MIN CHARTER 2018-10-12 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -4 October 12, 2018 collection of natural, cultural, and recreational assets to be found in Hawai`i. P&R (Parks and Recreation) staff work very hard every single day to protect and care for these assets. We create opportunities for the residents and visitors of Hawaii to enjoy everything that we have to offer. As far as our comments on the Charter Commission itself, we would just ask that when you review the PONC portion that you really look at adding the maintenance as part of something that we can use in the PONC. I've personally gone to numerous sites where these individuals are working hard on the facilities and having some type of maintenance fund for them would make a big difference. They are a bare bones operations. I think that it would be a benefit to the public and to the County if we were able to have part of that PONC fund used for maintenance. That's it. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you, Mr. Messina. Yes, Commissioner Rice. MS. RICE: On the PONC fund for maintenance I thought .25 of the amount of the property tax allocated was for maintenance. I don't understand. Are you talking about maintenance for other parks? MR. MESSINA: No, Ma'am. I am asking for a little bit more. MS. RICE: Oh, okay. MR. MESSINA: Yes, yes. MS. RICE: So increasing that funding. MR. MESSINA: Yes. MS. RICE: But for those purchases— MR. MESSINA: The PONC lands, yes. MS. RICE: Okay, thank you. MR. MESSINA: You're welcome. CHR. ADAMS: Any other questions? Just briefly I just want to verify. So we have here in Section 6-3.2 where it talks about the director. The lone qualification listed is the minimum of five years of experience in administrative capacity—that makes sense from the department's perspective? MR. MESSINA: On that perspective I would just go back to Director Waltjen's qualifications. Even though that is the one qualification that is listed she has Page 15