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County of Hawaii
<br /> Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission
<br /> 2018 Annual Report to the Mayor
<br /> December 31,2018
<br /> Introduction
<br /> The Hawaii County Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation
<br /> Commission (PONC) is submitting this 2018 Annual Report to the Mayor which includes the 2018
<br /> Prioritized List of Properties that was submitted to this Commission on or before February 28, 2018
<br /> (Appendix 1), in pursuant to the Hawaii County Code (1985), Edition 2005 Section 2-217
<br /> (Appendix 2).
<br /> Unlike other commissions in the county, this Commission is an advisory to the Mayor and its
<br /> sole responsibilities are: 1) responsible for annually submitting a prioritized list of properties to be
<br /> considered for acquisition to the Mayor and 2) review and make recommendations to the Department
<br /> of Parks and Recreation of the Stewardship Grant Applications.
<br /> In addition, this Commission has also compiled a report of all properties submitted on the
<br /> Status of Properties on Past Prioritized Lists 2006-2018 (Appendix 3), which includes the different
<br /> funding sources used for each acquisition. For updated information of the county's acquisitions using
<br /> the Preservation Fund, please refer to the Acquisition Status Report (Appendix 4). Finally, this
<br /> Commission compiled a detailed Comprehensive List of Properties Submitted by the Public
<br /> (Appendix 5). This list attests to the participation of community groups and individual parties
<br /> interested in the preservation of our island's open spaces and natural resources.
<br /> In 2010, Hawaii County voters approved the first charter amendment created by Article 10,
<br /> Section 10-15, PONC Preservation Fund that sets aside 2% of Hawaii County's real property taxes
<br /> each year for acquisition of these properties (Appendix 6). Two years later in 2012, Hawaii County
<br /> voters approved the second charter creating an amendment,which can be found in Article 10, Section
<br /> 10-16, PONC Maintenance Fund (Appendix 7), provides funding for maintaining properties acquired
<br /> by the Preservation Fund and permitted usages.
<br /> Included in this report is an appendix describing the Process for Property Acquisition
<br /> (Appendix 8) so that the public may be better informed as to how properties are acquired using the
<br /> Preservation Fund.
<br /> Commission Members
<br /> Kekaulike P.Tomich, Chairman,District 8 (January 1,2016-December 31,2020)
<br /> Ren6 Siracusa,Vice-Chair,District 5 (January 1,2014- December 31,2018)
<br /> E. Koohan Paik-Mander, Commissioner,District 1 (January 1,2018 - December 31,2022)
<br /> Kai`ena Bishaw 11,Commissioner,District 2 (January 1,2015 - December 31,2019)
<br /> Shellie Bee Allen Naungayan,Commissioner,District 3 (January 1,2018 -December 31,2018)
<br /> Dr. Wayne Frank,Commissioner,District 4 (January 1,2018 - December 31,2022)
<br /> Rick Warshauer,Commissioner,District 6 (January 1,2017 -December 31,202 1)
<br /> Cynthia S.H.Nazara, Commissioner,District 7 (January 1,2015 - December 31,2019)
<br /> Susan Wells Fischer, Commissioner,District 9(January 1,2016 -December 31,2020)
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