2021-03-18 Leeward Exh B (USE 21-085)

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VITOUSEK: It would, yes, exactly, and my understanding was that they would be contributing to a broader improvement district. It would, they wouldn't be responsible for funding all of it; they would be putting their fair share contribution towards the larger project that would possibly be funded by all other entities as well. KEALOHA: So my understanding for how these things work is it would be mandatory to connect anyway; they'd be charged to connect to the system, fair share—if it's similar to what happened, you know, island-wide. CARR SMITH: So if it comes to their area, Perry, you are saying they wouldn't have a choice; they would have to connect. I guess maybe the concept is if there is an improvement district that's perhaps being more proactive and not waiting for them to come, but forcing the issue in a quicker way but I don't know that we are the body to create that. VITOUSEK: Yeah, we are not the body to create it, but we can say if one is created, that they will help to, you know,pay their fair share for it. And perhaps someone from the county could give us a little more background on whether that's appropriate and what they would recommend. Anyone from the county? ROY: I could say the language would be something along the lines of the applicant will contribute to a sewer district and sewer upgrades in the vicinity of the property if and when one such sewer district is formed. Maybe something along the VITOUSEK: Yeah, I would just add the fair share so they are not contributing everything; they are contributing their fair share. But I like that language. Maija, does that sound good to you? JACKSON: I have no opinion on this one. VITOUSEK: Okay. Commissioner DeFranco. DEFRANCO: Yes. I'm just agreeing a little bit with Perry; I'm not sure why we need the language, because when they finally do this maybe 20 years from now, they are going to mandate all the people there to pay for it. I mean that they will create that, and why would we put the language in there if we already know they are going to, it's, when they create it, that's what they are going to require. I'm not sure why VITOUSEK: I DEFRANCO: I mean I would be more interested—let me just finish my thought—in that I didn't really feel like they explored totally the septic thing, the idea of conversion to a septic system. I know it isn't maybe the answer and I know it still has the runoff into the ocean, but I think it does treat it and slow it down a little bit. And I know we are facedI don't want to put the onus on one property owner, but it's hard to allow it just to, you know,just to keep happening like this and going right into the ocean. So, I like that he was, they were willing to, like, look a little bit further to see if a septic system is even possible to be done, to upgrade it a 15 EXHIBIT B