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From: Terri Mulroy <terri.mulroy@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 3:26 PM <br />To: Charter Commission <br />Subject: Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund <br />Aloha, <br />It is of vital importance that the County continue to purchase and <br />perpetually preserve this island's natural resource gems. This <br />benefits residents, the visitor industry, and the environment. <br />I have resided in Hawaii County for 25 years and voted in favor of <br />the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund <br />in 2006, 2010, and 2012. <br />I am aware that there are budget difficulties due to the recent lava <br />disaster in Puna. Nonetheless, the mandate in the Open Space law is <br />clear. I urge you to leave things as they are --not reducing the <br />portion of property tax from 2% to 0.75%, not abolishing or modifying <br />the perpetuity <br />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 <br />prudent and workable. I am one person who is already volunteering in <br />lower Puna doing restoration work in the Nanawale Forest Reserve. I <br />know of many others. The PONC lands will be cared for, particularly <br />if the maintenance fund is applied in a judicious and timely manner. <br />Thank you for remembering the 'aina. <br />Sincerely, <br />Therese Mulroy <br />1 <br />Comm. No. 21.66 <br />