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<br />County of Hawai‘i <br />PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br />PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />County Bldg.• 25 Aupuni Street Suite No. 1101 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720-4245 <br />Phone (808) 961-8069 Fax (808) 961-8248 <br />Date:, 2018 <br />To:Douglass Shipman Adams, Chair <br />Hawai’i County Charter Commission <br />From:Kekaulike Tomich, Chairperson <br />Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources <br /> Preservation Commission (PONC) <br />Re:Input to Hawai’i County Charter 10-15, 10-16 <br />On behalf of the PONC Commission, I am submitting the following recommendations. The <br />following concerns were discussedat great length, but not recommended nor motionedto <br />recommend: <br />1.Capping the Preservation Fund (but no cap amount was determined) <br />2.The Preservation Fund of 2% to reduce it to a lower percentage <br />3.Employees of the non-profits should get a salary <br />4.Non-Profits are barred from re-applying for Stewardship Grants unless a report is submitted <br />5.Allocation of maintenance funds to fund a County position to PONC <br />6.Allowable items to include non-commercial signage for safety, restrictions of the use of the <br />land, and language interpretation <br />7.After PONC makes recommendation and reports their recommendation/and or report goes <br />straight to County Council for resolution <br />8.Cap the Stewardship Grants to $50,000 <br />9.Allowable item to include: water, water coolers, tents, light refreshments, accessibility of <br />handicap facilities <br />10.Maintenance funding should be used for education programs, cultural experiences <br />11.Change the maintenance fund and stewardship grant program to the Department of Finance <br />We came to an understanding and determined that itemization of required stewardship grant <br />application of the funds should be defined in the code and not in the charter. Our debates and <br />discussions developed into our first solution regarding the difficulties with the Department of Parks <br />and Recreation and their involvement with Stewardship Grants Program and the timeline to process <br />each grant request. <br />Our first recommendation is an attempt to find a solution in the Stewardship Grant program and the <br />numerous complaints received the non-profits not receiving monies in a timely manner to steward <br />Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />