North Shore NewsHappy New Year! Wishing everyone happiness and good health in 2024. One of the community highlights this holiday season was the Hale‘iwa Christmas Parade. Mahalo to the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, volunteers, and community partners for a successful event! It was great to join our Neighborhood Board Chair and Vice Chair in the parade, right behind the City’s Royal Hawaiian Band!
I am excited to share that Bill 56 (2023) also known as Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy financing programs or the C-PACE bill, which I co-introduced with Council Chair Waters, passed final reading and was approved by the Mayor late December of 2023. The measure was introduced in response to the state law that established the C-PACE program, allowing the costs incurred for qualifying improvements to be levied by each county. This program will help families from being priced out by providing financing options for resilience projects, such as cesspool conversion and fire sprinkler installations.
Another key piece of legislation that we passed in 2023 was Bill 47, which addresses ways to divert waste from our landfills and was co-introduced by Councilmember Radiant Cordero and myself. This bill would add manufactured compostables to the items that can be collected curbside in our green collection bins. By allowing manufactured compostable items and food waste in addition to green waste we already collect in our green bins, we can reduce the burden on our landfills and create a more sustainable waste stream for our communities.
I am incredibly honored to serve this district and its dedicated communities. Please feel free to reach out to my office at (808) 768-5002 or mweyer@honolulu. gov if we can be of assistance.