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2. Numerous public hearings on the proposed West Hawaii school impact fee district; 3. An updated analysis on the West Hawaii district released on March 13, 2009; and 4. A status and educational meeting with the Leeward Hawaii Planning Conference and the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce on December 29, 2009; and WHEREAS, on April 15, 2010, the BOE adopted the West Hawaii school impact fee district, to commence on July 1, 2010; and WHEREAS, on June 1, 2010, Assistant DOE Superintendent Randolph G. Moore met with Mayor Kenoi to explain that the implementation of the program would take minimal effort on the part of the County; and WHEREAS, the County's role in implementing this program would consist of providing those affected with notice of the requirement when seeking related permits and direct those parties to the DOE to calculate the fee owed and how to submit payment; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii refused to comply with the West Hawaii school impact fees program; and WHEREAS, on July 1, 2010, the DOE announced it would suspend immediate implementation of the West Hawaii school impact fees to allow time for the County of Hawaii to make arrangements to cooperate in participation with this program; and WHEREAS, one of Mayor Kenoi's objections was that the school impact fee had not yet been implemented in other Counties; and WHEREAS, on November 18, 2010, the BOE approved the Central Maui and West Maui school impact fee districts and on January 1, 2011, the DOE began collecting school impact fees on Maui, which total $380,461 for the first two years; and WHEREAS, by failing to implement this School Impact Fee Program, the County of Hawaii has lost substantial funds for educational facilities in West Hawaii; and WHEREAS, the Mayor has yet to implement the school impact fee program; and 2