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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: December 17, 2019 Re: Comm. No. 654
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 1:31 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Communication No. 654, reports as follows:
Communication No. 654, transmitted'by Mayor Harry Kim, dated November 29, 2019,
nominates Alexandra Kelepolo to the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources
Preservation Commission(PONC).
Ms. Rose Bautista, Executive Assistant to Mayor Kim, introduced Alexandra Kelepolo.
Ms. Kelepolo graduated from Konawaena High School and is on the Board of Moku O Keawe
Lands Conservancy as well as being an Island Council Member of the Hawaiian Islands Land
Trust. Ms. Kelepolo is an active member in the community and volunteers for the American Red
Cross and the American Heart Association. If confirmed, she will serve to fill a term expiring
December 31, 2024.
Chair David stated Ms. Kelepolo did not need to appear at the next Council meeting for
confirination of her appointment.
Pursuant to Article 42, Section 2-215(a), Hawaii County Code, there is established a Public
Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission, which shall consist of
nine members, appointed by the Mayor and confinned by the Council.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Communication No. 654,
and recommends confirmation of the appointment of Alexandra Kelepolo to the Public Access,
Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID X COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
EOFF X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X 1•
LEE LOY X
POINDEXTER X MAILS MEDEIROS DAVID, CHAIR
RICHARDS X FC REPORT NO.: 96
VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: JQN_8 _2020