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From: Terry Tokuda [tatkona @hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 6:17 AM
Subject: 2%
tell SEP 19 Pill 9 2 7
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P/couwttl,
Please support the full 2% Land fund....and continue the talk about maintenance of the properties...all taken
from the existing prop taxes...we need to support keeping Hawaii as pristine, verdant with open spaces....Let the
people decide by putting the measure on the ballot..
Thank you,
Terry Tokuda
Ask THE COUNCIL MEMBERS: To let the people decide at the polls in
2012 whether or not to make deposits of 2% of our property taxes to
the land fund.
What about MAINTENANCE OF THE LAND FUND? On September 7,
there was discussion about including maintenance as part of the fund.
Council member Ford and I have been working on an additional charter
amendment which will take 1/4% of the total property tax revenue and set it aside
in a fund to maintain the properties purchased with Land Fund money. We
decided to write an additional charter amendment dealing with maintenance so
that:
1. The council can discuss and vote on each issue separately.
2. The voters can vote on each issue separately. Some of these voters may
still want to vote for the land fund, but feel that maintenance is a Parks and
Recreation function.
3. I feel it's very important to honor the people that worked so hard to
collect signatures and the 57 +% of us who voted twice to set aside money
for the land fund.
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Ref. Date SEP 21 2011
9/19/2011
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4. THIS WILL NOT RAISE TAXES! This funding is from the property taxes
we are already paying. This is only to preserve and maintain the properties
purchased from the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources
Preservation Fund. This will be introduced soon. I will keep you posted on
this issue.
9/19/2011