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people who have been through it. Is there a document I missed that summarizes and clarifies these steps? If so, that would be a welcome addition to the PONC application package. In our meeting, you stated that the management planning element of your application is being "withdrawn" and the archaeological survey will be contracted by the Finance Dept. resulting in $15,200 being removed from your application. It sounds like your application needs to be revised and updated. Although approved by the PONC Commission in late 2023, objections from Hamana and Finance caused this award "Digitized Resource Database—Development Phase"to be re- negotiated in late October 2024, removing objectives that had to do with seeding STEM curriculum development and matching fund grant writing. The simultaneous finalizing of the archaeology contract and Matt Clark's enthusiastic interest in the Lidar data indicated a reconfiguring of the timeline and the contracting. In telephone conversation, Diane Nakagawa saw the value of the helicopter overflight and the emergent need for a database curator being funded during the time of the archaeology contract. Thus, we negotiated that the actual overflight be funded through ASM Affiliates, and that the curator/coordination/training be the only management planning activities funded through PONC in the 24-25 cycle. The resultant$6509.18 "Digitized Resource Database Management Planning Tool"was approved by Diane Nakagawa and the Council in November and will go into contract January 1. This means that all of the management planning activities in the 2025-26 proposal "Digitized Resource Database--Implementation Phase"will have been already funded and contracted. This is reflected in the attached revised application, which has management planning completely removed. RECOMMENDATION.- In the PONC application instructions, the discussion and examples of allowable activities within each category (maintenance or management planning) could be expanded to give both Commissioners and applicants more guidance. It was a considerable hardship to learn more than one year after our application had been approved by the PONC Commission, and S months after the ostensible proposal contract start-date, that some of the objectives were not allowable. Herbicide use will indeed require a SMA permit. Please revisit your weed control methods/budget as necessary. No herbicide has been used on the property as of yet, and HER is currently applying for its own SMA permit as part of its 24-25 PONC stewardship contract(to be signed imminently, with a retroactive contract start date of 7/l/2024), allocating part of the "Forest Management: Control Invasive Plants"budget to the SMA application fee. The permit application number is PL-INT-2024-009386. We anticipate receiving the permit within the first 2 quarters of 2025, and will aim for the permit to align with the contract dates for the 25-26 PONC grant (7/l/25-6/40/26), if possible. Thus, nonnative flora control will be exclusively manual until the permit is issued, and herbicide work will likely commense 7/l/2025. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to reach out. Diga 808 731 9617