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Council Chair&Presiding Officer �J��`'`" Council District 7
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
25 Aupuni Street, Ste. 1402.
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 �
DATE: June 6, 2023
TO: Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Heather L. Kimball, Council Chair(Council District 1)
Rebecca Villegas, Council Member(Council District 7
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 48; An Ordinance to Amend the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), by Amending Chapter 2,
Article 2, Section 2-7; Amending Chapter 2 by Creating a New Article 49;
and Creating a New Chapter 37, Relating to Sustainability, Climate, Equity,
and Resilience.
Please see below proposed amendments to Bill No. 48, an ordinance amending the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), by amending Chapter 2, Article 2, Section 2-7;
amending Chapter 2 by creating a new Article 49; and creating a new Chapter 37, relating to
Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience. The amendments are illustrated in Ramseyer
format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 48; material to be deleted is bracketed and
stricken, and new material is underscored.
1. SECTION 2 of Bill No. 48 is amended by amending section 2-272 to read as follows:
"Section 2-272. Duties of sustainability administrator.
The sustainability administrator shall have direct responsibility for the
administration and operation of the office of[elirnate,] sustainability, climate, equity, and
resilience."
2. SECTION 2 of Bill No. 48 is amended by amending section 2-273 to read as follows:
"Section 2-273. Climate action revolving fund created.
There is established a fund entitled the [elute;] sustainability, climate, equity, and
resilience fund to be maintained by the director of finance."
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3. SECTION 3 of Bill No. 48 is amended by amending the definitions for"climate change
impacts" and "equity" in section 37-1-3 to read as follows:
""Climate change impacts"means the effect on social, economic, and
environmental systems that are caused by human-driven climate change including, but
not limited to, increases in natural disaster [ ��] severity, unstable and extreme
weather patterns, and loss of native ecosystems."
""Equity"means that [a��l pragfams eendttetedby the Deco will eansidef] the
cumulative impacts of site.-.,.,,.,,Maas] on lower- and middle-income individuals and
historically marginalized groups[, and to ensure that eb°nar� Geh programs fe ,eh
all residents of the County-. are considered during decision making,"
4. SECTION 3 of Bill No. 48 is amended by amending section 37-2-21, subsection(d),to
read as follows:
"(d) Legislation and budget. The office shall:
(1) Evaluate potential impacts of climate change on County facilities and
infrastructure and provide operating and capital improvement budget
recommendations for consideration in addition to the recommendations of the
planning department.
(2) Provide policy analysis and propose legislation to the Council to implement
this section.
(3) Provide the Council with an annual sustainability report."
Due to the limited scope of these proposed amendments, a copy of the revised draft of this bill
that would result if these amendments were adopted is not attached.
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