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Hawaii County Council Page 2 May 5, 2004 The selected projects met at least one of the following criteria (see Table 3): 1) Legal mandate—approximately $14.25M relates to unfunded mandates such as ADA, EPA gang cesspool prohibitions, EPA landfill restrictions, and legal settlements such as with the union representing the lifeguards; 2) Critical for public safety or health—approximately $8.86M relates to protection of public safety (e.g., emergency response, flood control) or public health (sanitation); 3) Priority objectives—approximately $52.41M relates to targeted objectives that include ameliorating Kona, Waimea, and Puna traffic (including all of the Subpart B projects), managing solid waste, maintaining/improving public parks, increasing public access to the shoreline, and encouraging affordable housing;Z 4) Major deficiency approximately $13.18M relates to meeting basic level of service goals and maintenance standards. Of the 60 Capital Budget Subpart A and B projects, 35 are new facilities or miscellaneous improvements ($57.46M), 4 are replacement of existing facilities ($6.57M), and 21 are improvements to existing facilities ($24.66M) (see Table 2). Approximately 54% of the budget is for transportation projects, followed by public health and safety projects (28%), culture/recreation (9%), and general government facilities (9%) (see Table 4 and Figure 1). Funding Sources Capital projects are typically funded by debt (bonds, State Revolving Fund loans), revenue sources (fuel tax, other special revenues, fair share contributions), State CII' grants, and various federal grant or loan sources. The projects funded by fuel tax are approved in a separate ordinance. The Capital Budget presented herein includes those capital projects intended to be funded in whole or part by bonds or special revenues and State Revolving Fund loans. The Highway Fund projects are the only proposed Capital Budget projects intended to be funded from current revenues. The State Revolving Fund, which is a low interest loan program for wastewater projects, is the proposed source for five projects totaling $13.55M—three of the projects are to replace large -capacity cesspools in areas with County sewer systems (Komohana Heights, Queen Liliuokalani subdivision) or at County facilities, one is to extend the sewer system in a high priority coastal area (Kalanianaole collector sewer in Keaukaha), and the fifth is a followup phase of the Kealakehe effluent reuse project. There are no projects requiring County matching for federal highway funding since all matching requirements for County projects on the State Transportation Improvements Program (STIP) for this coming fiscal year are covered by existing appropriations. Two federal Special Purpose Grants require s More specific rationale for the Subpart B Kona projects are provided in the Department of Public Works' summary project list.