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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
<br />NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
<br />(November 18,2014)
<br />(Council Chambers - West Hawai'i civic Center, Building A,
<br />74 -5044 Ane Keohoklilole Highway, Kailua -Kona, Hawai7)
<br />SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
<br />LONO KONA SUBDIVISION, NORTH KONA, HAWAI'I
<br />TO THE OWNERS OF LANDS TO BE ASSESSEMAND /OR ACQUIRED WrrHIN SAID
<br />IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED GENERALLY-
<br />?ursuant to Resolution No. 264 -14, adopted on January 22, 2014, as amended by
<br />Resolution 519 -14; adopted on October 1, 2014, the Hawaii County Council proposes to
<br />establish a Sewer System. Improvement District (the "Improvement District ") for the Lono
<br />Kona Subdivision, North Kona, Hawaii, and to assess properties within said Improvement
<br />District as provided in Chapter 12, Hawaii County Code.
<br />Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 12- 10(e),12 -27 and 12 -28, Hawai'i County Code,
<br />notice is hereby given of the following:
<br />1. General Details of Proposed Improvements
<br />This Improvement District is being initiated by the Hawaii County Council for the design
<br />and installation of a public sewer system for the Lono Kona Subdivision (the "Special
<br />Improvements "), as more fully described in an amended report on the proposed
<br />establishment of the Improvement District from the Director of the Hawai'i County
<br />Department of Environmental Management (Communication No. 492.1) dated
<br />December 11, 2013 (including the Exhibits attached thereto, the "Director's Report"). The
<br />Director's Report includes, among other things: (i) a map showing the locations-of the
<br />Special Improvements; (ii) a preliminary assessment roll for the Improvement District;
<br />(iii) a description of assessment units to be assessed within the Improvement District,
<br />including the method of'assessment of each assessment unit, the maximum proposed
<br />assessment for each assessment unit and a list of all known owners of the assessment
<br />units; and {iv) an estimate of the costs of the Special Improvements by the Director of the
<br />Department of Environmental Management. The Director's Report was further amended
<br />by a letter dated September 8, 2014, to the County Council (Communication No. 1029.1)
<br />(the "Amendment to Director's Report"), which includes a revised assessment roll as
<br />Exhibit A thereto.
<br />Scope and Location of Special improvements— This Improvement District consists of 145
<br />"assessment units" (i.e., subdivided parcels or condominium units) on 110 lots within the
<br />Lono Kona Subdivision, as identified (by tax map key number and property owner) in the
<br />revised assessment roll included in the Amendment to Director's Report. The Special
<br />Improvements will include, without limitation:
<br />1 5,640 Lin. Ft., 8 -inch PVC SDR -26 sewer pipe and fittings;
<br />1 360 Lin. Ft., 10-inch PVC SDR -26 sewer pipe and fittings;
<br />1 29 Each, sewer manholes 5.0' to 9.5' deep;
<br />t 4 Each, lined shallow drop sewer manholes 10.0' to 14.99' deep;
<br />t 1 Each, lined drop sewer manholes 15.00'to 20.00_' deep; and
<br />y 110 Each, sewer lateral connections.
<br />Estimated Cost of Special improvements. The total estimated cost of the Improvement
<br />District is $6,461,800. Assuming the project costs to be equal to such estiniate, and,
<br />further assuming a U.S.D.A. Rural Utilities Service Grant in the amount of $4,024,800 to be
<br />applied against the project costs, the net project costs would be $2,437,000.
<br />Method of Assessment. Each assessment unit existing as of the date that assessments
<br />begin to accrue shall be subject to an assessment calculated by:
<br />(1) dividing the Net Project Costs by the total number of single - family equivalents
<br />( "SFEs ") represented by all assessment units in the Improvement District, and
<br />(2) with respect to each assessment unit, multiplying the amount determined
<br />pursuant to (1) above by the number of SFEs represented by such assessment
<br />unit.
<br />SFEs reflect estimated wastewater generation by land use (specifically, single - family,
<br />duplex, apartment or commercial), as determined in the manner set forth in the Director's
<br />Report based on 0) each assessment unit's existing land use, or (ii) in the case of vacant
<br />land, the existing zoning for such land. Assuming net project costs of $2,437,000, the
<br />anticipated assessment per SFE will be $9,090. The total assessment for each assessment
<br />unit will depend on the number of SFEs represented by that unit, as set forth in the revised
<br />assessment roll included in the Amendment to Director's Report.
<br />Pursuant to HRS §46-74.1, §46 -74.2, and Hawaii County Code §12 -5, the assessments for 10
<br />properties owned by qualifying nonprofits will be paid for by the County. The total cost is
<br />$294,526 for 32.4 SFEs.
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