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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -10 April 25, 2019 Okinawa, what the U.S. said. The rape happened off base but the U.S. is claiming that Okinawa is an unincorporated territory of the U.S. Under Article Four, Section Three, Clause Two, no amendment. So it doesn't affect only the Hawaiian Kingdom. It affects a lot of countries. Just that the one million seven hundred fifty thousand acres in 1898 was incorporated into Article Four, Section Three, Clause Two, no amendment, so that is problematic. So there's constitutional questions and I believe you have Corporation Counsel to answer those riddles about that. So with that, I will reserve the rights of this Kingdom under the Queen's Protest of January 17, 1893 against U.S. Minister Stevens that has yet to make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Article Three, Section Two, Clause Two, original but limited jurisdiction. The other one is the 1875 Reciprocity Treaty that never was. King Kalakaua and the U.S. President did not sign it and the other one going back to 1820 President Monroe appointed John C. Jones as an agent for the U.S. and he was in charge of the missionary family and the U.S. Navy. Remember there is no treaty back then in 1820 and in 1826 a naval officer did the treaty which is not authorized under U.S. Constitution. Thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you Sir. Ms. Hecht if you could please come to the table. After Mr. Sensenig, we will go to Kona for our testifiers there. Sir. DOUG SENSENIG: Proposal No. CA -18 and CA -27, commenting. MR. SENSENIG: Thank you very much. I am Doug Sensenig from Waimea. I am a former attorney and I have been involved in land conservation since the late 1980's as an attorney, volunteer, and as an Executive Director of two land trusts. I am here today to speak to CA -18 and CA -27. I want to thank you all for the hard work you have been doing in the effort to improve the Charter. And another big thank you to Debbie Hecht and Brenda Ford for their dedication to this island and this community, evidenced by their passion to continuously improve the operation of the 2% Land Fund and the Maintenance Fund. Partially through their care and desire for continuous improvement, the 2% Land Fund has enjoyed massive support from the voters of Hawai`i Island even through difficult economic times. I am here to urge you to approve the proposed change to CA -18 that allows the Maintenance Fund to provide money to pay people for the stewardship of lands protected by the fund. As you probably know, only nine percent of all monies in the Maintenance Fund were awarded to stewardship non -profits in the last six years. The stewardship non -profits have not been able to keep up with the work that needs to be done. A full-time staff position, or a staff person in addition to existing PONC (Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission) staff can facilitate and coordinate stewardship efforts as well as leverage community involvement. Page 5