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From: jbklyman@yahoo.com <br />Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:16 AM <br />To: Charter Commission <br />Subject: 2% land fund administration <br />Aloha Commission Members. <br />I am a resident of Keaau and have been in favor of the 2% land fund since its inception several years ago. I have been <br />under the impression that lands were being purchased each year with these fund and am disappointed that not much <br />has been happening (per the information I have received) to acquire these lands. Instead, there is a funding surplus in <br />the budget that, like the Social Security trust funds, is attracting county administrators eye as something to be raided. I <br />disapprove of such intent. I am in agreement that there is sufficient monies collected annually to fund a full time <br />administrator to work exclusively on directing and servicing land acquisitions per the voter -supported charter. I do not <br />agree to side tracking this task to several existing administrative workers, as they have not done an acceptable job over <br />several years now. I believe they have lost any "good intent" leniency that could have been afforded in a shorter time <br />span. <br />I want to see a dedicated administrator position created and action taken to move the collected funds in to land <br />acquisitions and stop this "some day when time allows" attitude. Make use of the money that is sitting there waiting for <br />land purchase and not looking for other ways to spend it. <br />If there are other extenuating circumstances that have prevented these acquisition, I am open to learning of <br />them. Given my past experience with county workings, I do not believe this is the case, but lack of administrative <br />management to progress with acquisitions. <br />Jim Klyman <br />Keaau, HI. <br />1 <br />Comm. No. 24.94 <br />