2007-03-12 Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission Minutes

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because on the earlier report the County was already pursuing those acquisitions and if implemented, those properties will eat up the resources they have. Ms. Springer clarified that she heard "top two" and wanted to make sure which list the "top two" came from. Ms. Springer stated she now realized that it's not on any list. Ms. Springer stated in response to Mr. Kaneshiro's comment on access, she wanted to point out that number 2 on the Commission's list dealt with access. Mr. Kaneshiro stated if the Commission had two tracks then hopefully the Mayor and the Council would pursue two tracks meaning they don't have to work only on purchasing of properties but also look at access as a different track and they could work on both. Mr. Kaneshiro stated the P61ue property would be number 1 on the access list. Mr. Campbell pointed out that the Commission had 1 report backing in to another because the Commission drafted two reports in 2006; so we have two separate reports and we have something going on that was generated by the first report. Mr. Campbell stated he thought it wouldn't happen again. Mr. Gilmartin stated they will never be able to keep up with the Commission's recommendations; properties are expensive and there isn't a whole a lot of monies to work with therefore there will always be a backlog. Mr. Yada stated they will always have to deal with what's on -going versus what the list recommended. Mr. Gilmartin stated he wanted to bring up a long term goal about maintaining a bigger list that could be referred to or added to because of the continuous backlog. Mr. Gilmartin stated there needs to be a way to keep a record of the top properties so those could be pulled out if they become available at a later date. They should still on the list somewhere. Ms. Springer stated when they go out to the public, the Commission should apprise the public of this aspect of the process; we need to track and stay with the properties that have been nominated in previous years. Ms. Springer stated the public would have realistic expectations when they come forward with their nominations. Mr. Yada commented on Mr. Kaneshiro's suggestion of public access. Mr. Yada stated although it's worthy of consideration, those acquisitions are more complicated. The acquisition cost may be less however the acquisition itself may be more complicated because the owner retains ownership of the property. Mr. Yada stated they would need to deal with the ramifications of public access through private property and the challenges that may come about based on the owners concern about having public access through his property. Even though those types of acquisitions are worthy to consider, it often was more complicated.