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Establishing a County Cultural Resources Commission, such as those already established <br /> on Maui and Kauai, would help make the importance of these resources more visible to <br /> the general public through its capacity to educate and provide accurate information on <br /> these resources and their preservation. It would help guide public policy by coordinating <br /> inventories and information about these resources so that information is available earlier <br /> about given sites. (Good information and its availability helps everyone and helps avoid <br /> unnecessary conflict.) <br /> The ordinance as proposed includes the stipulation that the commission be made up of <br /> professionals from several relevant disciplines and be reflective of the geography of this <br /> island. It also is similar to the ordinances establishing such commissions on Maui and <br /> <br /> Kauai and would, therefore, also allow our county to apply for the status necessary to <br /> access federal funds that could support some of the inventorying and other work <br /> necessary to assist preservation of cultural resources on this island. Experience on Maui <br /> and Kauai indicates that it is important to attach adequate funding to this process so that a <br /> full-time cultural resource professional and at least apart-time clerical position can do the <br /> substantive work that this commission would entail within county govemment. <br /> <br /> Mahalo to all of you for making this effort to bring attention to the unique cultural and <br /> historical resources of Hawai' i County and the necessity for government and the <br /> community to be partners in preserving them. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> M. Dolly Strazar <br /> <br />