2015-04-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Mintues

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes—April 20, 201 S 1) County of Hawaii's Public Access,Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC): a) Brief presentation about the Commission and its process of nominating properties for consideration by PONC. a Hamana Ventura,County of Hawaii - Property Manager Is Alexandra Kelepolo,County of Hawaii-Property Management Technician Willy Meyers, PONC Commissioner David Penn, DLNR-Wildlife Access&Acquisition Program Coordinator AK: We put together a very brief Power-point presentation. The Public Access, Open Space, Natural Resources Preservation Commission aka PONC — it's an advisory commission to the mayor and it's consisted of nine members, representing each Council District. They follow the Hawaii County code, Chapter 2, Article 42. 1 have also provided a copy of that in your green folders as attachment A. If you want to read that later on — it has a lot more information regarding the commission and its process. Currently, we have a vacancy in our Council District 9 of North and South Kohala, if you know anyone who'd be interested. So basically their duties and responsibilities is to develop and island-wide prioritized list of qualifying lands for their preservation and submit it to the mayor annually. Update this list at any time. Explore methods of funding that acquisition and make recommendations to the mayor and give emphasis to land acquisitions where the County's contribution can be leveraged to obtain funding. Our funding source is also known as the PONC fund. 2% of Hawaii County real property tax revenues is deposited annually. It's split up in quarterly deposits. We get about four to 4.5 million deposited annually and some of the purposes that you could —this is the criteria they look for, for land — if you're, you know, interested in nominating a property. Public outdoor recreation, education, access to beach and mountains, preservation of historical and cultural sites, natural resources, buffer zones, forests, beaches, coastal areas and watershed lands. So this is the main criteria that is looked for if you're interested in nominating a property for consideration. So nomination of properties to PONC. Suggestion forms are submitted to nominate properties for consideration which is due by June 30th of each year. I've also provided a copy in your green folder— attachment B — it's very important to submit a complete and thorough suggestion form. It does help our commission assess it higher and you know if you want your property to be moved up on the prioritized list then it really does make a difference. Attach any information, studies, very important if the landowner 2