Comm No 0021.019 - Testimony - CA-7 - PONC fund and Maintenance fund

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voters wile voted on tie issue and become Dart of tie HawaH County Cade,. 5 n 2008 Mayor Ke no and the County Coundl suspended de posts to the ""'und for two years as is very frst piece of egus atuan after taking office because tie le4is ation was part of the h. awaH County Code,. 6. n 2010, tie Charter CommissJon put the and ""'und on the ballot again, out only as the 1% and 'und. VVIE wanted tis to pass because t cou d only be undone by a vote of tie people. Again tie _and ""'und passed by 63% of voters, wile voted on tie measure,. T. n 2012 to honor a I tie -people who §igned the -petitions and worked so lard over tie years, Depple kcit and Brenda ""brd reakized we needed to but the 2% ...and ""'und pack on the baHot as a Charter Amendment, together wIti a 1/4% Madntenance ""'und. VVe wanted to make sure the Coundl and Mayor couldn't stop fund de posts and a ciarter amendment can on y be undone by a vote of tie people,. Again, 63% of voters approved boti measures. As part of tie 2% Land Fund le4islation, every property optained wfth our taxpayer funds shall have a covenant that runs wfth the and stating that hese lands are to be held ii perpetufty for tie Citizens of the County of I- awall and cannot be sod, traded, mortgaged etc,. Ths las a ready bloc.ced a potentia and trade wfth the State of h. 8 The Madntenance ""'und was c arIfied ii the HawaH County Code ii 2016 to a ow the HOC CommissJon to review StewardSND Grants and to recommend wici grants to approve to tie [)rector of H""'Inance,. WE ask you to VOTE CA -7 t hat loner the 63% of people on t H GUT the 2% _and ""'und program,. and wile voted yes Three times. case VVe ask you to VOTE O'"(' CA -9 TO strengthen tie _and :::'und Program by incuding language Ii tie ciarter to fund a fuH time staff person under the jepartment of :::Inancewio w work OLY on the 2% _and :::'und program,. Ma la o De bbk Hkcit 808-989-3222 lecht.de DC gmal CO M