HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm No 0021.049 - Testimony - CA-7 - PONC fund and Maintenance fundFrom: Jasmine van den Heuvel <nutsaboutacorns@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 11:23 AM
To: Charter Commission
Subject: No on CA7
Attachments: signature.asc
Aloha,
It is of vital importance that the County continue to purchase and perpetually preserve this island's natural resource
gems. This benefits residents, the visitor industry, and the environment.
We are gutting Hawai'i of all its natural beauty/culture and we cannot keep sacrificing the land for human usage and
development.
I am aware that there are budget difficulties due to the recent lava disaster in Puna. Nonetheless, the mandate in the
Open Space law is clear. I urge you to leave things as they are --not reducing the portion of property tax from 2% to
0.75%, not abolishing or modifying the perpetuity clause, and not transferring administration of the 0.25% Maintenance
Fund to the Mayor's or the Council's discretion.
The recommendations of the Save Our Lands Citizens' Committee seem prudent and workable. I am one person who is
already volunteering in lower Puna doing restoration work in the Nanawale Forest Reserve. I know of many others. The
PONC lands will be cared for, particularly if the maintenance fund is applied in a judicious and timely manner.
Thank you for remembering the 'aina.
Sincerely,
Jasmine van den Heuvel
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