Fred Blas Report Card

[james weatherford]

Thanks for that history, Rene.

Regarding the Geothermal Relocation and Community Benefits Fund,
Hawaii County Code, Chapter 2, Section 2-181
"Expenditures for public purposes including road improvement, water infrastructure, land
acquisition, parks and recreational facility needs, civil defense, and mass transit improvements.
(A) Funds shall be expended in Lower Puna, which is defined as extending from Hawaiian
Paradise Park subdivision to Kalapana and including Orchidland Estates, Ainaloa, Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaiian Shores, Kapoho, Pahoa, Nanawale, Leilani Estates, and other
communities proximate to Pahoa.
(B) Expenditures under this subsection shall be made in accordance with appropriations adopted by the Hawai‘i County Council after receiving recommendations from the planning director."

As I said before, the proposal, more or less like I described it, for a community based group to set priorities was brought to me first by a community leader/elder in Pohoiki, and then, separately, by three veteran Council members.
The core goal is to remove it from political influence.