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Hawaii County Charter Commission -8 February 8, 2019 <br />CHR. ADAMS: Please summarize <br />MS. BYRNE: Well, I guess I'll just say again, I am in support of CA -19 and CA - <br />18 and when I was speaking with my daughter who is 19 right now and working <br />to earn money for college last night, I as telling her what I was going to do today <br />because she has been before the Council and the Legacy Lands at the State level. <br />She grew up doing this kind of work and she said "really Mom? They are <br />considering taking that away?" So, she doesn't have any fon-nal testimony but <br />she did want me to say Sienna Byrne, that the program has worked. It is <br />supporting kids and it is saving precious land and let's tweak it to make sense and <br />optimize it, but please no on CA -7, no on CA -13, and no on CA -16. Thank you. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. <br />MS. BYRNE: And thanks for all of your work on the Charter Commission. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. Deborah Ward. <br />MARY MARVIN <br />PORTER: Proposal No. CA -7 and CA -13 in opposition and Proposal No. CA -9 and CA -18 <br />in support. <br />MS. MARVIN PORTER: I need to leave. Let me just say I am Mary Marvin <br />Porter and I am not going to read my statement. I just strongly support having <br />open spaces and the two percent land fund and the amendments CA -9 and CA -18, <br />and thank you for your work. Mahalo. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. <br />DEBORAH WARD: Proposal No. CA -7, CA -13, and CA -16 in opposition and Proposal No. CA -9 and <br />CA -18 in support. <br />MS. WARD: Good Morning. My name is Deborah Ward and you've seen me <br />before. Moku Loa Group of Siena Club strongly supports CA -9 and CA -18, <br />preserving and improving this PONC fund. These amendments that are proposed <br />to the existing Charter strengthen the intent of the overwhelming majority of <br />Hawai`i voters. It makes no sense to break what's not broken. We must strive to <br />improve both the ability to protect the land for access, cultural preservation, and <br />agriculture, by designating a staff person through the Department of Finance to <br />manage the acquisitions and to assure the proper care of the land through proper <br />maintenance. The language in CA -9 and CA -18 improves the currently less than <br />effectual process. We acknowledge the work of Commissioners Galimba and <br />Commissioner Rice to recognize the importance of strengthening our ability to <br />protect and preserve these resources while the important thing is that we are also <br />supporting local communities in taking responsibility to care for the precious <br />open spaces. <br />Page 13 <br />