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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Margaret Wille <br /> 65-1316 Lihipali Road <br /> Kamuela Hawaii 96743 <br /> Fax: 808-887-1489 <br /> Email: willem001@hawaii.rr.com <br /> Chairman Stacy K. Higa <br /> County Council Members <br /> Hawaii County Building <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> July 7, 2006 <br /> <br /> Re: Res.376-06 - KPC Villages connector road/Kamehameha School Resolution <br /> and ALL Upcoming concurrence legislation: Enforcement issues <br /> <br /> Dear Chairman Higa: <br /> <br /> At almost every session of the County Council that I have attended, you have <br /> dealt with the issue of road concurrency requirements in the context of various <br /> developments: KPC Villages, Hiluhilu. Lava Kuakini. For each of these developments, <br /> the Council, as well as the Planning Commission before it, has struggled repeatedly with <br /> the issue of road concurrency triggers. I also know that Ms. Isbell and possibly others, is <br /> considering road concurrency legislation. In all of your deliberations, please consider the <br /> enforcement issues that surface long after the Council first establishes any road <br /> concurrency requirement. <br /> <br /> I don't know how best to legislate proper enforcement other than to have a black <br /> and white rule that ALL necessary infrastructure must absolutely be in place before any <br /> occupancy permit can be issued - even where part of the road is not located on the <br /> developer's property. Any proposal that allows for incremental construction of <br /> infrastructure should be avoided. And the Council must conscientiously not <br /> accommodate "economic duress" arguments, to wit: if the developer doesn't get his way, <br /> he will abandon the project. <br /> <br /> In support of these suggestions, I ask that you read the attached letters setting out <br /> the chronology of Parker Ranch's Town Center Road connector road obligation <br /> originally required of Parker Ranch by the County Council in 1992. Since then that <br /> obligation has been reduced, delayed, and avoided. To date, not one foot of that critical <br /> road infrastructure has been constructed. Even at this very moment Parker Ranch, in the <br /> context of its pending Luala'i III Subdivision application, is requesting of the Planning <br /> Department and the Mayor's Office a further delay and avoidance of compliance with its <br /> Town Center Road obligation. After four months, the Planning Department and the <br /> Mayor's office are still "working with" Parker Ranch on this issue. The County's <br /> repeated failure to enforce this road obligation is the cause of Waimea's traffic crisis. <br /> <br /> Sincerely, <br /> <br /> Margaret Wille <br /> <br /> cc: Mayor Harry Kim; Planning Commission; Director of Planning: Chris Yuen <br />