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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -6 December 14, 2018 who gets the Army, who gets Legacy Lands, who gets all of the other people involved and private people, we could purchase huge amounts of property with what we have if we have a person there that knows that they are doing and it makes sense. We should pay for it. It shouldn't be somebody in the County. Again, thank you guys for what you are doing and I really appreciate it and we just need to be positive. We need to make this island even better than it is. Thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you for your testimony. If I could ask Kai McGuire to please come to the table. Mr. King. WILLIAM KING: Proposal No. CA -7 in comment. MR. KING: Is this on? CHR. ADAMS: Yes. MR. KING: I am William King and I'll be terse. I am a shore fisherman and a member of three fishing clubs and just this past year I have seen three accesses blocked to the shoreline in East Hawai`i. Three. When you drive from Kapa'a to Kawaihae, you'll see numerous gates gone up blocking shoreline access there. The same along the Puna shore. That said, I strongly depose any reduction of the PONC and hope you will take me seriously. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you for your testimony. If I could ask, I apologize, I am sure I will get this wrong, Phaethon Keeney, thanks, Mr. McGuire. KAI MCGUIRE: Conununication No. 21 in opposition and commenting. MR. MCGUIRE: Thank you commissioners, thank you staff members. My name is Kai McGuire, I am a lifelong resident of Ka`u. 1 am speaking in my capacity as Chairman and co-founder of Na Maino 0 Kawa. In full disclosure we have received PONC. We have been awarded PONC grants over the past three years and I personally do not receive any of those funds per the language in the maintenance provision. Thank you to the commissioners for all of the hard work on this matter. After looking over the ad hoc committee report, I am here to provide testimony in opposition to CA -7 and in support of CA -9. I am going to refer to the recommendations directly from that ad hoc committee report, so recommendation one, we feel that comparing Hawai`i County's two percent land fund to other county programs and lowering our appropriation percentage is frankly inappropriate because first of all, Hawai`i County citizens approved this measure at the ballot box, thus our higher appropriation rate reflects the will of the Hawai`i County residents and the Charter Commission should respect their decision. Page 29