RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SOCIAL EQUITY FORUM WITH MAYOR BLANGIARDI

Questions for Mayor Blangiardi

Thank you very much for scheduling the meeting with Mayor Blangiardi, Councilman Say, MD Formby and the members of RENEW REBUILD HAWAII.

These are the questions that we will be asking during the 30 minute meeting on August 24 at 10 am.

We wil be sending you the ZOOM link.

Questions will be asked by Stan Osserman and Ida Taylor. We anticipate approximately 50 people dialing in.

Please let me know if you need more information.

Mahalo

Michael Markrich

President

RENEW REBUILD HAWAII

Q1) Mr. Mayor, what are your top ten priorities for expending Federal ARPA funding?

Q2) Mayor Roth from the Big Island indicated a new building permit system called EPIC coming online to solve the ever-growing delays caused by the permitting process. What is your plan for Honolulu regarding expediting building permits and other county-related permitting?

Q3) Mr. Mayor, with the upcoming shutdown of the AES Coal-burning power plant, what additional actions are you taking to reduce the City’s energy consumption beyond the Climate Action Plan?

Q4) We know that the City & County has been looking at plug-in electric buses. What is the current status, and are you also considering Fuel Cell Electric (Hydrogen) buses for longer routes and steep terrain?