HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP GOREDC 026 2022/07/05 (2020-2022) REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS,
RELATIONS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DATE: July 5, 2022 Re: Comm. No. 842/Res. No. 442-22
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 2:27 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Governmental Operations, Relations, and Economic Development,to
which was referred Resolution No. 442-22, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 442-22, transmitted by Council Members Heather L. Kimball and
Susan L. K. Lee Loy, via Communication No. 842 dated June 1, 2022, requests that the
Office of Housing and Community Development create a strategic roadmap for housing and
homelessness that sets forth priorities and intentions for utilization and accountability of program
appropriations from residential tier two property tax revenues, and submit the plan to the Council
by September 2022, and thereafter annually provide a progress report to the Council.
Chair Kimball asked Vice Chair Ashley Kierkiewicz to step in as Chair for the duration of this
agenda item and Vice Chair Kierkiewicz agreed, assuming the role of Chair at 2:29 p.m.
Council Member Kimball proceeded to introduce the measure stating that it is the role of the
County Council to ensure the usage of tax payers funds are used responsibly and that in order to
do this, there must be a plan and metrics in place.
Council Member Lee Loy added that since this is a program with five years of dedicated
funding, the future Council will need to assess the success of the program and this strategic
roadmap will lay out exactly how the money will be utilized to end homelessness and give that
future Council a way to measure its success.
Housing Administrator Susan Kunz and Housing and Community Development Specialist
Sharon Hirota were available on Zoom and they thanked Council Members Kimball and Lee Loy
for proposing this resolution.
Chair Kierkiewicz asked if the Office of Housing and Community Development felt they could
meet the proposed September 2022 timeline for developing the strategic roadmap, and
Administrator Kunz said they were confident they could.
Several Council Members asked additional questions about the process and these were answered
by Administrator Kunz and Ms. Hirota.
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Council Member Kimball concluded the discussion by stating that many of the good questions
raised today will be answered as part of the process of creating this strategic roadmap to end
homelessness in Hawaii County in the next five years.
The vote was taken on the motion to move this measure to Council with a favorable
recommendation passed with seven"ayes."
Your Committee on Governmental Operations, Relations, and Economic Development is in
accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 442-22, and recommends its adoption.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID X COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
INABA X OPERATIONS, RELATIONS,AND
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL X
LEE LOY x ATHER L.kIMBALL, CHAIR
RICHARDS X GOREDC REP T NO.: 26 _
VILLEGAs X ADOPTED: U L