HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0123.000 2018-2020Susan L.K. Lee Loy J'v qF\`,,
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
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DATE: February 11, 2019 r1
TO: Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair; and 71
Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Susan L.K. Lee Lo c'l Member s
Council District taw
SUBJECT: Report ofAttendance at the Hawai`i State Capitol regarding Kilauea eruption
disaster legislation(HB 1180 .g
In accordance with HRS §92-2.5(e), I report my attendance along with that of council members
Ashley Kierkiewicz and Tim Richards at a Hawai`i State Capitol hearing February 8, 2019, for
House Bill No. 1180, which would rovide funding to Hawai`i County for Kilauea eruption
disaster recovery.
Each of us, along with Research and Development Director Diane Ley, provided oral testimony
to ajoint hearing of four House committees in support of HB 1180. We answered questions from
legislators about why the funds are needed and where the funds would be spent. The results of
the hearing are summarized in the attached committee report.
HRS §92-2.5(e) states that two or more members of a board, but less than a quorum, many attend
an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official board business, including
a legislative hearing,provided that the meeting or presentation is not specifically and exclusively
organized for or directed toward members of the board. The board members in attendance may
participate in discussions, including discussions among themselves,provided that the discussions
occur during and as part of the informational meeting or presentation; and further that no
commitment relating to a vote on the matter is made or sought. At the next duly noticed meeting
of the board,the board members shall report their attendance and the matters presented and
discussed that related to official board business.
Please place this matter on the next available Council agenda.
Att.: Standing Committee Report No. 245, Regarding HB 1180 House Draft 1.
Comm. No./ 123
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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 245.1
Honolulu, Hawaii
f, , 2019
RE: H.B. NO. 1180
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2019
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military
Affairs, Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, Housing, and Human
Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 1180
entitled:
A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS, "
beg leave to report as follows :
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to meet
the need for relief, recovery, mitigation, and remediation
activities necessary due to the 2018 Kilauea eruption in the
County of Hawaii, including:
1) Loans to cover the local cost share of various federal
assistance programs, including the twenty-five percent
cost share for the Federal Emergency Management Agency' s
public assistance andhazard mitigation programs as
required by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, and other federal assistance
that may become available from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and other agencies; and
2 ) The costs of necessary housing assistance that may or
may not be covered by federal programs .
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The Office of the Governor, Hawaii Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Agriculture, County of Hawai'i Department of
Research and Development, members of the Hawai'i County Council
from Districts 1, 2, and 9 , Hawaiian Electric Company Inc. , Maui
Electric Company, Ltd. , Hawai'i Electric Light Company, Inc . ,
Kapoho Land Partnership, Kapoho Management Company, Inc . , Kapoho
Land & Development Co. Ltd. , O`ahu County Committee on Legislative
Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai'i, Kohala Coast Resort
Association, Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Association, and numerous
concerned individuals supported this measure.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
1) Deleting the preamble language;
2) Deleting appropriation language and amounts, including
20, 000, 000 for housing assistance and $30, 000, 000 in
criteria-specific loans for fiscal years 2019-2020 and
2020-2021;
3 ) Appropriating $20, 000, 000 as a subsidy to the County of
Hawai'i for fiscal year 2018-2019 to provide relief,
recovery, mitigation, and remediation assistance for
disaster damage, losses, *and suffering caused by the
2018 Kilauea eruption in the County of Hawai'i;
4) Appropriating $40, 000, 000 as a loan to the County of
Hawai'i for fiscal year 2018-2019 as may be necessary to
obtain non-state funds, including federal funds,
available to the County to provide: relief, recovery,
mitigation, and remediation assistance for disaster
damage, losses , and suffering caused by the 2018 Kilauea
eruption in the County of Hawaii; provided that the
Director of Finance shall negotiate the terms of the
loan and may waive any- interest accrued on the loan;
5) Requiring the Hawai`i County Council to adopt a
resolution requesting the release of the funds before
the funds are released to the County of Hawai'i;
6) Requiring the County of Hawai'i to report monthly
expenditures to the Department of Budget and Finance;
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7) Making it effective upon its approval; and
8) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,
consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs, Water,
Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, Housing, and Human Services &
Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are
in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1180, as amended
herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form
attached hereto as H.B. No. 1180, H.D. 1, and be referred to your
Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of . the members of the
Committees on Public Safety,
Veterans, & Military Affairs,
Water, Land, & Hawaiian
Affairs, Housing, and Human
Services & Homelessness,
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