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containment support. However, even the large tankers need to be refilled at a standpipe /spigot <br />station in rural areas. Today, those standpipe /spigot stations are 13 miles north (Ho`okena) to 11 <br />miles south (Ocean View) from the most distant subdivision in South Kona. Having <br />standpipe /spigot stations or hydrants closer to subdivisions would be an asset for fire suppression <br />and containment allowing HFD vehicles to refill and quickly return to the site of a house fire or <br />wildfire; and <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Water Supply (DWS) has investigated and determined <br />that potable water is most likely to be found along the 1,750- foot - elevation topographical line in <br />South Kona; and <br />WHEREAS, DWS needs between one to two acres of land on which to drill an <br />exploratory well. If the exploratory well meets DWS requirements, DWS will approve <br />construction of an electrical control building, a minimum one - million - gallon reservoir, and place <br />an adequately -sized water main from the reservoir to the Mamalahoa Highway in Captain Cook; <br />now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the <br />Water Board is urged to authorize the placement of a new Captain Cook well, reservoir, support <br />facilities, and water main for South Kona in its five -year plan, and authorize DWS to engineer <br />and construct the well to DWS standards. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Water Board is urged to authorize the <br />acquisition of the land (TMK: 8 -2- 001:113) that shall be placed in its ownership. The Water <br />Board may authorize any financing mechanism from any source to obtain funding, including <br />grants and bonds, any contractual means to pay for construction of the well, its components, its <br />necessary materials, and complete any other necessary procedure or obtain permits required. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Department is urged to collaborate in <br />this endeavor by completing the necessary subdivision of the parcel, as appropriate, to meet the <br />requirements of DWS at no cost to the land owner to allow the County to acquire the land in an <br />expeditious manner. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Public Works is urged to <br />collaborate with DWS to allow road access and issue permits, as necessary, at no cost to DWS to <br />allow connection of the proposed well via a buried adequately -sized water main to the <br />Mamalahoa Highway. <br />2 <br />