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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.
SECTION 2 of Bill No. 48 is amended by amending section 2-271 to read as follows:
"Section 2-271. Sustainability administrator created.
There shall be a sustainability administrator. The position of sustainability
administrator shall be [i= the eivil service and filled thfough eivil sefviee recruitment
^eedt fes based on me +] appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council for a term
of six years and for no more than two consecutive terms. At a minimum, the sustainability
administrator shall be able to demonstrate the followingthrough hrough education and/or
employ:
M Experience leading a major program in sustainability, climate action
environmental management, environmental or social justice or a related field;
Q Technical knowledge of the science of climate change mitigation and adaptation
sustainability, and natural resource management
(31 Understanding of Native Hawaiian culture and of the unique environmental and
social justice issues in Hawaii;
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Skills in leadership, staff supervision, communication, and organization
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Experience with project management and interagency collaboration; and
Experience with policy development and securing and managing outside j
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A bachelor's degree and five Years of experience or a master's degree and three years
of experience in the fields of sustainability, climate change, environment, resilience, or
related fields shall be preferred."
Due to the limited scope of these proposed amendments, a copy of the revised draft of this bill
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that would result if these amendments were adopted is not attached.
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