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tPJM� of \fir„' COUNTY OF HAWAII •� �''- '�� •- STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. '71 23 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A MULTI-YEAR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT (AGREEMENT) WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROJECTS SELECTED FOR THE SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM (PBV PROGRAM) AS OFFERED THROUGH A PUBLIC NOTICE DATED JULY 12, 19, AND 26, 2021. WHEREAS, Section 10-11 of the County Charter requires that any contract, lease or other obligation requiring payment of funds from the appropriations of a later fiscal year or of more than one fiscal year, be approved by resolution; and WHEREAS, under the Project-Based Voucher Program, the Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) will attach a Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment Contract (Agreement) to an existing structure or newly constructed or rehabilitated housing; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program is to encourage property owners to make available rental housing units to low-income families that are not within the current housing fair market rents; and WHEREAS, the OHCD published a Public Notice in the local newspapers informing property owners that the OHCD was accepting proposals for the Section 8 Project Based Voucher Program; and WHEREAS, the OHCD, through the Request For Proposal (RFP) process has selected proposed projects: E Komo Mai Apartments (9 vouchers), Hale Ola 0 Mohouli (18 vouchers), Hualalai Court (28 vouchers), Kamakoa Nui Workforce Housing (30 vouchers), and Kuakini Heights (20 Vouchers); and WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii wishes to enter into a multi-year agreement with property owners or property managers of the selected by the OHCD utilizing the Section 8 Project Based Voucher Program's evaluation process; and WHEREAS, the OHCD is requesting authorization for the Mayor to enter into a multi-year agreement with property owners or property managers of the selected Project-Based Voucher projects; now, therefore,