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Hawai`i County Council
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Operating Budget
The Planning Department has been awarded federal funds from the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)to administer a Community Development Block Grant
for Mitigation. These funds will be used to support projects identified as a Hazard Mitigation
Action in the County's 2020 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Enclosed is a resolution to enter into an agreement to accept these funds. Also enclosed is a bill
for an ordinance amending the Operating Budget by appropriating this CDBG-Mitigation grant in
the amount of$4,462,000. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call Douglas Nam
Le, Disaster Recovery Officer with the Planning Department at 961-8174.
Deanna S. Sako
Director of Finance
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Ref. Date MAR 2 1. 2022
Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Form #: B-52
7/18/91
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DEPARTMENT: Planning DATE: 03/16/2022
STAFF CONTACT: Douglas Nam Le PHONE: 961-8174
A. REQUEST:
This is a request for a resolution to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for the purpose of receiving and administering a Community Development Block Grant for
Mitigation (CDBG-MIT). Additional request for a bill to amend Ordinance 21-38, the Operating Budget for FY
2021-2022 to the revenue and expenditure acocunts identified below:
Revenue Account: 010.3310.40 Federal -- CDBG Mitigation $4,462,000
Expenditure Accounts: 010.931.5936.40 CDBG-Mitigation ArcGIS Project $370,000
010.931.5936.41 CDBG-Mitigation Water Supply Project $835,000
010.931.5936.42 CDBG-Mitigation Fire Equipment $1,810,000
010.931.5936.43 CDBG-Mitigation Planning Code Revisions $400,000
010.931.5936.44 CDBG-Mitigation Public Works Flood Studies $394,000
010.931.5936.45 CDBG-Mitigation Administration $343,000
010.931.5936.46 CDBG-Mitigation Activity Delivery $310,000
B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED):
In January 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a
appropriation of$6,862,000 in Community Development Block Grant- Mititgation (CDBG-MIT)funds to
Hawaii County. CDBG-MIT funds support eligible mitigation activities are defined as projects that increase
resilience to disasters and reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of loss of life, injury, damage to and loss of
property, and suffering and hardship, by lessening the impact of future disasters. Funds will support projects
identified as a Hazard Mitigation Action in the County's 2020 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The County is
seeking to appropriate $4,462,000 in the Operating Budget for FY 2021-22 and $2,400,000 in the Capital
Improvement Plan for FY 2022-23.
An Initial Action Plan for these CDBG-MIT grant funds that details risks to natural disasters and other
hazards, as presented in the 2020 Multi-Hazard Mititgation Plan, and projects proposed with available grant
funds. This Initial Action Plan was submitted to HUD for their review and approval on March 4, 2022,
following a public comment period from October 25 to December 8, 2021. The County has 12 years to
expend the grant funds from the execution of the amended grant agreement with HUD.
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SIGNED: DATE: 03/16/2022
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