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1. Introduction This report has been prepared in response to Hawai'i County Council Resolution No. 120-11 dated September 8,2011 ("Resolution"). The Resolution directed the Director of the Department of Environmental Management to prepare and submit to the Council a report containing the information required by Hawai'i County Code section 12-10(a)as follows: (1) Preliminary data concerning the special improvement proposed to be opened, constructed, or improved; (2) The general character and extent of any improvement to be proposed; (3) The proposed assessment unit and method of assessment; (4) Whether any new land will be necessary to be acquired, and the estimated cost thereof and the proportion of the cost which should be borne by the County; (5) The materials recommended to meet the conditions of the improvement; (6) The boundaries of the proposed improvement district and any subdistricts or_ones therein as to which different portions of the cost of improvements should be charged; (7) The estimated cost of the improvement, the portions of the cost to be borne by the County,and the portions of the cost to be assessed against the assessment units specially benefited with the maximum unit of assessment to be made against each assessment unit to be assessed;and (8)All necessary plans and other data, details, and specifications for the improvements and any other matters or details intended to apply thereto. The proposed improvement district,initiated by the Hawaii County Council,is for the design and installation of a sewer system for the Lono Kona subdivision in North Kona that will meet the Department of Environmental Management standards("Project"). The County will own,operate,and maintain the system. The proposed improvements consist exclusively of a sewer system including the incidental restoration of roadways,meeting the definition of a"sewer system improvement district"under Hawai'i County Code(HCC)chapter 11. A. Location The Lono Kona Subdivision is located in Kailua-Kona,ahupua'a of Keopu 2nd,Keopu 3rd,and Honua'ula,North Kona District,island and County of Hawai'i("Project Area")(see EXHIBIT A). The Project Area offers affordable housing opportunities within close proximity to the Kailua Village core. This subdivision was created in 1962(Subdivision No. 692-A),prior to the first section of the Kailua- Kona Sewer System installed by the County in 1965. The proposed sewer system would service 110 parcels within the Project Area(see EXHIBIT B). LO`C)KONA SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DIRECTOR'S REPORT