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Bill 78 8r 79 - .tune; l st (Wednesday) Pagc 1 of 1 <br /> Robello, Alfred <br /> From: Duane Erway [derway@hawaii.rr.com] <br /> i~ , <br /> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1121 PM t.J:~'J ~~If~ ~ ~7 ']i'i ~ <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Bill 78 & 79 -June 1st (Wednesday) rat„ „ <br /> Importance: High <br /> 5/30/05 <br /> Chairman Riga and l~wn~.~_ilrn,rn~~hrrs <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> VI PI \I S I kLl~ I <br /> i I I I~ l I l l ~~~~-_'.n <br /> Aloha Council Members!!! <br /> ~ ~ I ~~>>rinh~: r Jacobson has worked diligently with his colleagues to come up with bills that Mayor <br /> Kim is likely to sign and that will put almost as much into buying open space as the original hills, at <br /> Icast this year. <br /> <br /> The bond fund, Bill 79, has been increased to $13 million vs. $10 million in the old version, while <br /> <br /> dropping the requirement of BILL, 78 that 2 percent of real property tax revenue be used. Instead, BILL <br /> 78 appropriates at least $250,000 from each year's operating budget into a public access, open space and <br /> <br /> natural resource preservation fund. <br /> <br /> A big Mahalo to those Councilmembers who supported the original bills with the 2% property tax <br /> <br /> allocation and to those ~ w En 1 n i n l~~ , and the Mayor who pushed for bond funds for most of the <br /> We have a more affordable case. <br /> Duane U. Erway <br /> President <br /> Comm. No. ~..0~' (Z3 <br /> Ref. To: P?a~t"d <br /> Re6. Dote ~I11N 1 <br /> 5/31 /2005 <br /> <br />