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From: Jasmine van den Heuvel <nutsaboutacorns@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 11:23 AM <br />To: Charter Commission <br />Subject: No on CA7 <br />Attachments: signature.asc <br />Aloha, <br />It is of vital importance that the County continue to purchase and perpetually preserve this island's natural resource <br />gems. This benefits residents, the visitor industry, and the environment. <br />We are gutting Hawai'i of all its natural beauty/culture and we cannot keep sacrificing the land for human usage and <br />development. <br />I am aware that there are budget difficulties due to the recent lava disaster in Puna. Nonetheless, the mandate in the <br />Open Space law is clear. I urge you to leave things as they are --not reducing the portion of property tax from 2% to <br />0.75%, not abolishing or modifying the perpetuity clause, and not transferring administration of the 0.25% Maintenance <br />Fund to the Mayor's or the Council's discretion. <br />The recommendations of the Save Our Lands Citizens' Committee seem prudent and workable. I am one person who is <br />already volunteering in lower Puna doing restoration work in the Nanawale Forest Reserve. I know of many others. The <br />PONC lands will be cared for, particularly if the maintenance fund is applied in a judicious and timely manner. <br />Thank you for remembering the 'aina. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jasmine van den Heuvel <br />1 <br />Comm. No. 21.49 <br />