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WHEREAS, the Kilohana Homeowners Association has requested the assistance of the County in its efforts to comply with the EPA regulation and connect to the County sewer system; and WHEREAS, the Council of the County of Hawai'i acknowledges the need to implement improvements consisting of an extension to the municipal sewer system on certain real property located at Holualoa, District of North Kona, County and State of Hawai'i; and WHEREAS, extension of said improvements will include, but not be limited to, necessary gravity sewers, manholes, and sewer laterals with cleanouts to be installed to each property serviced by the proposed improvements; and WHEREAS, the Council finds that a number of options may be chosen for the allocation of costs of sewer system improvements, including, but not limited to: distribution of sewer improvement district costs by parcel, allocation by zoning or permissible number of units assigned to each parcel, potential usage, required sewer capacity, square footage of buildings, benefits conferred upon the land, or a combination thereof; and WHEREAS, the allocation of costs associated with said improvements and the preferred financing thereof may best be determined after the scope and timetable(s) of intended development, including incremental development, of all affected landowners are surveyed, and all landowners are consulted within a regional planning process. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that: (1) in consultation with the landowners referenced above, the Director of the Environmental Management is directed to prepare for submission to the Council a specific and detailed implementation plan for an improvement district to include the necessity, feasibility, proposed boundaries, proposed real properties subject to assessment, estimated total cost, and method of financing desirable for the aforementioned sewer system; and (2) include in the specific and detailed implementation plan all such data, survey, maps, plans, drawings, details and specifications for the improvements and any other matters or details intended to apply thereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 -10, Hawaii County Code, as amended; and (3) advise the Council as to the preferred method of financing said improvements, whether by Council- initiated improvement district, owner - initiated improvement district, tax increment district, or private financing.