MIN CHARTER 2019-04-25 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -10 April 25, 2019 RECESS: RECONVENE: burnt out after three years now on the project. Maintenance, education, preparation, coordination, are the three main things, or four main things that are required. In 2019 in this year alone since January 1st we have hosted approximately 120 individuals on the site from University, from Wisconsin, to Carrol University, to the office of Hawaiian Education Summit which had 54 people, Laupahoehoe Public Charter School seniors and kindergarteners, Hawai`i Community College Biology 156 course, (inaudible) Teacher Education Program, Big Island Invasive Species Council volunteers... so we have host very smart people, but that hosting is one is one day we are there plus the setup and loading of stuff on the day prior, or the breakdown on the day after and that is not required. That is not even part of maintenance of cutting grass, of weeding the garden beds and trying to keep up with everything else. That is just the hosting on the site. So things are in our 2019 application which may start in or I don't know when... in 2000, maybe in Summer of 2019... we have scaled it back to kind of contract out most things because we can't continue to do this as volunteers. And I think the potential the programs reduce when everything is either required to be contracted out and there is no... as others mentioned, volunteer coordination is allowed by organization staff unless it is us volunteering our time, and so everything the people said before that things need to be you know, more collaborative with the County in terms of Department of Finance would be a better partner with that and also more support for organizations to be able to take the program to the next level with personnel funding. I would ask if not, part-time, almost near full-time for some depending on some parcels and stuff like that. And as everybody kind of.... As Koohan mentioned, volunteers are untrained. They can do specific tasks but very like limited tasks and you know, trained staff is needed to have the perpetuity and sustainability of the program, so thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you very much. At this point without objection we will take a ten minute recess. At 10:32 a.m., the Chair called for a recess. The meeting reconvened at 10:42 a.m. CHR. ADAMS: I understand that we have a testifier in Kona. If I could ask Ms. Wille and Sammie Stanbro please to come to the table here in Hilo. Do we have a testifier here in Kona? MS. BAEZ: Chair, Scott Sussman is here. CHR. ADAMS: I didn't catch that. Page 17