>> That's what I enjoyed my skill set. I thought it would be very valuable at that. And yes, thank you kindly, sir. Do you feel like there's been continuity on that board because one of the problems in the past was the committee changed the personnel changed all >> there is there is better communication through the SFD than there was prior years. Yes, ma'am. >> Good. >> And to answer your question real quick and I'd like to bring up Alyn so she can she can share and talk a little bit about her experiences as a student. Um, but I think as far as local contractors, we are very appreciative of performance services for getting us these bids. But when we go out, we definitely um do RFPs and put out for bids. And you know, a lot of times we hope local people can come in because, you know, when you spend a dollar in the community, it gets spent nine times like running around the community.
Feaster and I, we were able to cover some of the AI in education. So, I think it would be worth us discussing, you know, possibly setting up a committee, you know, focusing on AI integration in education kind of moving forward. >> Mhm. >> Yeah, I think we got an email today from Kelsey Wertz about getting involved with that as well. So, it was really interesting. I know I brought home some information to share with my own girls. So, yeah. >> It's It's here. >> Coming quickly. >> I need to >> Not going away. >> No. >> Yeah. It's a great conference. We had a lot of lot of good learning, a lot of great sessions, and good time getting to get Lauren on board and uh, yeah. It was a great great weekend. So, >> Yeah, there was lots of different breakout sessions with finance and building and and AI and >> school boards >> multiple >> a lot of school board meetings >> Yeah.
Our first testifier is HHFDC with support. >> Chair, vice chair, members. >> Thank you. followed by Hawaii Realtors in support, Hawaii's future in support, and Johnny May Al Perry with comments. Anyone else wishing to testify on House Bill 1711?
So if we have local contractors, we know that money stays in the community and whether it's contractors or architects or um that Yeah. So it's a competitive bid process, but we definitely would love to see our local people be involved in that. >> Just for information, just one second. Just for information, the company, you don't have to leave, but the company that came and did this walk through and determined what needed to be fixed and how much it would cost, that didn't cost us anything, did it? They they didn't actually actually come in and charge money like the contractors in the past have done. >> Not a dime. We got them to come in and do the complete assessment for free. >> And did going to make it one way or the other. >> Well, and I think that's them coming in and assess it that they're hoping to put in for some of the bids so that they can they they already have a knowledge of exactly what's needed so their bids are accurate.
We had some pretty awesome speakers, too. Mrs. Huxtable >> Claire Huxtable >> Mhm. >> Claire was there. >> Yeah. >> Mhm. >> That was that was fun. All right. How about administration anything? >> Um I don't have anything specific you know, I was just writing down uh thinking about just all the things our kids are involved with. We have so many things. Tony, you referenced several of them. You start listing things and then we're going to forget some of those too down the line, but show choir, they've been seeing the state. I think winter guard was in state last weekend. I think we got percussion coming up at regionals. Their state's getting close. I think we've got uh It's There's so much. Unified bowling competed at state fifth and sixth respective I mean just so many different things uh it's hard to name uh many of them because uh we tried to recognize them here in these meetings, but on our social social media feeds as well.
If not, members, any questions or discussion? Okay, we'll move on next to HB 1715 relating to affordable housing, which authorizes HHFDC to designate certain forale units as permanently affordable housing subject to certain restrictions. clarifies that certain resale and occupancy restrictions apply only to projects developed prior to a certain date. Amends the definition of qualified resident for the purposes of HHFDC housing programs. Our first testifier is HHFDC in support. >> Support. >> Thank you. Followed by the office of Hawaiian Affairs in support. OSD in support. >> Aloha chair, vice chair, members of the committee. Dennis with the office of planning sustainable development. OPSD stands on written testimony support. questions. >> Thank you. Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities in support. >> Let's stand our testimony in support. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um Hawaii Realtors with comments. Aloha Independent Living Hawaii in support. Housing Hawaii's Future in support.
So instead of coming back up 20 times when we go out for our request for proposal um but it is a open bid process that you know it's open to anyone but yeah we we appreciate that that they came in and did it for free and I have to thank Dr. right? Because he was the one who um who who put me in touch with them and so we were able to get that for free because money's tight and so I didn't want to spend a pretty chunk of money getting that done and it gives us a good barometer. So I want to introduce our student of the month who we met a little bit before Adeline. She's on our superintendent advisory committee. She had some uh interesting uh stories to share about her experience as a student. So yeah, bring her up and talk a little bit here.
Um but it just shows that our kids are involved in a lot of things. So, that's great to see uh that they're involved in things outside of the school day. Uh they tend to be a little more successful in school when they're involved in school activities. So, that is great to see. So, good luck to all of our Barons who are participating, competing and all of our uh soon-to-be Barons in the elementary level because they've got their own things that they're involved with as well whether it's um robotics that have been going on uh non-concluded or science fair just all the different things that have happened over the course of the winter season and things yet to come. So, it's just exciting to see how many things they're involved with. >> I was going to mention spring is in the air, but we didn't have a meeting on Saturday or Sunday, so obviously Mother Nature has taken that buzz off of us for a few days, but uh obviously spring sports are going.
MUA Collaborative in support. Mortgage Bankers Association of Hawaii with comments. Aloha United Way in support. Johnny May El Perry with comments. And four individuals in support. Veronica Moore, Kai Swan, Leilani Kili Aba, and Christine El Andrews. >> Good morning, chair, vice chair, and committee members. Aloha. My name is Kaison. I'm a self- advocate with developmental disability. I supporting HB715 because affordable by housing is very important for people disability. owning a home with people make accessibility changes like grab bars, wider doors, or accessible bathrooms. Those changes help people live safely and stay their homes as they age. This bill helps keep some home affordable for a long time so people with disabilities have more housing opportunities. Please support HB715. Mahalo. I'm have any question you may have. >> Thank you very much. Any further uh testimony on HB1 1715?
Okay. So, I guess like one story that we had is one of my friends um had gone to the bathroom like in the school and he went into the boy's bathroom and he went to flush the toilet and the water started spraying out of the toilet and like went all over the thing and he has like a video of it of it like flooding and stuff. He's currently in like Washington right now for like on like one of those like exchange trip things and I don't know if I still have his number but I was trying to get the video but I don't know if I still have his number to text him and be like, "Hey, can I get that video?" Um, but and then like another thing is like I know one of my teachers, like my history teachers, Mr. Vest, um, he always says that he's like, um, he's always complaining about the HVAC system.
I'm glad I'm not coaching this spring. Uh but they're out there practicing and doing whatever if they can find gym time. Um but spring is officially Friday Thursday or Friday, so maybe it'll get better from here. >> Does anyone else from the audience have anything to say? Okay. >> Yeah, I just uh Matt Vince, I work for the district. >> You should come to the microphone. They won't be able to hear you online. >> Our phones will start blowing up, Matt. >> They want to hear you. >> Thank you, Valerie. Um is it on? >> Yes. >> I'm Matt Vince, I work for the district. I'm in [laughter] facilities and maintenance, and I just want to thank Mr. Rum for making the recommendation, the board for approving FCI as our CMC. I can tell you that in my role, I work with these guys daily.
Okay, members, any questions? Okay, chair has a question for HHFDC. Um you saw the Mortgage Bankers Association of Hawaii testimony and you suggested some amendments and you also saw um the attorney general's testimony on this question of cloud on title as well. Um could you address these concerns? I did not see the attorney general's question, but I did see the mortgage mortgage bankers association's question. Um, the restriction that would be we would use to implement this program would be very similar to our buyback and short appreciation restriction uh whereby it is a it's in second position to the primary lender. So the first the mortgagees or the first lenders interest for closing the property would be protected. And we did provide some language that could be incorporated into the bill to explicitly protect the position of the lender. >> Okay. Um, thank you. Is there anyone from the attorney general's department here?
He's like, I've always put in requests. He's like, this is my third one this month. He's like, I need this fixed. And then like he also has this like hole in his roof. I don't know like exactly what the problem is, but he has a hole in his roof and if it like snows, he said he comes in the morning and he has snow sitting on his desk like when he comes in in the morning. So like those are just like some of the things that like I guess that we've just like seen like at school like that like every student like at school like has probably heard about or like if you have Mr. Vest class or like video went around. It was my freshman year or my sophomore year, one of the two of like when the video went around of like the toilets like flooding and stuff like that.
Some of the folks at FCI will probably tell you I'm a very good nag cuz I'm constantly emailing, texting, and calling, and checking on things. Um I can tell you that in my role first hand that FCI goes above and beyond on all the projects that we've paid them to do, but I can also call Tyler Wolfe, and Tyler's been instrumental in every other project that I've been involved in. I can call him, I can text him. He shows up, he comes over, he looks at things with me, and gives us his advice for free. He's an incredible community partner, so very happy to This is a huge project, probably the biggest project for the district since McKenney in terms of dollar amount and time and and uh so very excited and very confident that this will go well. And you've made my job a a easier bec- by choosing FCI, so thank you.
Okay. If not, thank you. Any further questions? >> All right. All right, we'll move on to our next bill, House Bill 1727 relating to the rental housing revolving fund, which specifies the conditions upon which HHFDC may transfer monies from within the rental housing revolving fund to a sub account and between sub accounts of the fund, clarifies what constitutes a mixed income rental project for purposes of loans funded through the mixed income sub account, repeals the sunset date for the mixed income sub account, and authorizes the director of finance to deposit rental housing revolving funds into and appropriates funds into and out of the mixed income sub account. Our first testifier is HHFTC in support. >> Thank you. DBED in support, Hawaii Yimi in support, Housing Hawaii's future in support, Catholic Charities Hawaii with comments, and Johnny May Perry with comments. Is there anyone else? Anyone else wishing to testify on House Bill 1727?
So >> So we think it's only the elementary school kids who play in the bathrooms, but apparently it's the high school kids as well. And these are things that Mr. Bosley was made aware of it last time and so he uh he's he's jumping around to make sure these stories don't circulate but then also um you know while he's trying to change the AC filters and stuff like that. Those are um you know he's he's plugging holes in the damn quickly and it's it's nice to hear students experience and find out some of the true lore of Blige what's happening behind the scenes. Okay, with that being said, uh we will transition into the transportation piece of this. Now, when we're talking about transportation, one of the issues with transportation is all the buses were purchased together with the last bond except for um except for one bus that we got in the Volkswagen settlement.
I just wanted to add that cuz I think they deserve that public. >> Thank you. Thanks, Mary. Anyone else? Okay. Well, I'd like to thank you guys all for being here tonight. Um I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break, whether you're traveling or staying home that you all get some rest and recharge for the next finish out strong the next few weeks, so. Okay, um I'll read into the minutes that our next regular board meeting is April 21st here at Central Office. Um I think we have possibly a work session coming along, but we'll nail down that date and get that information out to everyone. Um okay, anything else? Okay, at this time I'll ask the board to adjourn. >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I.
Okay. If not, we'll move to our next uh or members, any questions? Okay. If not, we'll move to our next bill. House bill 1733 relating to the housing loan and mortgage program. It increases the hoola multif family revenue bond authorization ceiling amount to continue financing affordable [music] rental housing statewide. Clarifies that revenue bonds treated as refunding bonds do not count against the authorized aggregate principal amount of the bond. Our first testifier is HHFTC in support. >> Testimony support. >> Thank you. OPSD in support. OPSD stands under written testimony in support. >> Thank you. Hawaii Realtors in support. AP Hawaii in support. Maui Chamber of Commerce in support. Aloha United Way in support. Housing Hawaii's future in support. And Johnny May El Perry with comments. Is there anyone else wishing to testify on HP 1733? Okay.
Um, so one of our our wheelchair bus was purchased uh as a result of that Volkswagen settlement. Some of the discussion that we had is there's a bus driver shortage as well. And so getting those 14 passenger those the smaller buses those are things that are allowed by law. And if we do that then different organizations that are transporting 14 14 students or less they don't need their CDL. So, um the process for getting that so teachers, club sponsors, coaches, administrators can get their um certification on that and it's a lot easier to do. So, if we have a bus rider shortage, board members can get their certification and anyways, um just joking aside, but what we were um talking about, Justin and I were talking about was instead of purchasing all the buses at once as we sell bonds and and this is once again Mike coming back to your question about, you know, if we're able to get the money or or maybe br that was Bridget's question, I apologize.