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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Kaua’i County Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., or soon thereafter, at the Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Room 201, Historic County Building, Lihu’e, on the following:

Bill No. 2914
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7A, ARTICLE 9,
KAUA’I COUNTY CODE 1987, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING

This Bill proposes to add a new Subsection 7A-9.4.1 to Chapter 7A,
Article 9, Kaua’i County Code 1987, as amended, relating to Government Assistance for Workforce Housing. This Bill proposes to implement a Residential Workforce Housing Credit System, which will provide a new non-governmental source of financing for affordable housing while simultaneously providing additional pathways to generate market rate housing quicker.

Bill No. 2915
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7A, ARTICLE 5,
KAUA’I COUNTY CODE 1987, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO HOUSING ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION

This Bill proposes to amend Chaper 7A, Article 5, Kaua’i County Code 1987, as amended, relating to Housing Eligibility and Selection. This Bill proposes to add provisions authorizing the Housing Agency to approve the use of various preferences to prioritize amongst otherwise eligible Homebuyer list participants, including project employee, geographical, and other as established by rule.

Any person may testify at the public hearing, and at any Council and Committee Meeting (at which time any Bill may be amended). Meeting
notices and full-text Bills are available at least six (6) days in advance
at the Office of the County Clerk, Council Services Division and kauai.gov/Government/Council/Webcast-Meetings. Written testimony may be submitted via counciltestimony@kauai.gov, mail, or fax. For further information, please call (808) 241-4188.

CERTIFICATE OF THE COUNTY CLERK

I hereby certify that the Kaua’i County Council passed on first reading and ordered to print Bill No. 2914 and Bill No. 2915 during the February 28, 2024 Council Meeting, by the following vote:

AYES: Bulosan, Carvalho, Cowden, Kagawa, Kuali’i, Rapozo TOTAL – 6,
NOES: None TOTAL – 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: DeCosta TOTAL – 1,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL – 0.

Lihu’e, Hawai’i /s/ Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa
February 29, 2024 County Clerk, County of Kaua’i
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(TGI1446950 3/7/24)