COM 0139.000 2002-2004 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Hawaii County Council Page 4 February 28, 2003 • ADA Compliance for park facilities ($18M) • Police 800 Mhz Conversion ($17.2M) • Closure of the South Hilo Landfill ($12.65M) • West Hawaii County Building ($12M) • Waimea Regional Park ($11M) As currently estimated, the capital budgets for each of the next six years range from $38M to $64M. These projects are subject to ongoing evaluation in terms of priority, more definitive cost estimates, and availability of alternate or supplementary funding to reduce the County burden. Fair Share Contributions Pursuant to Hawaii County Code §2-162, Table 9 is a report on the fair share contributions listing the applicant, rezoning ordinance number, nature and amount of the assessment, and status of collection. Fair share assessments are imposed for parks, police, fire, solid waste, and road. Although not clearly set forth, these one-time assessments should be directed to capital improvements while project impacts related to operational expenses (e.g., increase police force) should be sustained by the property taxes generated by the project. Table 9 is not complete (compiled through September 2001) and the payments need further research. The table is included only for information purposes to provide an order of magnitude snapshot of the size of amounts assessed and paid. The Planning Department acknowledges that it must develop an improved system to track the fair share assessments. In developing this system, the Planning Department will: • Review all rezoning ordinances since 1991, the inception of the fair share assessment practice by the Council, to ascertain the fees owed; • Review its records to verify the payments made, and determine the disposition of the payments incoordination with the Department of Finance; • Develop a database and accounting system that is linked with the Planning Department's permit tracking system and CIP database system;