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DATE: January 7, 2025 <br />PLACE: Council Chambers <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br />TIME: 2:02 p.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />Re: Comm. No. 28/Res. No. 30-25 <br />Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 30-25, reports as follows: <br />Resolution No. 30-25, transmitted by Finance Director Diane Nakagawa via Communication <br />No. 28, dated November 29, 2024, authorizes the acceptance of a grant award of $23,750 from the <br />Urban Sustainability Director's Network to the Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and <br />Resilience. <br />These funds would be used to conduct a pilot project to train county staff and partner community - <br />based organizations in participatory storytelling in relationship to place and what sustainability and <br />climate action means to our community. <br />The Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience Administrator Bethany Morrison <br />provided background on the measure. <br />Committee Member Jenn Kagiwada questioned how the department plans to manage the selection <br />process. Ms. Morrison responded that they plan to do a request for proposal for this project. <br />Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 30-25, and <br />recommends its adoption. <br />lk-h <br />AYES <br />NOES <br />ABS <br />EX <br />GALIMBA <br />X <br />HUSTACE <br />X <br />INABA <br />X <br />KAGIWADA <br />X <br />KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER <br />X <br />KIERKIEWICZ <br />X <br />KIMBALL <br />X <br />ONISHI <br />X <br />VILLEGAS <br />X <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />MATT NE I`I-KLEINFELDER, <br />CHAIR <br />FC WPO 1 • <br />ADOPTED: JAN 2 Z 20 <br />