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information by district (Planning Department Exhibit F), and Police Department Facilities (Planning Department Exhibit G). In addition, the Planning Department prepared an analysis of developed and total park acreage per district (Planning Department Exhibit )~, working from the "County of Hawaii General Plan 10-Year Review: Infrastructure Assessment Report", completed in 2000 for the General Plan comprehensive review. There is no perfect way to do this analysis because the bill is not precise as to the kind of parks and facilities which should be counted as "developed." The complete list of parks and their acreage is attached as Planning Departroent Exhibit I. The list omits a few parks developed since 2000, e.g., the park at Pualani Estates, or expanded since 2000, e.g., Isaac Hale, but these do not significantly change the overall figures. To determine the number of police personnel and developed pazk space against the number of district residents, the Planning Department compared used per-district population from the 2000 census data, and the population projection for 2010 taken from the General Plan (Series "B"). There aze no current "official" population estimates per district. The last official population figures per district are in the 2000 census, and these aze outdated because the island's population grew about 17% from 2000 to 2007. While not perfect, the 2010 population projection in the General Plan for the island as a whole is actually only slightly more than the census estimate for 200,?, and the per-district projections are probably accurate enough to use for the purposes of this Background and Recommendation. Comparison with other information such as building permit records suggests that the 2010 per-district projection may be slightly high for North Kohala and South Kona, and slightly low for North Kona and South Hilo. The bill is not cleaz whether the requirements for police and fire personnel refer to authorized personnel, or the actual number of employees. The analysis in this Background and Recommendation assumes that it means authorized strength, because obviously the actual number of employees can fluctuate depending on people being hired and leaving employment. Also, it is not cieaz whether EMS personnel should be included in the firefighter count. These issues would have to be made explicit if the bill were enacted. -2-