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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN HSSSC 2018/03/13 2016-2018Committee on Human Services and Social Services 9th Session Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii March 13, 2018 CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Human Services and Social Services ORDER: was called to order at 1:06 p.m., in the Council Chambers, Hilo, by Ms. Maile David, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Chair Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Vice Chair (came in later) Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member Ms. Karen Eoff, Member Mr. Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Ms. Eileen O'Hara, Member Ms. Valerie T. Poindexter, Member (came in later) Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Member (came in later) Ms. Jennifer Ruggles, Member (came in later) STATEMENTS The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: (There were none.) COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, CATIONS: Communications. CHR. DAVID: Mr. Clerk, could you please read Communication 779? Comm. 779: REQUESTS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE "HOMELESS PLAN FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII" AS PREPARED AND PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR From Executive Assistant to the Mayor Lance Niimi, dated February 23, 2018. CHR. DAVID: Thank you. Please may I have a motion to file Communication 779? Motion to Close File: Ms. O'Hara moved to close file on Comm. 779. Seconded by Mr. Kanuha. HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 CHR. DAVID: Welcome Mr. Niimi and you can go ahead whenever you're ready. Just press that button right there. CHR. DAVID: Can you identify yourself, by the way? MR. NIIML I'm Lance Niimi, Homeless Coordinator for the Office of the Mayor. I do want to—our plan was that Roy Takemoto, who is one of our Executive Assistants for the big part in this plan, is going to be in Kona. So he's going to be testifying from the Kona chambers. And I think Sharon Hirota will also be coming down from the Office of Housing. CHR. DAVID: In Kona? MR. NIIML Yeah. CHR. DAVID: Okay. And so Scott, will you let us know when either Mr. Takemoto and Sharon MR. TAKEMOTO: Maile? Council Chair Maile? CHR. DAVID: Oh, there you are. MR. TAKEMOTO: Yeah. CHR. DAVID: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Takemoto, and who's going to start? MR. NIIML I will start. I'll start off by introducing Mr. Takemoto. He's one of the Chief Executive Assistants for the Mayor. I just want to explain that Mr. Takemoto had a big part in helping put this plan together. As you all know, he is an excellent planner. I just want to say, at one point and time I met with Mattson Davis from Kona and he said, "Lance where's your matrix for addressing homelessness?" And I said, "Matrix?" I thought Matrix was a movie that Keanu Reeves starred in. You know, I never knew matrix and stuff But Roy had really worked hard to help coordinate and put together the homeless plan. So I'm really happy to have him here today, testifying from Kona. We also will have Sharon Hirota, she will join us in Kona as she's able to. So we'll be looking forward to her joining us. So with that, I'm going to ask Roy to start off Roy, can you see the slide that we have on the screen? CHR. DAVID: Scott, is the mic on? We can't hear Roy. Hang on. MR. TAKEMOTO: Scott stepped out. CHR. DAVID: Oh, there you go. Page 2 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 MR. TAKEMOTO: And I can't see any slides but that's okay. I kind of have it pictured in my mind. MR. NIIML All of you have received the homeless plan, which is this. And right at the beginning of the plan, there's an insert. So the insert covers the—it's the matrix that I mentioned about Keanu Reeves. So the first slide, Roy, is the one that we have our goal, objective, strategies, so let's start off on that. (Note: At this time, Executive Assistants Lance Niimi and Roy Takemoto came forward and gave a PowerPoint presentation to the members of the Committee. For viewing of the presentation, see the DVD copy of the meeting proceedings on file in the Clerk's Office. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is made a part of the record, see Comm. 779.1) CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Niimi, and also Mr. Takemoto out there in Kona, for the presentation. We appreciate it. Council Members, do you have any questions for either Mr. Takemoto? Oh, okay. Mr. Richards you can go first, and then Ms. Lee Loy. MR. RICHARDS: Actually, Sue, do you want to go first? MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Niimi and Mr. Takemoto. Thank you very much. I focused a little bit on—you know, Camp Kikaha with the tarps and the igloos. Expand a little bit on that for me, because I'm trying to address a similar but separate situation with homeless children. And they were given an opportunity to develop a homeless educational area for children with yurts. But what I heard you talk about was a process with the igloo and tarps. And they're running up against hurdles from the Building Department. And I'm a little frustrated right now, because when it comes to this program, you guys seem to have some level of exception or exemption to allow for these kind of not permitted facilities or structures to help the homelessness, when I'm trying to help homeless children, the most vulnerable, vulnerable community we have out there. And they can't get a permit for a yurt facility. So help me, so that we can find a way to fit all of these different types of structures that would create some level of shelter, and not put the most vulnerable asset we have, our kids, our children, out in the cold. Help me with that, Mr. Niimi. MR. NIIML I'm aware the issue with the emergency shelter at the Partners in Care. No I'm sorry, the program that is for the children. And I think recently Mayor Kim was at that shelter and he talked to Danny Goya about the yurts and something that they have been wanting to do. So I know that when Harry came back he said, that's one of those issues that he will address as soon as possible. And that's all I can say about that one. I'll go back and ask Mayor about the status of that issue. Page 3 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 MS. LEE LOY: Because if it's fair for one, it should be fair for all. Right? If we're trying to resolve homelessness and we are looking at different types of shelters, we should look at all opportunities, not just the ones being identified by these services. MR. NIIML Your point's well taken. MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy. Mr. Richards. MR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Chair. I appreciate the presentation. Obviously, you guys have put a lot of thought and effort into this documentation. Question. And this is a conversation we had previously concerning the homelessness level. And there was a statement here that in 2017 the count declined by 46 percent. In our previous, and I can't remember exactly which meeting it was, that number is suspect because I know some of the counting, it's one day, it's a snapshot in time, and so I don't have a lot of faith in that number. But, and I know in my district when I looked at the numbers they talked to about four people, and I know for a fact that's off by ten -folds. So problem with that. Listening through all, and I appreciate the matrix you're going through. I'll echo some of the stuff that Council Woman Lee Loy just said. But when you were talking about the funding, it was all about local funding, private partnership, State funding. I never heard you once say federal funding. And I was at the NACo (National Association of Counties) meeting last week and was fortunate enough to have a talk story with the Mayor of Baltimore. And as unenjoyable as it was, our hopelessness level is approaching their homelessness level and their city is three times larger than we are. But they were talking—I asked her where she got her funding, she said it's all federal. So why aren't we looking for federal funding to take some of that? And you may not have the answer before you, or you know, if Roy's in the other—but I want to further explore that. I'm just wondering why we haven't gone with some federal help. I appreciate the cuts that are coming, I got it. But that's what she said. So I would like a response. MR. NIIML There are federal funding avenues through HUD, Housing and Urban Development, and those are funneled through some of the agencies that are currently part of the Coordinated Entry System. Primarily Hope Services, there's a shelter by St. Joseph School that's for psychiatric patients that's funded federally, so there are federal funding avenues, primarily through Hope Services and some of the grants that come in from federal funds. MR. RICHARDS: Are they large money grants or? Page 4 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 MR. NIIML I have to look that up for you and find out what the amounts are. MR. RICHARDS: I would appreciate that. We'll talk story more about this later. I yield. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Richards. Ms. Ruggles. MS. RUGGLES: Thank you. Thank you for this update. I just have a few questions. You mentioned there being a thing such as an assessment center, where are you guys looking at that being located? MR. NIIML The first place is Village—you know, we have to change Village 9 by the way, we have to change that name because it has some negative implications, but Village 9 is the site in Kona, and if we are able to get sufficient funds for other assessment centers, we would have one in Hilo. And there are some interesting things we found out from our looking at data—like Ka`u has a fairly high amount of homeless people. So we were looking at Pahoa and Ka`u, Hilo, and Kona as possible sites, if we can get the funding. MS. RUGGLES: I see. MR. NIIML It's a very successful program. MS. RUGGLES: Yeah. You mentioned that when you find people under the bridge for example, you would refer them to an assessment center. So currently MR. NIIML Hope Services. MS. RUGGLES: Or even in the future, it would be Hope Services? MR. NIIML Yeah. And even if we do get funding for an assessment center we would be working with Hope Services, because they currently do a lot of that work and it needs to be developed together in partnership with them. MS. RUGGLES: I see. Thank you. MR. NIIML I just want to mention I think the last time, Tim, you mentioned about the Kohala having homeless people. And if we are able to get the funding, even a portion of the funding, that House Bill 2014 purports to put out, we would be able to get enough of these shelters that could be flexible shelters that could be emergency, you could use the same shelters like the domes for transitional and then for permanent housing. And we would distribute that to areas not only Hilo. If we had enough of it than we would be enough for Kohala, too. Page 5 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 The thing that I wanted to bring out is that one of the most difficult issues is finding appropriate sites. So if you folks can help us with that. And you know, it's one of the biggest challenges, the not in my back yard. We go through that problem all the time, so if the Councilmen have sites that are possible then please communicate with me and then we would look at those possibilities for permanent housing sites or we could do an assessment center, micro assessment centers. But we would have the housing type that we could use for all of the gamut of types of services, I mean types of housing that would be necessary. MR. RICHARDS: Okay, to respond? Actually, I have something in process right now and we're getting close. So as if it gels then I'll talk story with you about it. I've still got to MR. NIIML I remember your concern. I think there were concerns expressed for Puna and other areas. So if we can get the funding for these shelter types, we can work together to make it happen. MR. RICHARDS: Okay, thank you. MS. RUGGLES: Thanks. So on your—this timeline it says achieve Functional Zero by 2020. So that's less than two years. Is there a timeline? MR. NIIML You know what, that is a very astute comment because one of the CAP partners said, "Lance, you serious about this?" You know, 2020? And we said 2020 because that's when Mayor Kim's cabinet will be changing over. So we said, okay, we'll work on that. But I think the CAP goal is by 2020 to eliminate the family homelessness. We said we would put that in as part of our goal for Functional Zero for both singles and families. And you know, we've got to plan the transition once the new administration comes in, in 2021, I guess, yeah. MS. RUGGLES: So is there a timeline for achieving that? And the steps? MS. NIIML The family homelessness is 2020. And you know, our goal here, maybe it's a bit ambitious, but it depends on the funding that we are able to get. MS. RUGGLES: So what I'm asking is, do you guys have a timeline for completing the steps that we need to take to get to your goal of eliminating family homelessness? MR. NIIML I guess I have to turn around and say that the big piece about how much we would achieve in terms of timeline depends on our funding. And you know, like now our homeless budget is $35,000. It's the same amount that it was Page 6 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 last year because of the lack of funding. So a lot of what we are able to achieve will depend on the level of funding that we are able to get. So MS. RUGGLES: Okay, well with the current level that we know that we'll have, is there a timeline? MR. NIIML If we have the money. I you know, I'm just going to have to tell you that we would have to look at the timeline based on what funding we are able to get. MS. RUGGLES: Okay. But my question was just a yes or no question. If we have a timeline or not? MR. NIIML Like now? MS. RUGGLES: Yeah. MR. NIIML Just what you see in terms of our goal. Thank you. MS. RUGGLES: Okay. Thanks, yeah. I think that a timeline would be useful for us to be able to track our progress and also being able to report to our constituents in what this committee is working on, because you're doing great work. And so even if there are small works of a progress that we can track and say by next December this is going to happen. At least this one action. Yeah. MR. NIIML Thank you. MS. RUGGLES: Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Ruggles. Mr. Kanuha. MR. KANUHA: Thank you, Madam Chair. And again, mahalo for the presentation, I know you guys have been working really hard on this and trying to get rolled out. You know, that was also my question. You know, how long is this is going to be planned, going to be implemented. And I agree, you know, the reality of the 2020 might be a little far stretched but at least that one, you know, the CAP's goal, of at least the families, getting them into shelters I think is a great start. And I also would like to see, I know there's a lot of the different goals within here and there's a lot of, in certain places I've just got to find it, like the funding aspects and really how much is this all going to cost. You know, I would love to see maybe a shortened version and an appendix thing of, you know, here's this goal, this is how much this is going to cost; this is how much that's going to cost; this is where we can look for federal funds; this where we're looking State funds; Page 7 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 this is where the County's going to put in money; because right now I really have no idea how much this is all going to cost. And really, I know we're fighting for this assessment center and the moneys for that at the State level, but I don't know the ultimate cost of that either, and even if we're going to get that. So I'd love to see maybe a breakdown of all those different cost and the variables. You know, in one of the gaps that under Section 5.2. It says CAP is looking into a prevention assessment tool developed by the vendor of VI-SPDAT (Vulnerability Index and Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool) that would integrate with HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) I mean, I'm glad you guys have the definitions back there because I had no idea what that was. But even that, you know, how much does that cost? I have no idea. And it might be somewhere in there, and I don't need to ask you guys that now, but it would just be easier for me to see the breakdown and then how we can best advocate for all these different steps. But it's good to see this Functional, you know, Zero—whatever this graph that you explained, it's nice to see something like that. You know, as Ms. Ruggles said, plans, and these are all great things that we have to start somewhere. But you know, the community's really just looking for action, you know, things to be done, things that they can actually see. And sure, we might see that with this last time in count that the homelessness counts might be down, but you know, just one year reduced doesn't mean that it's a trend, yeah. We're going to have to see over the next couple of years if the trend isif it really is trending downward or if it was just some glitch that we might not have counted everybody, or I know everybody does a great job in doing this and you've been doing it the same way over all these years, so it makes sense. But in terms of community, and you know, the perception that I talk to people, it's different, yeah. And it's hard to explain to the community that homeless count is going down because they think its rising and then there's more crime and there's more—you know, perception -wise it's very, very difficult to explain to our community. So in terms of like, you know, certain action items, I would love to maybe have a separate discussion apart from this on Hale Kikaha, Camp Kikaha, and how that's being implemented. I know the Mayor did the emergency proclamation for Camp Kikaha, but that was only for the specific amount of time. Have we run out of that time and are we still housing people in that area? You were there at that organized crime—business crime, I forgot what it was for. MR. NIIML Business crime watch. Yeah. MR. KANUHA: Crime watch, yes. And the businesses are worried. The people in the old industrial area, they're worried, you know. And there's a lot of Page 8 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 different issues with that aspect. It's not all the homeless people that are there. There's a lot of other people that are coming over there. But the crime rate has is kind of off-putting for that area. So it's a separate issue that we also have to talk to the police about and how to best handle that. And look forward to working with you guys on that. But real quick, the pilot work opportunity that you were talking about. MR. NIIML Yes. MR. KANUHA: And the $50,000 it cost per two days, you said? MR. NIIML Two days a week. MR. KANUHA: Two days a week. MR. NIIML Two days a week and it—that was based on nine dollars an hour for the people that go out to work, and it's about 12 people per day. MR. KANUHA: And we have to—oh, 12 people. MR. NIIML Yeah, per day. MR. KANUHA: And we have to do that through a nonprofit. MR. NIIML It's easier to do it through a nonprofit, because then you have the issues of the stipends. And yeah, County system would not be able to get the funds out that easily. MR. KANUHA: And I mean, really a lot of this comes down to the funding, yeah. MR. NIIML Yes. Yes. MR. KANUHA: The plan is only as good as the resources put in to making it succeed. And so I really hope that within this next, this upcoming budget, that we have money put aside. I know it's a tough budget, but with Mayor Kim making this a high priority of his, and a lot of these Council Members looking at all the issues facing their community, homelessness is very high up there. So I know it's one of my highest priorities, and I hope we can at least put something to get things going within this next budget. But that's something that we're going to have to work with, in the next couple months. And I don't' want to belabor too much time because I know we have a lot more Council Members that want to talk about this. But thank you for at least coming here and giving us this and I can talk with you guys afterwards. Page 9 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 MR. NIIML And I will update you and Karen about Kona and Camp Kikaha and the next steps we're doing for that then. MR. KANUHA: Yeah, I'd really love to be part of that and see where we're going. And maybe the rest of the Council will like to see, you know, what's going on. Because there's—you know, after we did the big beach cleanup in Kona, was it two weeks ago, a week ago? There's tents back in there, there's trash all over the place again, and this is the next day after the big beach cleanup. So I don't have the answer. This is a very tough position to be put in because we're dealing with a lot of different types of scenarios for why people are in this certain situation. So I don't envy you at all. But definitely willing to look forward to working with you on how to make it better. So thanks again for providing this. MR. NIIML Thank you, too. Yeah. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kanuha. Mr. Chung. MR. CHUNG: Thank you. Thank you, Lance, for coming here. Is this a final? MR. NIIML No. It's a work in progress. We're going to hope to take it out and then get more input on it. Especially communities, businesses, as we move forward. MR. CHUNG: Right. You know, I really appreciate you guys taking the time, because you and I have had this discussions in the past regarding this. And I did say, you know, it doesn't have to be perfect because this is something that's going to be fluid and it is going to be a work in progress. But I just want to make some comments, and you know, I like this matrix, this color matrix that you guys came up with. I didn't have, you know, all that much time to look this thing over with a fine-tooth comb, but I don't see any cost estimates in there. That is vital. I think that's kind of what Mr. Kanuha was touching upon. Unless we know exactly how much this thing is going to cost, it's hard for us to digest. What I would suggest you guys do is look at that mass transit study that we just received from SSFM. It was marvelous in terms of giving us cost projections all the way down through, you know, maybe 10-15 years down the line. Because that's vital for guys like us, you know, who are going to have to make decisions with regard to funding. Also, I don't see anything in here about enforcement. And I have stated on many, many occasions that enforcement is a vital component to all of this. I mean, we all want to do things out of compassion, but there is a segment of that population that are scofflaws basically, and they're just kind of thumbing their noses at us. Page 10 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 And they're chronic, and they know what they're doing, and it's by design, and they are willfully breaking the law; and we have to do something about them. MR. NIIML And just recently we had the finding of the syringes at the soccer field. MR. CHUNG: Right, exactly. MR. NIIML So the Mayor convened a group to address those issues and the issue is regulation. Because regulation of the homeless with compassion, you know. And that's what we're addressing right now. MR. CHUNG: You know, there are people who are mentally ill. We want to help them. There are people who are just, you know, falling on hard times, we want to help them and their families. But that other segment of the population, we have to do something about them. Now with regard toyou know, back—and I'm not trying to pick on her or anything, but when Governor Lingle was in office, there was a substantial cutback in funding for mental health and we're still feeling the effects of that. So what I'm hoping is that in this plan you also have what Ms. Ruggles talked about, a plan of action. And built in to that plan of action is a legislative plan of action, a lobbying plan to the State Legislature. Because I think what would be really good here is if we could get a mini mental health hospital up. Yeah, a state hospital here on the island, because we have al disproportionate population here. And you know, the—what is the name of the psych ward at the hospital? Hale MR. NIIML We use to call it South One before but MR. CHUNG: Hale Homalu, something like that, yeah. They're not built for handling, you know, our mentally ill population. They only hold them, you know, for a short term. We have to have something here on the island that's going to help this population and I really do mean, help. So and I talked about, you know, getting a road map which is the same thing as Ms. Ruggles I think is talking about. Because if you get a road map, we start from here, and then expect to see this by this time; this by this time; this by this time. And you could utilize the local newspaper and the media, Na Leo and others, to keep the public apprised of our progress and then that way they get involved in this, you know, all of this too. And then it becomes a part of the solution. So those are just my thoughts I mean, those are things that I thought, you know, were missing in this draft. But if you could just keep that in mind, yeah. MR. NIIML Thank you. Your point's well taken. MR. CHUNG: Thanks, Lance. Page 11 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Chung. And Mr. Richards. MR. RICHARDS: Yeah, just a quick echo of what Councilman Kanuha said, and then Councilman Chung said, the financial matrix. And I was going to use the same example, the mass transit. That work was excellent. And if you guys can have something, even if it's not exact, we're looking for ballpark, so we have some idea going forward what we're looking at. So I just wanted to echo that. Councilman Chung's right on. Thanks MR. CHUNG: Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Richards. Anyone else? Ms. Poindexter. MS. POINDEXTER: Yeah. Thank you for the presentation. And I want to echo what Council Member Lee Loy talked about when she said how do you help, you know, that other population with making sure that we don't create this horrible cycle of homelessness. So in your plan is, how is the administration working with DPW (Department of Public Works), Planning Department, all the different departments that would have an effect on families that could just in a snap of a finger, throw them into the cycle of homelessness. So I think Council Member Lee Loy's point should be well taken and taken seriously, and a part of this plan. Because you can have this and you're dealing with the people in that cycle right now, but what about the ones that maybe falling into it because of the lack of, you know, exemptions that may allow them to build another small house on their site for their family members. Or I don't know, yeah, I'm just saying that we need to take that seriously. So thank you very much. MR. NIIML Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Poindexter. And Mr. Kanuha. MR. KANUHA: Just real quickly. You know, on page 11 it provides a list of existing inventory of transitional and emergency housing. Could you also make another page that has a map to show exactly where? I know it says here some of them—you know, I know where a few of them are but I really have no idea the overall, you know, landscape of where everything is. Maybe you guys already have one and it's not part of this package, but I would really love to see a map of where everything is. MR. NIIML We'll work on that. MR. KANUHA: Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kanuha. And oh, Ms. Lee Loy. Page 12 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. And Mr. Niimi, building off of what everybody just mentioned. Four of us are about to go into our nonprofit grant -in -aids, in which we give a lot of money to help address that issue. So on top of all of this road map stuff I would love to see how we best dovetail our nonprofit groups into this road map so one, we're reducing redundancy, but the dollars are being accelerated and actually filling the gap, and not actually be using to count other capacity numbers, so they can go ahead and work on their own little pet projects. I've heard every Council Member here say that homelessness is impacting everybody's district. And if this is something that administration wants to achieve, they have to work better with us. Because we have to stop making these decisions in silos. We have to stop just giving out money to whoever approaches us with the best story. We need to dovetail these dollars in a very cohesive and strategic way. And you know, Roy Takemoto is really good at master planning. So let's master plan a strategy for homelessness. Thank you. MR. NIIML Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy. And I believe Council Members, we're done. And so Mr. Niimi, I think no one else has any questions. Thank you very much for that. There's been many suggestions from this body about your efforts and the administration's efforts regarding homelessness. And I look forward to you coming back, entertaining the ideas and the suggestions from this body because I believe that we need to all work together to solve this. Oh I'm sorry, Roy, where are you? Thank you, Roy. MR. TAKEMOTO: Oh, yes. And Sharon just joined me, Hirota. She's off the camera kind of hiding out. CHR. DAVID: Oh, ask Sharon if she wants to say anything, please do. We're wrapping things up, but if she would like to make a comment, we would love to hear it. MR. TAKEMOTO: She's saving it for later. MR. NIIML Roy, do you have any parting comments? MR. TAKEMOTO: No, I'm done, thank you. Good comments though. Appreciate it. Page 13 HSSSC-9 March 13, 2018 CHR. DAVID: Alright. Thank you. Mahalo, all of you for being here and on that note. Council Members, all those in favor of filing Communication 779, please say "aye." Vote on Comm. 779: The motion to close file on Comm. 779 was carried (Filed) by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair David—9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: And motion to adjourn,please? ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, at 2:18 p.m., Ms. Poindexter moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Mr. Richards and was carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair David—9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: We are adjourned. Mahalo. Approved: 4,41) 111.1110P- 4.4111 1/-/7---/ff Ms. Maile David, Chair (Date) Human Services and Social Services Committee MD/vc Page 14