VOTING MEMBERSDAVID IGE

SUZANNE CASE
DEPARTMENT OF LAND & NATURALRESOURCESGOVERNOR OF HAWAIISHAN TSUTSUISCOTT ENRIGHTHAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

LIEUTENANT GOVERNORKEITH KAWAOKA, D.Env
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
MARIA GALLO, PhD
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘IHAWAII INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL
1151 PUNCHBOWL ST, #325
HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813

LEO ASUNCION
OFFICE OF PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF
BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT &TOURISMDAVID RODRIGUEZDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

July 29, 2015SUBMITTALTO:Co-chairs and Members
Hawaii Invasive Species Council
State of Hawaii

FROM:

Joshua Atwood, Ph.D., Program Supervisor
Hawaii Invasive Species Council

SUBJECT:

Requesting approval of a recommended budget for the Hawaii Invasive Species
Council in Fiscal Year 2016

Background
Since its inception in 2003, the Hawaii Invasive Species Council (HISC) has disbursed funding
to support interagency invasive species projects that:• Fill gaps between agency mandates or existing agency programs, and/or• Advance our collective knowledge through research and development of new tools.
Funds are disbursed via an intragovernmental granting process wherein state, county, and federal
offices may submit requests for funding and meet to collaboratively draft a recommended budget
for HISC review.
In Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16), the legislature appropriated $750,000 to the HISC via the biennium
budget (Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii [SLH] 2015), and $4,000,000 via Act 84, SLH 2015,
for a totally FY16 budget of $4,750,000. Executive Memorandum (EM) 15-01 mandates a 10%
restriction by the Department of Budget and Finance on general fund expenditures in FY16, anda 5% overhead fee is assessed by the Division of Forestry and Wildlife at the Department ofLand and Natural Resources (DLNR), as the administrative host of the HISC.
The amount of funding requested to provide staff support to the HISC in FY16 is $183,294. This
supports two temporary positions (HISC Planner and HISC Interagency Coordinator) andassociated travel, supplies, and other support costs. This amount does not include the salary costof the HISC Program Supervisor, which is provided through DLNR’s regular biennium budget.
The amount of funding available for disbursement to projects in FY16 is $3,877,956 ($4,750,000
less 10% restriction, 5% overhead, and $183,294 in support staff costs).
Discussion
The preparation of a recommended budget for the HISC to review was accomplished via thefollowing process:

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A call for proposals was released in late April 2015, with proposals due by close ofbusiness on May 29, 2015.
As described in the proposal guidelines, proposed projects demonstrated applicability to:o The goals and strategies of the HISC Strategic Plan 2015-2020
o The recommendations of Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Hawaiio The results of an FY16 priority ranking survey completed in April 2015.
Each voting HISC agency assigned one staff member to serve on the Evaluation
Committee, which reviews all proposals received.
The Evaluation Committee assigned a quantitative score to each proposal based on arubric provided in the proposal guidelines. These scores are accompanied by a qualitative
discussion of the merits of each proposal.
On June 29, 2015, the Resources Working Group facilitated a meeting of the Evaluation
Committee, along with other interested agency staff or members of the public, to discussranked proposals and assign recommended award amounts totaling the amount of funding
available.

Requests received for FY16 totaled $9,808,922 across 60 proposals. Twenty-five proposals were
not recommended for funding. In almost all cases, this was due to a lack of resources available
rather than a lack of project merit. Of the remaining 35 proposals, only two were recommended
for 100% of their requested funding amount. Both proposals contained budgets that supported asingle staff member, and any reduction in the total amount would make the project unviable.
Thirty-three proposals were recommended for partial funding. Applicants were contacted todiscuss scalability of their proposed projects to ensure that partial funding would be useful insupporting some, but not all, of the proposed project deliverables.
The recommended funding amounts created during the June 29 Resources Working Group
meeting assumed that, similar to the implementation of expenditure restrictions in FY15, the10% restriction imposed by the Department of Budget and Finance would apply only to the$750,000 appropriated via the regular biennium budget, and not to the $4,000,000 appropriatedvia Act 84. Subsequent discussions with the DLNR Fiscal Office have indicated that bothappropriations will be subject to the 10% restriction in FY16, though HISC staff are exploring
the whether an exemption to this policy is possible. As such, the recommended budget inAttachment 1 includes two amounts for each proposal: the initial award recommended at theJune 29 Resources Working Group meeting (totaling $4,257,957) and an amended award
accommodating the additional restriction (totaling $3,877,956). The amended award amounts
generally represent an across-the-board proportional reduction. There are four exceptions to theacross-the-board reduction: The applicant for the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species(CGAPS) voluntarily and substantially reduced her recommended award based on obtaining
alternative funding following the June 29 meeting. This helped offset the maintenance ofrecommended awards for three proposals for which further reduction is not recommended basedon their support of a single staff member:• Support for the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment (UH)• Support for Hull Fouling and Ballast Water policy development (UH)• Support for research on Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death (US Forest Service).
Legal Authority• HRS 194-2 (a): Establishes the HISC for the purpose of cabinet-level coordination andplanning among state departments, federal agencies, and international and local initiatives

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HRS 194-2 (a)(3): Directs the HISC to identify and prioritize each lead agency’sorganizational and resource shortfalls with respect to invasive species
HRS 194-2 (a)(4): Directs the HISC to create and implement a plan for prevention, early
detection, rapid response, control, enforcement, and education
Act 119, SLH 2015: Provides $750,000 in general funds to be disbursed by DLNR as
directed by the HISC
Act 84, SLH 2015: Provides $4,000,000 in general funds to be disbursed by DLNR as
directed by the HISC

Recommendations
1. That the Hawaii Invasive Species Council (HISC) approve the recommended FY16
budget in substantially the same form as presented in Attachment 1, utilizing award
amount presents in Column H (“Amended Award”).
2. That the HISC further approve that, should the Department of Budget and Finance grantan exemption to the 10% on funds provided to the HISC via Act 84, SLH 2015, award
amounts for FY16 will generally revert to the amount recommended by the Resources
Working Group in Column G.
Attachments:• Recommended budget produced by Resources Working Group, June 29, 2015, withadditional reductions to accommodate the 10% restriction on general funds described inEM 15-01.

Attachment 1: Recommended budget produced by Resources Working Group, June 29,
2015, with additional reductions to accommodate the 10% restriction on general funds
described in EM 15-01.
Note: Proposals are presented in ranked order based on the scores assigned by the Evaluation
Committee (1=highest rank). Qualitative discussion of proposal timeline and likelihood forsuccess were also considered in determining recommended award amounts. Amounts
recommended by the Resources Working Group are found in Column G. Award amounts
amended to accommodate the 10% restriction on general funds described in EM 15-01 are inColumn H. A key to abbreviations is provided below.
Rank

InitialRequest

RWG RecAward

AmendedAwardCat

DeptEntity

Abbreviated Title

1CUHMISCMISC Detection & Control$800,558$555,060$504,339

2CUH

BIISC

BIISC Control$688,313$397,969$361,602

3CUHBIISC

BIISC Early Detection$221,221$113,449$103,082

4CUHOISCOISC Detection & Control$1,009,243$581,658$528,506

5CUH

BIISC

Albizia Control$259,795$157,000$142,653

6C

HDOA

PPC

CRB Response$1,150,947$490,724$445,882

7

P

DLNR

KIRC

Kaho‘olawe Biosecurity$77,387$54,000$49,066

8PUH

HPWRA

Weed Risk Assessment$78,688$78,688$78,688

9CUH

WMMWPWest Maui Fern Control$68,253$32,941$29,931

10CUH

HAL

Ant Lab Core Support$281,259$195,000$177,181

11CUH

WMMWP

West Maui Albizia Control$60,999

$0$0

12

RUH

HAL

LFA Research$79,456$57,063$51,848

13

R

DLNR

DOFAW

HISC Data System$20,000

$0

$0

14

C

UH

HBIN

Online Info Services Core$67,982$55,078$50,045

15

O

UH

CGAPS

CGAPS Core$101,500$67,000$47,000

16CUH

KISC

Kōke‘e Weed Control$40,000$23,827$21,649

17P

BISH

BISH

Import Reg Updates$26,297$0$018RUH

CTAHR

Miconia Balistic Control$187,210$129,000$117,212

19

CUH

KMWP

Ko‘olau Goat Eradication$37,875$37,875$34,414

20

R

USDA

USFS

Melastome Biocontrol$85,430$55,200$50,156

21

CUHKISCKISC Detection & Control$415,000$311,250$282,808

22

O

UHMISC

Maui Nui Outreach$99,338$81,000$73,598

23

C

DLNR

DOFAW

O‘ahu Guava Biocontrol$68,285$51,715$46,989

24

O

UHBIISC

BI Outreach$107,510$67,846$61,646

25

O

UHOISCO‘ahu Outreach$148,158$94,705$86,050

26R

UH

CTAHR

General Economic Model$169,740$0$027

CDLNR

DOFAW

Moloka‘i Ginger Erad

$45,100$35,000$31,802

28CUHBIISC

BI Axis Deer

$150,000$94,694$86,041

29

CDLNR

DOFAW

$71,800$0$030

CDLNR

DOFAW

Maui Guava BiocontrolO‘ahu NARS WeedControl$30,000$16,525$15,015

31

C

DLNR

DAR

Aquatics Expansion$9,450$9,450$8,586

32

R

USDA

USFS

Albizia Biocontrol$92,020

$0$0

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RUH

CTAHR

Aerial Albizia Tech

$85,800

34C

UH

KMWP

O‘ahu Angiopteris Control$47,885$0$035O

DAR

Aquatics Outreach$7,000$3,990$3,62536

C

DLNR
HICountyDRD

HI County LFA Control$225,000$100,000$90,862

37

O

UH

KISC

$64,000$64,000$58,152

38

P

DLNR

DAR

Kaua‘i Outreach
Ballast Water & Hull
Fouling$73,645$73,645$73,645

39

R

USDA

USFS

‘Ohi‘a Death Research$197,572$99,000$99,000

40

R

USDA

PBARC

LFA Chemical Ecology$177,982$0$041PUH

HALO‘ahu LFA$96,044$0$042

R

UH

CTAHR

Lobate Lac Scale$48,520$0$043R

UH

COP

Rat Lungworm Research$107,039$0$044

R

UH

CTAHR

$33,000$9,818$8,92045RUH

SDAVNaio Thrips Research
UAV Capacity
Development$189,651$0$046

RBISH

BISH

Invasive Molluscs$99,678$0$047CUHOISCO‘ahu Tibouchina$103,627$31,290$28,431

48

R

USDA

USFS

Rubus Biocontrol$113,463

$0$0

49

O

UH

WMWP

Waianae Outreach$15,000$5,000$4,543

50

RUH

KISC

Mongoose Trap Tech

$33,000

$0$0

51

CUH

KISC

KISC Mongoose$55,000$27,500$24,987

52

C

DLNR

DOFAW

Maui African Tulip$40,075$0$053

CUH

MDWG

Maui Axis Deer

$69,416$0$054RUHHIMB

Urchin Reproduction$83,761$0$055

CDLNR

DOFAW

Kaua‘i Eucalyptus$173,690$0$056

C

DLNR

DOFAW

Lehua Rodent Control$261,900$0$057OUH

COP

Rat Lungworm Outreach$512,064$0$058RUH

CTAHR

Game Mammal Econ

$27,089$0$059

C

DLNR

DOFAW

Kaua‘i Avian Predators$69,207$0$060

C

DLNR

DOFAW

Kauai strawberry guava$50,000$0$0$9,808,922$4,257,957$3,877,956

TOTAL

$0$0

Abbreviations
Categories: P= Prevention; C= Control; O= Outreach; R= Research
Departments: BISH= Bishop Museum; UH= University of Hawaii; USDA= US Dept of Agriculture; HDOA=Hawaii Dept of Agriculture
Entities: MISC= Maui Invasive Species Committee; BIISC= Big Island Invasive Species Committee; OISC= O‘ahu
Invasive Species Committee; PPC= Plant Pest Control Branch; KIRC= Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission;
HPWRA= Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment; WMMWP= West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership;
HAL= Hawaii Ant Lab; DOFAW= Division of Forestry and Wildlife; HBIN= Hawaii Biodiversity Information
Network; CGAPS= Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species; KISC= Kaua‘i Invasive Species Committee;
CTAHR= College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; KMWP= Ko‘olau Mountains WatershedPartnership; USFS= US Forest Service; DAR= Division of Aquatic Resources; DRD= Dept of Research &Development; PBARC= Pacific Basin Agriculture Research Center; COP= College of Pharmacy; SDAV= Spatial
Data Analysis & Visualization Lab; MDWG= Maui Deer Working Group; HIMB= Hawaii Institute for Marine
Biology