2008-08-11 Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission Minutes

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problem with that is, if they go back to that concept of carrying the list from year to year, it's hard to reconcile the scoring process and the concept of maintaining the list. Ms. Springer asked if the Council ever responded to Mayor Kim's February 25, 2008 letter to the Council, requesting direction from the Council in the prioritization as to the rest of the parcels. Mr. Yada replied that it was discussed and the response was that they didn't see the need to do it. Mr. Flores stated with the 3 reports this Commission has done, they ended up with lists based upon the scoring process. With the last report, the idea was to just use the scoring as a filtering of all the applicants however, they ran out of time. Mr. Flores stated the Commission never did the second part of looking at the top score in detail. Also, they didn't look at the properties the County Council made resolutions on. The Commission thought that was already being taken cared of. Mr. Flores stated in the most recent discussions, the Commission was not going to actively solicit suggestion forms. They were going to look at the properties that had resolutions on and prioritize that. That might help facilitate the process of acquisition. Mr. Gilmartin stated he's opposed to the action that the Council took in terms of resolutions. That was the responsibility of the Commission. Mr. Gilmartin stated if the Council wanted to purchase something that's on this Commission's list or not, that's up to them. For this Commission, we have a process. The Council should be looking to us for guidance. Mr. Yada stated the County was legally authorized to purchase the properties that the Council has passed resolutions on, if the opportunity presented itself. Mr. Yada stated we needed to focus on what we thought the top priorities were. If we refocus on this list, hopefully, the Council would be more focused on what resolutions they pass for acquisition. Mr. Flores clarified-that the resolutions that the Council passed, were the properties that was on their list; with the exception of Honoli`i. The Mayor selected what he thought should move forward off of this Commission's list and submitted his list to the Council. Mr. Flores stated the problem was that there was no order on how to proceed with the resolutions. That is why it was suggested that this Commission goes through those properties and give a priority on how to proceed Mr. Yada stated his opinion was that this Commission may have to improve the process, it may come down to refocusing and being more focused in their process, and that in turn would assist the Council to be more focused in what they do. Mr. Campbell stated that the prioritization appears to fall with the Department of Finance once the resolutions has passed.