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Ro Takemoto <br /> .',rOFN4 ,•• y <br /> co. 4 Managing Director <br /> 4147,, <br /> p`..'t_-, <br /> • <br /> Harry Kim •+CAl� :* <br /> tilayor - -' _ <br /> Barbara J. Kossow <br /> 4._:;,....,.-.1.4-___:1; <br /> TE of N�.e Deputy Managing Director <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> Office of the Mayor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> February 18, 2020 <br /> Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair <br /> Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair <br /> Committee on Ways and Means <br /> Dear Chair Dela Cruz, Vice Chair Keith-Agaran, and Committee Members: <br /> RE: SB 2469, SD1 Relating to Human Services <br /> I support SB 2469, SD1 as well as any other initiative that can have a positive <br /> impact on the homeless population, make their lives a bit easier, and move them toward <br /> conventional shelter. <br /> As a neighbor island Mayor, I appreciate the Senate's recognition that <br /> homelessness is a statewide problem. A year ago, when testifying on HB 36 and SB <br /> 526, I noted that the bills called for two mobile clinics, and that I hoped that one of the <br /> two could be earmarked for an ohana zone project on an island other than O`ahu. (It <br /> was my understanding that the Executive Committee of the Community Alliance <br /> Partners (CAP) was endorsing those bills while making a similar request). I now cannot <br /> help but notice that SB 2469, SD1 specifies that one of the mobile clinics would have to <br /> be assigned to Hawaii County. I thank the sponsors for this recognition of our efforts in <br /> dealing with the homeless, and I certainly believe that our geography, and our number <br /> of homeless, justify such a designation, but I also would understand if your Committee <br /> defers to DHS to pick the neighbor island that could most benefit from having such a <br /> clinic. <br /> In an event, I ask for a favorable vote on SB 2469, SD1. <br /> Rei ctfuily Submitted, <br /> i�� ter. <br /> /. ,,t";;.... . <br /> Harry Ki ' <br /> MAYOR <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />