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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: April 30, 2024 Re: Comm. No. 842/Bill No. 157
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Finance,to which was referred Bill No. 157, reports as follows:
Bill No. 157,transmitted by Finance Director Diane Nakagawa,via Communication No. 842 dated
April 12, 2024, amends Ordinance No. 23-50, as amended,the Operating Budget for the County of
Hawai`i for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
This bill appropriates revenues in the Federal Grants—National Coastal Resilience Fund account
($2,000,000); and appropriates the same to the National Coastal Resilience Fund account,to be used
by the Department of Research and Development to complete a Community-Based Hilo Resilience
and Watershed Management Plan.
Committee Member Jenn Kagiwada thanked the Department of Research and Development for
acquiring these funds and asked if Research and Development Director Douglass Adams had any
comments. Mr. Adams thanked his staff for their hard work.
Committee Chair Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked Mr. Adams how he planned to use the funds and
to provide a little background. Mr. Adams provided a detailed overview of this project's objectives.
Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked if these funds could be leveraged with other funding sources for
more significant projects. Mr. Adams said that's what he plans to do.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 157, and
recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
EVANS X
GALIMBA x COMMITTEE O FINANCE
INABA X
Akuji
KAGIWADA X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ x MATT ALI`I EINFELDER,
KIMBALL X CHAIR
LEE LOY X FC REPORT NO.: 161
VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: MAY 1 5 2024