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could help to get the word out to the public and also highlight the <br />work of the commissioners. Also when acquisitions are completed the Chair should be recognized and <br />even possibly make a statement to the media regarding the purchase. <br /> <br />Ms. Hecht asked Mr. Brilhante if a property is purchased with just a small percentage of the 2% Fund <br />would community groups still have access to the Maintenance Fund. Mr. Brilhante asked if there are <br />o, most of the purchases are acquired with at <br />least half of the 2% Fund. Mr. Brilhante noted that he will have to check on this. <br /> <br />Mr. Hirakami commented that this will be a work in progress, right now we have a handful of <br />properties but in 5-10 years there will be more land to manage and more community groups will be <br />noted that the rules are being done right now. Ms. Hecht asked if the application is done. Mr. <br />Brilhante replied that P&R <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ms. Hecht will attend the Kona CDP and Ms. Matsumura will attend a meeting in the Hilo area. <br /> <br /> Commission to discuss scheduling of 2014 public regional meetings <br /> <br />Mr. Freire summarized their meetings for the year and talked about what items will be discussed. In <br />the January and March meetings they will be drafting their press release and working on public <br />outreach by attending the various CDP meetings. They will also be reviewing the suggestion form and <br />flyer if they would like to make any changes. <br /> <br />By the July meeting, they will review suggestion forms submitted by the public. In September they <br />will draft the annual report and finalize in November in final form after review. <br />Ms. Nicholson suggested that at the May meeting they ask Mr. Honma to update the Commission <br />regarding the maintenance fund and implementation of the stewardship grants. <br /> <br />Mr. Hirakami noted that one of the activities that have been missing is site visits because of the <br />sunshine law. He asked Mr. Brilhante if it would be possible to construct a non-meeting site visit to <br />some proposed and/or recently acquired properties. He added that it would be good for them to <br />actually see the properties maybe even with cultural experts. Mr. Brilhante replied that they would <br />need to create an investigative committee within the Commission of up to four for a specific purpose <br />that can go outside of the purvue of the sunshine law; however there cannot be any discussion and they <br />have to make a report at the next meeting. <br /> <br />Ms. Nicholson asked what if the person nominating the property offers an opportunity for anyone to <br />attend a site visit. Mr. Brilhante replied that no more than two commissioners can be present. <br /> <br />Mr. Brilhante commented that he represents the County at the LUC, a State entity and they go out and <br />do site visits and still stick within the parameters of the sunshine law. Ms. Matsumura noted that <br />properties the LUC are going to, the landowner wants LUC to act favorably towards them. However; <br />in regards to the Commission, sometimes the landowner does not want to have their property on the <br />list. Mr. Brilhante added that the process needs to be kept fair for each applicant. <br /> <br />- 5 - <br /> <br />