding kids, educating kids, keeping track of kids, safety. You know, if they hadn't seen a kid in a long time, they went out and looked for them. Providing access to Wi-Fi. In these really uncertain times this was an organization that was stepping above and beyond, leveraging a lot of what they already had available to them, taking advantage of things that were new. And like I said, we were looking for return on an investment. And this was an organization that has really been making a small amount of money go a long way. And so that's why I think you see that level of support from us. Thank you, Chair. I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you. And thank you for pointing out,their request was $500,000 to us, but their total program was $1.8 million. So when you compare that to what we actually give, we really can only do so much. And for Boy's and Girl's Club, as Ms. Kimball mentioned, you know,this was just a portion of their request. But I also want to highlight the Food Basket who we saw as valuable community partners. We funded them 100 percent of their request. And so when you take into comparison what they were asking for and what we funded, Food Basket got 100 percent. `O Ka`u Kakou, which fills an incredible need in community, they got 100 percent. It's just that their ask wasn't as high, and they had other partners to other networks that they were leveraging for that. So with that—anymore questions, Ms. Villegas? Great. Mr. Richards, go ahead. MR. RICHARDS: Thanks, Chair. I was just going to echo what Ms. Kimball talked about concerning the Boy's and Girl's Club. It was that amplification of the dollars and, you know, term it how you want, return on investment. It's that funding that we saw fulfilling the needs. And as pointed out, Food Basket, 100 percent of what they requested. But their request was very modest given the fact that they had over quadrupled their food delivery in the last year because of the COVID deal. Again like I'd mentioned, they were the ones that said, "We want to be sure other people have funding in place." So difficult to make the calls. But it was all made in concert with other information. And literally the reams of notes we were taking and jotting down and trying to sort through. So as I mentioned before I think this is a real unique way of approaching it because we're trying to look at each entity and see how they may be helping another entity fulfil their goal and thereby becoming more efficient overall. And it's funny that we always talk about `O Ka`u Kakou because that is a group that just knocks it out of the park. They are very modest, but they fulfil such an Page 12 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 important need that again, full funding. That was such a simple one to do. And I remember when I was on the committee four years ago, they just keep chugging along and getting her done. And so anyway I hope that answers most of the questions. I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Richards. Go ahead, Mr. Inaba. I want to wrap it up. We have people waiting in the chat for our next meeting. MR. INABA: Yeah. Just a question. Overall, what was the average award versus the request? CHR. LEE LOY: The average hovered around 36 to about 38 or 40 percent of their original request. And that was actually driven by the score card. So regardless of what their ask was, based on their scoring everybody kind of started off at about 33-34 percent. MR. INABA: Got it. Okay, thank you. Chair, I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you. With that, we have a motion on the floor to close file on Communications 99.1, 99.2, and 99.3. All those in favor please say, aye. Vote on Motion The motion to close file on Communications 99.1, 99.2 and to Close File: 99.3 was carried by the following voice vote: Filed Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Inaba, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Richards, Villegas, and Chair Lee Loy—9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Vote on Motion Mr. Richards moved to close file on Comm. 99.4 and 99.5 to Close File: and accept the recommendations therein for inclusion in the Filed Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. Seconded by Ms. David and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Inaba, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Richards, Villegas, and Chair Lee Loy—9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Page 13 HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. We have nine ayes. With that and recognizing the time, I'm going to make the business decision to move Communication 225 to our next agenda. MR. HENRICKS: We would just need to read it in and motion to close file, and then another motion to postpone just procedurally. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you. Mr. Clerk, Communication 225. Comm. 225: REUESTS THE FORMATION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO PROVE AN ORIENTATION PORCESS FRO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 NONPROFIT GRANT PROGRAM AWARDEES From Council Member Susan L. K. Lee Loy, dated April 16, 2021,providing notice of the intent to establish an ad hoc committee pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes Section 90-2.5(b) and Council Rule No. 7, which would develop a proposed orientation process for nonprofit grant awardees to include: (1) requests to collect community data; (2) identifying barriers for nonprofits; and (3)potential refinements to the application and reporting processes. Motion to Close File: Mr. Inaba moved to close file on Comm. 225. Seconded by Mr. Richards. Vote on Motion Mr. Richards moved to postpone Comm. 225 to May, 18, 2021. to Postpone: Seconded by Mr. Inaba and carried by the following voice vote: (Approved) Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Inaba, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Richards, Villegas, and Chair Lee Loy—9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Page 14 i i i HSSSC-4 May 4,2021 I ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 3:10 p.m. Mr. Inaba moved to adjourn MENT: the meeting. Seconded by Mr. Richards and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Inaba, a Kdneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Richards, Villegas, and Chair Lee Loy—9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. LEE LOY: Meeting Adjourned. Thank you. I i I i A - JUN 1 4 2021 S. L. e oy, Ch ai (Date) uman ery es and ocial Sery ces Committee SLJtk i Page 15 'i