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County of Hawaii
<br />Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission
<br />2013 Annual Report to the Mayor
<br />December 27, 2013
<br />Introduction
<br />The Hawaii County Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation
<br />Commission (PONC) is submitting this 2013 Annual Report and Prioritized List to the Mayor
<br />(Appendix 1) pursuant to Section 2-217 of the Hawaii County Code, 1983, 2005 Edition (Appendix
<br />2).
<br />The Commission is advisory to the Mayor and is responsible for annually submitting a
<br />prioritized list of lands to be considered for acquisition. For information on acquisitions completed in
<br />2013 please refer to the Summary of 2013 Acquisitions (Appendix 3). The Commission has also
<br />compiled a report on the Status of all Properties on Past Prioritized Lists, providing detailed
<br />information for each property (Appendix 4) and an Acquisition Status Report (Appendix 5) that
<br />provides a list of properties that were acquired and includes the different funding sources used for each
<br />acquisition.
<br />Appendix 6 is a list of all properties that have been submitted since the inception of the
<br />Commission. This list attests to the informed participation of community groups and individual
<br />citizens interested in the preservation of our island's resources.
<br />In 2012 Hawaii County voters approved two charter amendments which impacted this
<br />Commission. The first charter amendment created by Article 10, Section 10-15, PONC Fund (FUND),
<br />sets aside 2% of Hawaii County's property taxes each year to acquire properties as listed in the
<br />amendment (Appendix 7). The second charter amendment which can be found in Article 10, Section
<br />10-16, Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Maintenance Fund (Appendix
<br />8), provides funding for maintaining properties acquired by the FUND and contains a list of permitted
<br />maintenance uses.
<br />Included in this report is an appendix describing the Process for Property Acquisition
<br />(Appendix 9) so that the public may be better informed as to how properties are acquired using the
<br />FUND.
<br />Commission Members
<br />Marilyn Nicholson, Chair, District 6, (Term: December 31, 2011 - December 31, 2016)
<br />Steven Hirakami, Vice -Chair, District 5, (Term: December 31, 2008 - December 31, 2013)
<br />Timothy DeLozier, Commissioner, District 1, (Term: December 31, 2012 - December 31, 2017)
<br />Wilma Matsumura, Commissioner, District 2, (Term: December 31, 2009 - December 31, 2014)
<br />Searle Grace, Commissioner, District 3, (Term: December 31, 2008 - December 31, 2013)
<br />Vacant, District 4 (Term: December 31, 2012 December 31, 2017)
<br />Enock Freire, Commissioner, District 7, (Term: December 31, 2009 - December 31, 2014)
<br />Debbie Hecht, Commissioner, District 8, (Term: December 31, 2010 - December 31, 2015)
<br />Gail Byrne Baber, Commissioner, District 9, (Term: December 31, 2010 - December 31, 2015)
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