2006-12-27 (2006 PONC Annual Report to the Mayor)

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discussions with the Mayor, Planning Director, Finance Director, Department of Parks & a Recreation Director, Corporation Counsel, and other County personnel pertinent to its functions and duties. The Commission also invited Beryl Blaich, Vice -Chair of Kauai County's Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission, and Dave Caylor, Kauai a Planning Department Planner, to share their experiences and progress with the similar Commission on their island. In addition, other guest presenters included Dr. Brian Szuster (re: Hawaii Coastal & Estuarine Conservation Plan), Josh Stanbro (re: Trust for Public Lands), a and Debbie Hecht (re: Save our Lands Citizen Committee & 2% Initiative). The following list outlines the meetings that were scheduled: April 24, 2006 (Hilo) H May 8, 2006 (Kona) [cancelled, no quorum] May 30, 2006 (Hilo) a July 10, 2006 (Kona) August 14, 2006 (Hilo) September 11, 2006 (Kona) October 9, 2006 (Hilo) November 13, 2006 (Kona) December 11, 2006 (Hilo) aDecember 27, 2006 (Hilo) Revision of Assessment Criteria Form The assessment criteria form used in the initial report was streamlined and revised to reflect criteria that could be adequately assessed by Commission members with the information at hand. As a result, Criteria 5 & 6, were deleted from this form because it was felt that this type of information was generally not available unless further research or a due diligence report was completed for each property. In addition, Criteria 2 was revised so that the scoring would be more balanced and would correlate with the five designated purposes of the fund. Otherwise, Criteria 1, 3, and 4 remained relatively the same with just a few changes in the wording. This revised 2007 Assessment Criteria Form (see Attachment 3) was used in updating the Prioritized aList for this 2006 Annual Report and will also be utilized in 2007. aRevision of Suggestion Form The suggestion form was also revised to include additional questions and requests for supplementary information and documentation relating to the suggested site or project. Based upon the recent review of the process used by Commission members in compiling the initial prioritized list, it was felt that there was often insufficient information to make adequate assessments. In addition, the suggestion form format was also revised so that it would correlate with the revised assessment criteria form. This revised suggestion form will be utilized in 2007. For purposes of this 2006 Annual Report, the former 2006 suggestion forms were used. Q Page 2 of 3