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BUSINESS: 4. Confirmation or Election of Action Committee Vice - Chair: Vice - Chair David accepted the nomination made by the Action Committee at the January meeting to continue as Vice - Chair through 2019 . 5. The Action Committee will Discuss the County’s Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund : The Action Committee discussed increasing awareness of the process of making PONC nominations. They also expressed difficulty in keeping up with the various proposals to change aspects of the PONC establishing language in the Charter , with specific interes t on the 2% property tax rate which funds it. Committee Member Palma - Glennie moved to create a subcommittee to investigate PONC issues. Second by Vice - Chair David. The committee discussed a need to better define the subcommittee to prevent accident al ly cre ating a standing subcommittee. Committee Member Palma - Glennie clarified she would like the subcommittee to focus on identifying lands that would be good candidate s for PONC. Additional purposes that were identified were to connect to community groups who are similarly invested in PONC, or PONC - like projects in order and to determine what the most effective relationship between the Action Committee and PONC may be. Committee Members Palma - Glennie, David, Palacat - Nelsen , and Young volunteered to sit on the s ubcommittee, several community members also indicated interest. The subcommittee would continue to further define their purpose. A subcommittee chair would be established th r ough their meetings. Upon the motion to create the subcommittee a vote was taken, t he m otion passed with 6 votes aye, 0 votes nay. [Committee Member DeFranco was not present at the time of the vote.] PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ( May 14 , 2019 ) 1. Presentation from Antu Harvey of Pulama ia Kona Heritage Preservation Council regarding H ō lualoa 2. Possible report from the Ali'i Parkway Investigatory Subcommittee 3. Possible presentation from Maria Torbert , University of Colorado, Denver Urban and Regional Planning Master’s student regarding the Kona Open Space Network Plan ADJOURNMENT: The Chair, without objectio n, adjourned the meeting at 4:24 p.m. All Action Committee information can be viewed and downloaded from our website: http://www.hawaiicountycdp.info/north - and - south - kona - cdp www.hiplanningdept.com kona@hawaiicounty.gov Page 3