2009-10-12 Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission Minutes

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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REPORT Mr. Van Bergen reported that the second appraisal is underway for the three Olson properties in Kawa. The County should be receiving the report in about 2 -3 weeks and if the price is right, Mr. Olson may be interested. In addition, we are also in the process of ordering appraisals for Kaiholena, North and South since both landowners are interested. In regards to Pa`o`o, the County applied for Legacy Land Fund monies for this property and should find out sometimes in December on the awards granted from the State. The property was appraised at 1.89 million and we might enter into a non - binding letter of intent with the landowner to let them know that we're interested. He also added that the Kahuku properties are still available for purchase even though they were taken off the market, they will be re- listed soon. Property Manager Ken Van Bergen to discuss with the Commission the possibility of reducing the amount of meetings from monthly to every other month effective January 2010 due to the County's economic crisis Mr. Van Bergen requested that on behalf of Ms. Nancy Crawford and the Finance department that the Commission considers cutting their annual meetings from six to twelve due to the County's current budget situation. Ms. Garcia asked how much does it cost to have a meeting. Ms. Self replied that in the upcoming fiscal year, it will be twice as bad with a projected 64 million dollar shortfall along with possible lay -offs. Ms. Springer asked if there were any purchases in 2009 with the 2% fund. Mr. Van Bergen replied no, not for this year and mentioned that we currently have almost 11 million in the fund. Mr. Komata asked if they can have analyzed budgets for three years of the Commissions' expenses. Mr. Van Bergen noted that we will provide this information at the next meeting. OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL'S REPORT (The commissioners went into discussion regarding Communication No. 09 -019: Memo dated July 24, 2009 to Council Chair J Yoshimoto and Members of the Hawaii County Council, from Kim Garcia, Chair, Hawaii County Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC), re: Proposed Amendment to Chapter 2, Article 42, Sections 2 -217 and 2 -218 of the Hawai `i County Code (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to PONC fund) -3-