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Ko`olauloa Community Resilience Hub

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Summary of Actions: 2010-2021

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(For Hui o Hau`ula Website)

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Hau`ula’s Journey to Resilience 2010-2021

• Hau`ula Emergency Leadership Preparedness Team established
• HELP Team meets monthly
• Comprehensive Emergency Plan developed
• Preparedness Fairs/Outreach Activities held Annually
• Established Non-Profit 501c 3
• Grant $25,000 from City to Preposition Emergency Supplies and Equipment
• Tsunami Refuge Site secured in Hau`ula - Asia Pacific International School
• Participate in quarterly Cross-Island Community Resilience Network (CICRN)
• Distributed Hau`ula Emergency Planning & Evacuation Guide to all residents
• Trained by FEMA, CD, DEM, Red Cross, UHM (to Assess Coastal Community Resilience)
• Certified Ham Radio volunteers & secured equipment for a District-wide network
• Community Surveys Program implemented every 2-3 years to raise awareness, learn needs and resources
• Neighborhood Block Captain program initiated
• Distributed “Hau’ula Family Emergency Handbook” to all residents
• Collaborated with State Legislators to pass House Bill 2686/ Act 291 that provides exemption from liability for private land owners for providing emergency access to land, shelter and substance during a disaster such as flooding and tsunamis

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Ko`olauloa Requests State, City & FEMA� Support for Community Resilience Hub

• Hau`ula Community Association requested the Board of Department of Land and Natural Resources for Community use of site in Hau`ula through Executive Order to City Department of Parks and Recreation for new park space (2009)

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• DLNR executed an Executive order to provide the City Department of Parks & Recreation use of site. (2010). DPR later asked DLNR to take back land.

• Ko`olauloa Neighborhood Board Requests Support from City for CIP Funds for EA and Design for Community Center/Shelter(2014) No Funding was provided.

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Hui o Hau`ula non-profit Advocates for Ko`olauloa Community Resilience Hub

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• Hui o Hau`ula (HOH) works with Ko`olauloa Neighborhood Board (2014) to request City for CIP funding for EA and Design for a Ko`olauloa Shelter. Funds were allocated but never released.

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• HOH met with Community Associations in the District in (2017) gathering info on needs and reaffirming support for Community Center/Shelter to the City.

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• Hui O Hau`ula partners with Ko`olauloa Health Center in 2017 for State GIA Application for EA & Design for Ko`olauloa Shelter in Hau`ula. Funds awarded but not released.

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State GIA

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Hui o Hau`ula Participates in OLA Planning-2018-19

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• Hui o Hau`ula (HOH) Participates in 2018-2019 Resilience Planning for OLA –

Pillar II: Bouncing Forward Small Working Group

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• HOH Submits Action Proposal for: Network of Resilience Hubs to assist small, rural communities

in times of natural disasters (Hurricanes, Flooding, Tsunamis)

Action 15: Network of Resilience Hubs was selected for OLA

Resilience Strategy. Hau`ula’s Resilience Hub- to be the model

HOH requested City Council Rep to allocate $2.75 M (2019)

City Budget for EA and Design for a Ko`olauloa Resilience Hub

Funds were allocated. HOH is now requesting that funds be

released to provided EA & Design for Ko`olauloa Resilience Hub

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OLA Resilience Strategy Action15-2019

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• “Resilience Hubs serve critical roles during a disaster and immediately following
• Resilience Hubs have clear benefits and enhance social resilience ahead of a disaster
• Resilience Hubs can provide year-round community services for neighborhoods
• Resilience Hubs can serve as Revitalization centers for the community (build social equity)
• Resilience Hubs are training areas to help coordinate community level efforts”

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� KCRH Management Team �

• City Office of CSSR- Chris Cunningham
• LA City Emergency Manager- Mona Curry

(Retired from LA City and residing in Hau`ula)

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• +LABS Director, Illya Azaroff,

Resilient Design Architect

• Shade Institute,Honolulu- Dean Sakamoto

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• Construction Management- James Oellien

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• Hui o Hau`ula,Director- Dotty Kelly-Paddock

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Why Does Ko`olauloa Need a Resilience Hub?�2020 Hurricane Douglas…Closest Call Ever!� Hurricane Douglas Comes Close! NO Shelter in Ko`olauloa District

Climate Change is predicted to cause frequency &

intensity of Hurricanes in the future.�

2020 Resilience Hub Workshops�Community Workshop & Stakeholder/Agency Workshop�����

Community Workshop Nov. 13-14 & Stakeholder Workshop Nov. 20-21, 2020

• Presentors: Illya Azaroff +Labs, AIA

Dean Sakamoto, SHADE Institute FAIA

Don Shaw AIA

Dennis Hwang, Sea Grant

• Modules Designed: National Disaster Preparedness Training Center

University Hawaii, Manoa, Dept Urban & Regional Planning

Federal Emergency Management Administration

• Day 1: Modules 1-5: Natural Hazards, Wind, Infrastructure Failure, Community

Resources, Land Use Strategies, Building Codes Best Practices

• Day 2: Ko`olauloa Talking Circle Workshop Facilitated by HCA members

and SHADE Institute Fellows

• Kupuna Talk-Story- Events, Risks, Challenges
• History of Events: Honoring the Past, Acknowledging the present and Envisioning the Future
• Talking Circle: Key Question, Sharing, List and Prioritize Needs, Draw Create Design the Resilience Hub, Plan Report Out to large group (5 Min)
• Report Out by Each “Talking Circle Team” to Large Group

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Ko`olauloa Resilience Hub 5 Acre Site�with 3 Acres High Ground - 60-90 ft ASL

• CARES Funding to HOH employed three workers, impacted by COVID-19, to remove invasive species
• Cares funding employed 2 teachers. Kahuku High students work Winter Break to remove invasive species and trash/opala
• Community Volunteers assist in removal of invasive species & opala ( including invasive trees, invasive grasses), planting grass, mowing grass and more!
• STEWARDSHIP DAYS- 3^rd Saturday 9am-12pm of each month.
• Call to Sign-up 808-255-6944

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Ko`olauloa Community Resilience Hub�Stewardship Project: Removing Invasive Species/Opala

The hillside in the background is where the Ko`olauloa Community Resilience Hub will be located 60-90 fit ASL.

Planning for Resilience Hub�

• HOH, City and HIEMA partnered on FEMA BRIC Application for funding for KCRH in 2021.

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• FEMA Grant wasn’t funded for 2021 but with

City release of funding for EA and Design work

progress will continue in 2021-2022

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• New FEMA application for Construction will

be submitted by January 2022 deadline

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• FEMA triples $$$ Local Funding Contributions (State, City, Private) & in-kind contributions

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• With FEMA support Resilience Hub Build 2023-24

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(Infographic is initial schematic of the site)

Ko`olauloa Resilience Hub Partners

Hawaii FoodBank Honolulu Aquatics Academy

Hau`ula Emergency Leadership Preparedness (HELP) Substance Abuse: AA Program

Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP) Hau`ula Hale- Kupuna Housing

Ke Ola Mamo: Native Hawaii Health Care System Hawaii Energy

Windward Community College Maunawila Heiau/Hawaiian Land Trust

Kahuku Medical Center & Dialysis Unit Project Kuleana

WIC- Services for Women Infants and Children Hau`ula Ho`olauloa + 3K Run

Ko`olauloa Kupuna Club North Shore Ocean Fest

Ko`olauloa Hawaiian Civic Club Keiki O Ka’Aina Family Learning Center

Bright Beginnings Preschool La Hui Foundation

Na Kamalei- Hawaiian Immersion Preschool Aulike

Veteran’s Service Center Papa Ola Lohahi

Verizon Wireless Project Vision