2013-11-12 Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission Minutes

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is hearing your concerns and the contract with the County can address some of the points that are being made. Ms. Byrne Baber was looking at putting the locals to work and if it was possible to sublet to those individuals. Ms. Nicholson added that one of our key criteria when evaluating proposals is community involvement. Mr. Van Bergen replied that there is huge community involvement with Kw, Kpapa but what it comes down to is when you different criteria. Mr. Brilhante added that what Mr. Van Bergen is referencing when it comes to needs to be followed to ensure fairness and accountability. Ms. Byrne Baber commented that this is exactly what they want to do; the money does matter to build local economic capacity. The professionals get the information from the local people, do they ever get paid no. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE Mr. Van Bergen reported that we are in the final stages of the Kpapa burial plan, it looks good and they did a fabulous job on parcel 31 with the buffering of the burials and the trail. There will be some things done in-house to finalize the plan since it calls for clearing out some invasive species. We are still working diligently on Pohoiki Bay and we are currently in contract to complete the survey since the previous surveyor had some compliance issues. Once the application is filled out we will submit to Planning Dept. and DLNR is willing to work with the County. The survey should be done in about 3-6 months and we can then proceed with this acquisition. OFFICE OF CORPORATION COU Mr. Brilhante reported that he has nothing more to report since his responses to Ms. Hecht was st addressed earlier. He will look into the question of the charter amendment deadline of August 1 to submit stewardship grants to see whether or not that date is flexible. Ms. Nicholson reported that the terms for the commissioners have changed and thanked Mr. Grace and Mr. Hirakami for serving on the Commission. Ms. Kelepolo explained that a recent review by Corporation Counsel of all Commission term dates prompted this since their actual start date is not hold-over for an additional 90 days and hopefully their vacancy can be filled. NEW BUSINESS Commission to review, finalize and approve the 2013 Annual Report to the Mayor (the commissioners went into discussion regarding the 2013 Annual Report to the Mayor) Recess: 11:57 a.m. Reconvened: 12:04 p.m. (the commissioners continued their discussion) - 6 -