HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 101 2025-11-04 2024-2026DATE: November 4, 2025
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 1:00 P.M.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Re: Comm. No. 586/Res, No. 376-25
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 376-25, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 376-25, transmitted by Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience Administrator
Laura E. C. Acasio via Communication No. 586, dated October 17, 2025, authorizes the Mayor to
enter into an agreement with the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, to receive a grant for the Puapua`a Iki Habitat Restoration Project for
invasive species management and shoreline stabilization.
This resolution allows for the receipt of $1,901,521 of federally -derived funds to restore eleven and a
half acres of deforested land in Puapua`a Iki in North Kona.
Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience Administrator Laura E. C. Acasio was present and
provided an overview on this project. Committee Members Jean Kagiwada and Rebecca Villegas
commented in support of this project. Ms. Villegas expressed her deep gratitude for this project and
how it will assist her district.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 376-25, and
recommends its adoption.
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AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
GALIMBA
X
HUSTACE
X
INABA
X
KAGIWADA
X
KANEALI'I-KLEINFELDER
X
KIERKIEWICZ
X
KIMBALL
X
ONISHI
X
VILLEGAS
X
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
MATT AN
EALI-KLEINFELDER,
CHAIR
FC REPORT NO.: 101
ADOPTED: NOV 1 9 209;