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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -11 May 10, 2019 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: MR. HENRICKS: Mr. Bergin, Ms. Galimba (present), Mr. Hamano, Mr. Hopkins (here), Ms. Leithead-Todd (present), Ms. Rice (here), Mr. Roehrig (here), Ms. Saquing (here), Ms. Springer (here), Ms. Zelko-Schlueter (present), Chair Adams (here). Chair Adams you have nine members present. The Chair directed the Commission to proceed to the next order of business, Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. I understand that Commissioners Bergin and Hamano are excused. I understand that we have a testifier in Hilo. MS. KALEIMAMAHU: Good afternoon Chair, we have one testifier. CHR. ADAMS: I don't see any testifiers here in Kona at the moment, so let us go with the testifier in Hilo. Of course, please identify yourself by name and any organization you may represent, as well as the agenda items that you are speaking to. If it is more than one... one agenda item is three minutes time limit, if it is more than one it is five minutes total. Thank you. DWIGHT VICENTE: Proposal No. CA -29, commenting. MR. VICENTE: Good afternoon. My name is Dwight Vicente. The New Business number two, the County is floating bonds on lands that are not County lands, or under County jurisdiction. If I was to look at the 1898 Joint Resolution, the banana republic of Hawai`i only ceded one million seven hundred fifty - thousand acres of Crown and government lands which did not have contract lease on it. The two million plus acres was leased out for a period of 25 year contract, or I should say term. So those lands are not included. So the one million seven hundred fifty -thousand acres became in 1900, the Territory of Hawai`i, in 1920 the Crown and government lands were rebranded as Hawaiian Home Lands, and then in 1959 the State of Hawai`i by compact was to manage the one million seven hundred fifty -thousand acres of Crown and government lands rebranded as Hawaiian Home Lands. Now there is a separation to where the State and the County, and even the Federal Government has questionable but limited jurisdiction over... only over these lands. The lands that were leased for agriculture is not part of that and should be excluded. But if you look at how they have been doing it, they used the State Land Use Commission to take the agriculture land out of agriculture to urbanize it, HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) is involved, and the County Planning and the Finance Department taxation is involved. Then they are claiming a false jurisdiction over the lease lands that are not included in 1898. Now the other one is the referral for Executive Session, number one, the County Charter states that the whole island of Hawai`i is, which is 4,000 plus acres, not Page 2