2022-11-14 Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission Minutes - Approved

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participate in the sale of property. (2) She asked PONC to remove the landowners contact information on the front and remove question no. 7, requiring the landowner to submit a letter of intent to participate in the sale of the property, and there is no need to re -submit those properties. She ended her testimony with a brief history of PONC, land use in Hawaii, and encouraged PONC to review the Cost of Government Report. VII. OLD BUSINESS: 1. Discussion No. 2. Continued on the proposed revisions to Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Hawaii County PONC Draft Revision No. 1 from the July 11, 2022, and CHR. Kelepolo opened the floor for discussion. Disscussion by the commission included the Mayor's request to review past prioritized nominations that made the list and submit a report. Ms. Ward replied the report was only for those with resolutions. RULE 4. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (a) Ms. Chang started the discussion with two suggestions: 1) "The commission staff shall accept suggestions...", change the word "shall" to "may." She recommends to remove the entire 2nd sentence "All suggestion forms must include a written sentence... easement to the County." Discussion to remove the sentence from the Rules, and any similar statement in both the Criteria Assessment Form, and Suggestion Form. The commission showed their support to remove it from the rules. Ms. Chang asked for discussion on the 3rd sentence, "previously submitted and evaluated." The commission showed their support to remove it from the rules. (b) Ms. Chang read and found no problem with this subsection. The commission showed their support not to change anything. (c) Discussion was held to add a past prioritized detailed list and status update in the annual report, and add to the sentence the words, "most frequent, current" insert a QR code in the report, or post the list on the website. (d) No discussion. (e) Discussion to move this to Rule 2. Goal, or leave it; may need more training regarding grant funding, a standing Permitted Interaction Group could be formed that reports back to the commission regarding funding sources. (f) Discussion to hold a pre -review opportunity with the applicants by inserting into the grant application that the pre -review is available if submitted before August PONC Minutes of November 14, 2022, Approved Page 3