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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -8 February 8, 2019 a fund to be called the PONC Maintenance Fund." I guess that must be from CA - 7, that is not as helpful either. I want to make sure that we are actually talking about the right thing. Unfinished Business. Alrighty, here we are. Alright, so if we go to Old Business, when you go to CA -7, Draft 2, under Section 10-15. MS. RICE: What page please. CHR. ADAMS: Page one on the Charter Amendment in Old Business. Charter Amendment No. CA -7, Draft 2. I apologize for the minute taking and for the public. 10-15 (a) currently says "In adopting each fiscal year's budget and capital program, the council shall appropriate a minimum of one percent of certified real property tax revenues, 0.75% of which shall be deposited in a fund known as the public access, open space, and natural resources preservation fund and the remaining 0.25% of which shall be deposited into a fund to be called the public access, open space, and natural resources maintenance fund. The council may by a two-thirds vote suspend this appropriation requirement when the director of finance determines in writing that the suspension of this appropriation is necessary to prevent a reduction in the level of public services." That is what is in 10-15 (a) in CA -7, Draft 2. Commissioner Todd's amendment took away the second paragraph there, so the paragraph that says "The council may by a two-thirds vote suspend..." that whole paragraph, those lines disappear. And then in (a), in the paragraph above, the way it is phrased now it says "in adopting each fiscal year's"... the way it is phrased in the amendment... "In adopting each fiscal year's budget and capital program, the council shall appropriate a minimum of two percent of certified real property tax revenues, which shall be deposited in a fund known as the public access, open space, and natural resources preservation fund and an additional 0.25% shall be deposited into a fund to be called the PONC maintenance fund." That is the amendment. That's the amendment that we are voting on. Is there any discussion on that amendment? Commissioner... MR. ROEHRIG: I am lost. The amendment is doing what with the percentage? Point seven five... CHR. ADAMS: So one moment. Right, so the .75 percent that is listed in Charter Amendment No. 7, Draft 2, disappears, that whole thing goes away. MR. ROEHRIG: So that takes us to the two percent. CHR. ADAMS: That's correct and also the .25 percent for the maintenance fund. MR. ROEHRIG: Okay. Thank you. Page 30