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Aside: from the subject SMA Use Permit, DPW and Gamrex as co-applicants are required to obtain an NPDES Permit from the State Department of Health ("DOH"). Either waivers or permits are required from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Wetlands), DLNR (Stream Permit). Thereafter grading and building permits are required from the County. All planning and permitting costs for this flood control system are being borne by Gamrex. All construction casts will be borne by Gamrex. The governmental approval process for the subject flood control system has been time 3 li('.. 1111.::'1 !.,.'I%y~._:.) by r:l(f'f.~~rn ~s:'.r:le+_'s 1're:y(.-)n X co 1 of Until this flood control system is constructed and dedicated to the County of Hawaii nothing can be constructed nor approved within the RM 5 zoned area. Gamrex, for this reason, requests a time extension of five (5) years to Condition (1) of Ordinance No. 97-99. It is the critical component for satisfaction of several conditions of rezoning contained in Ordinance No. 97-99. DEVELOPMENT PROGESS TO DATE Gamrex has completed Increment 1 within the RS 15 zoned area known as bona Vistas subdivision. `here are 110 single family residential lots therein with 85 homes completed to date. It has received Tentative Approval from the Planning Department for Unit 2A within Increment 2 of the RS 15 zoned area. All roadways in Unit 2 will be built and dedicated to the County of Hawaii inclusive of the Lako Street connection. Increment 2 will contain approximately 90 more lots when completed. Construction subject to County approval of the plans, is expected to begin in June, 2002 and take one (1) year to complete. Upon completion, all roadways will be dedicated to the County of Hawaii. The Lako Street extension will link the 50 foot roadway which presently ends in the lolani subdivision to Kuakini Highway via Kona Vistas subdivision. When completed, Lako Street will offer Holualoa residents an alternative route to Kuakini Highway. Kona Vistas subdivision has provided the County with an expanded real property tax base and when completed, will add approximately 200 units to the housing stock in West Hawaii. Important roadway connections (at Leilani and Pualani Streets) to the Sunset subdivision have been completed which provide residents south of Kona Vistas safe access to Kuakini Highway via Lako Street. When infrastructural improvements in Unit 2 are completed, Kilohana Street within the Sunset subdivision will also be connected to Lako Street. Most importantly, Lako Street will be connected to the portion within Iolani subdivision. Upon dedication, Lako Street will be connected from Hualalai Road to Kuakini Highway. Another important element within Unit 2 is the looping of the mauka water system to the system that presently runs along Kuakini Highway. This will provide residents in the immediate area with higher water pressure and continuous water service should a breakage occur -4- _