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County of Hawaii Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission 2019 Annual Report to the Mayor December 16, 2019 Introduction: The Hawaii County Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC) is submitting this 2019 Annual Report to the Mayor which includes the 2019 Prioritized List of Properties that was submitted to this Commission on or before February 28, 2019 (Chapter 1), in pursuant to the Hawaii County Code (1985), Edition 2005 Section 2-217 (Chapter 5). Unlike other commissions in Hawai'i County, this Commission is an advisory to the Mayor and its sole responsibilities are: 1)responsible for annually submitting a prioritized list of properties to be considered for acquisition to the Mayor and 2) review and make recommendations to the Department of Parks and Recreation of the Stewardship Grant Applications. This Commission has compiled a report of all properties submitted on the Status of Prop- erties on Past Prioritized Lists 2006-2018 (Chapter 2) and the Acquisition Status Report (Chapter 3) which includes the different funding sources used for each acquisition. Finally, this Commis- , sion compiled a detailed Comprehensive List of Properties Submitted by the Public (Chapter 4). This list attests to the participation of community groups and individual parties interested in the preservation of our island's open spaces and natural resources. In 2010, Hawaii County voters approved the first charter amendment created by Article 10, Section 10-15, PONC Preservation Fund that sets aside 2% of Hawaii County's real property taxes each year for acquisition of these properties (Chapter 6). Two years later in 2012, Hawaii County voters approved the second charter creating an amendment,which can be found in Article 10, Section 10-16, PONC Maintenance Fund (Chapter 7) which provides funding for maintaining properties acquired by the Preservation Fund and permitted usages. Included in this report the Process for Property Acquisition (Chapter 8) so that the public may be better informed as to how properties are acquired using the Preservation Fund.