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RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE HAWAII COUNTY PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION COMMISSION RULE 1. AUTHORITY These rules and regulations are promulgated by the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 42, Sections 2-214 through 2- 218, of the Hawai`i County Code, 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended). RULE 2. GOAL The goal of the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission is to solicit suggestions from the community for lands considered to be worthy of preservation and to provide the Mayor of the County of Hawaii with an island wide list of prioritized properties; and to review stewardship grant applications, to recommend recipients of the stewardship grants from the maintenance fund to the department of parks and recreation, and to monitor the performance of the stewardship grant recipients to ensure proper stewardship, preservation and conservation of the lands and easements acquired by the public access, open space, and natural resources preservation fund. RULE 3. DEFINITIONS Wherever used in these rules and regulations, the following terms shall be taken to have the following meaning: (a) "Agency"means the Department of Finance of the County of Hawai`i or its authorized representative. (b) "Charter" shall mean the County Charter of the County of Hawaii, State of Hawai`i. (c) "Commission," "Chair," "Vice Chair" and the "Commissioner"mean the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission of the County of Hawai`i, State of Hawai`i, its Chair, its Vice Chair and a member thereof, respectively. (d) "Council" shall mean the County Council of the County of Hawai`i, State of Hawai`i. (e) "Director"means the Director of Finance of the County of Hawai`i. (f) "HRS"means Hawai`i Revised Statutes. (g) "Mayor" shall mean the Mayor of the County of Hawai`i, State of Hawaii. - 1 -