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SidneyFuke, Planning Consultant <br /> 100 Pauahi Street, Suite 212 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • Planning • Variance • Zoning <br /> Telephone: (808) 969-1522 • Fax: (808) 969-7996 • Subdivision • Land Use Permits <br /> E-mail: sidfuke@verizon.net • Environmental Reports <br /> November 1, 2005 <br /> Mr. Christopher Yuen, Director ~ . <br /> Planning Department ~ ' <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> 101 Pauahi Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Dear Mr. Yuen: <br /> Subject: Zoning Time Extension - Wuffalk Investmxnt, LLC <br /> (Ord. 05113) and Puaa Development, LLC (Ord. 05- <br /> 1151. TMK: 7-5-17: i and 19 <br /> Condition U of Ordinance No. OS 113 and Condition V of Ordinance No. OS 115 <br /> relating to the setting aside of 5 acres of land for a school site aze idenfical. These <br /> conditions required the applicants to solicit the input of the State Department of <br /> Education (DUE), community and County Council to determine which government <br /> agency or entity would be the recipient of this school site. <br /> As you are aware, there are drainageways within tine suE?ject paze:els as well as <br /> s <br /> xisting and planned drainage improvemems where the :;uhjcct properties abut the <br /> extension of the Queen 1Ca'ahumanu Highway- The location and resolution of these <br /> drainage improvements will weigh heavily on the ultimate configuration and <br /> inliastructure cost to prepare this school site. <br /> Accordingly, since passage of these ordinances, the applicants and their engineers <br /> have been working closely with Mr. Brannon Morioka (deputy director) of the State <br /> Department of Transportation (DOT) and his staff to address these issues.- The applicants <br /> have already submitted its proposal to the State DOT and are awaiting its response. <br /> Hopelully, that should occur within the next month. Once there is consensus on the <br /> planned drainage improvements, the exact location and configuration of the school site <br /> can be determined. <br /> Because questions regarding the exact location and configuration of the school <br /> site and associated costs will probably come up during the required consultation process <br /> with the community and the County Council, the applicants felt it best to schedule these <br /> meetings only after the site planning issues could be answered. Hopefully, given the <br /> upcoming Holiday Season, that will occur in early January. <br /> Notwithstanding the above, however, the applicants have had a number of <br /> <br /> meetings andlor discussions with three (3) existing schools. A meeting with Ms. Linda <br /> Smith of the State DOE is also planned within the next two weeks. ` C. <br /> Comm. No. IOv+' 7Q <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Ref. L'a!~ I~~IJOJr <br /> <br />