2012-07-09 Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission Minutes (2)

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was interested but no nominations were submitted. She also attended the Hamakua CDP meeting and provided copies to the public. Ms. Byrne -Baber attended the North Kohala CDP Action Committee meeting, presented the Commission information and provided copies to the public. Mr. Hirakami noted that there's a newly formed group in Pahoa, Puna Pono Alliance and took advantage of this assembly to provide the Commission information to the public. Recess: 11:47 a.m. Reconvened: 12:35 p.m. • Commission to discuss the evaluation process when reviewing suggestion forms submitted by the public (the commissioners went into discussion) Ms. Matsumura told the Commission that Ms. Ford is asking for them to have Waikaku`u put on the 2012 Prioritized List today. She wants to know if they are going to give this request special consideration and assess all the properties today and if so how many properties are they going to put on the list. Mr. Hirakami said that in the past there's been a definite break and they as a Commission would decide. They do it by natural order seeing where the clusters are and every year is different. Mr. Van Bergen told them that it's their discretion, there's no rule in the code that tells them how much properties to put on the list. Ms. Self clarified Section 2 -217 and told them that the list can be updated at any time, more than once as long as it's submitted to the Mayor annually by December 31st. She added that whatever they decide to do to make sure they protect the integrity of the Commission to the public. (the commissioners continued their discussion) Ms. Matsumura told the Commission that they are going to proceed with their normal process of taking these forms home and assessing each property and submitting their scores to Ms. Kelepolo by August 17th Commission to discuss, review and assess Suggestion Forms submitted by the public for 2012 (the commissioners went into discussion) Motion: Commissioner Nicholson moved to review the applications as submitted using the same process they've used in the past but any applications that we find that are incomplete, lacking sufficient information or received after the dead -line won't be considered - Communication No. 12 -008 because we have insufficient and incomplete information and Communication No. 12 -022 because it was received after the deadline and has incomplete information. Seconded by Commissioner Moon; all members voted aye, motion carried. -10-