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Hawaii County Council Page 4 May 5, 2004 Capital Program Table 8 lists the projects by agency for the next six fiscal years. 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. The capital program still needs work—the excessive amount of projects programmed for next fiscal year must be spread over the next several years. Also, the Subpart B road projects that were budgeted only for planning and design need to be programmed for construction when more definitive cost information is available. Over the next six years, the major projects that we need to be sure to reserve bond capacity include: • ADA Compliance for park facilities ($36M) • Police 800 (or 700) Mhz Communication System ($21M) • Alii Highway (County match of $15.8M) • Closure of the South Hilo Landfill ($12.65M) • West Hawaii County Building ($12M) • Regional Sort Station ($11.5M) • Various road projects construction phase (no cost available yet). Fair Share Contributions The Planning Department developed an accounting system to track fair share assessments and used this system to review all rezoning ordinances. The County Council started assessing fair share contributions from 1992. Assessments for Kaloko Mauka started even before that date during the mid-1980s as well as a few park dedication fee assessments. The following summarizes the findings (see Table 9):3 Total Assessed. Of the rezonings to date, fair share assessments total $74.3M. More than $50M of this total is for North Kona and South Kohala. Approximately $34M of the total is for roads and $32M for parks. These figures are based on the proposed development at the time of rezoning. The actual amount owed will depend on the actual project built. Total Collected in Cash. Approximately $3.4M has been paid in cash. Only a small portion of this collected amount has been expended for various road improvements (the exact amount is still being reconciled). ' The numbers are still preliminary in that we are still reconciling with the Department of Finance records.