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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -9 March 8, 2019 <br />MR. AKAU: just manage the PONC grants. We have been working with Reid <br />Sewake who is awesome but it is not within his job. We worked with a lot of <br />people and it is not their job. They take extra time out of their day to help us go <br />through the process and get a grant educated, and I think having someone on staff <br />that just deals with that is going to make a huge improvement for... <br />CHR. ADAMS: Thank you sir. <br />MR. AKAU: Folks like Potter down in Waipi`o, folks like us and other future <br />beneficiaries of the program. We do it for the love. We are going to do it <br />regardless, but to have stability... <br />CHR. ADAMS: We appreciate your response. Thank you. Thank you sir. <br />MR. AKAU: Is someone cutting me off? Okay, I thought someone was cutting <br />me off. Umm, but yeah, we support that. I wasn't familiar with the CA -27 but in <br />hearing other people's testimonies... <br />CHR. ADAMS: Sir, if you could, sir, if you could please summarize. You have <br />gone over your time. <br />MR. AKAU: Oh, okay. Yeah, we support, we support CA -18 and I will just end <br />it there. Thank you so much for not killing and slashing the PONC fund. Thank <br />you. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. Next testifier please. <br />DEBORAH WARD: Proposal No. CA -9 and CA -18 in support and Proposal No. 27 in opposition. <br />MS. WARD: Aloha Kakahiaka. I apologize for the loud sound here. I hope you <br />can hear me there. Is that correct? Can anyone there hear me? <br />CHR. ADAMS: Yes. <br />MS. WARD: Thank you. Aloha, my name is Deborah Ward and I am Chair of <br />the Moku Loa Group of Sierra Club and we have close to a thousand members on <br />this island. Thank you very, very, much for your service to our community. I <br />appreciate your volunteer time and the effort that it takes to do the work you are <br />doing. Thank you for helping us strengthen the PONC allocation to make <br />protecting our natural, cultural, and agricultural resources before they, before they <br />are developed for private gain. I don't know, this is very noisy here. <br />You are well aware that the public has demonstrated support of this program <br />through three separate votes, and we encourage you to strengthen not weaken the <br />program. We know what can be improved so let's improve it and not hobble it. <br />Page 16 <br />