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the rational way of assessing, I'm sorry, a proportional way of assessing some of these impacts.
<br /> So what I was going to suggest is that, you know, like just the previous application, you know,
<br /> there was this fair share requirement; however, at that time the decision makers felt that the
<br /> urgent need was not necessarily to divide the fair share contribution into these five categories but
<br /> instead to focus it on what was most pressing, and in that situation all of the monies were
<br /> diverted towards the Kaloko-Mamalahoa Highway intersection; so there is no fair share money
<br /> for parks, solid waste, fire, and police, you know, relative to that application. So what I was
<br /> going to suggest is that if the wastewater system is a very crucial one relative to how the
<br /> Commissioners are looking at this, you know, possibly, that same concept can be applied over
<br /> here such that your entire fair share would be devoted exclusively towards the extension of the
<br /> sewer line, you know, like we know that the project is already required to, you know, like
<br /> sewered up, but, you know, if you want to have it extended perhaps all the way down to
<br /> Kahalu`u Beach Park, you know, like down that area, then you are looking at I was just doing
<br /> the quick math you know, 15,000 times 62, you are looking at nearly a million dollars of fair
<br /> share impact that conceivably could be diverted or used exclusively for a wastewater system,
<br /> provided that the County spends the money, though.
<br /> VITOUSEK: Yeah, yeah. Thank you, Mr. Fuke, that's very, that's a very helpful suggestion.
<br /> Mahalo.
<br /> ARAI: And if I could just add just a little to that. As part of that calculus, the applicant is
<br /> working, if this time extension is approved, they are looking to develop La`aloa Park, which is
<br /> also a requirement in the conditions, you know, so the cost of associated with La`aloa Park can
<br /> be credited to their fair share on the park improvements, and that's in the ordinance. And I
<br /> should also note that I misspoke earlier, and my apologies, is that because this project is required
<br /> to hook up to sewer, there is no specific fair share allocation specific to wastewater.
<br /> VAN BERGEN: And, Chair, can I say
<br /> VITOUSEK: Commissioner
<br /> VAN BERGEN: Chair, can I say something?
<br /> VITOUSEK: Yes.
<br /> VAN BERGEN: Just to follow up on, you know, Daryn mentioned the park, and I think that's a
<br /> very important aspect to this project. Just a quick history, the developer originally had a much
<br /> bigger development in mind, because they owned several acres makai, or, excuse me, mauka of
<br /> this parcel, and it was going to be a 200-plus project. And at that time the County had put in this
<br /> Condition C, which said the developer could build a park within, it was a half a mile or so of the
<br /> project. Well, even though the overall scope of the developer's work has shrunk dramatically to
<br /> the 62 proposed lots from the 250-plus, they kept the same park requirement. This park on
<br /> La`aloa is, you know, really, it's really kind of a travesty for the people of Kona in that area. I
<br /> lived in Alii Heights for 20 years, so I know it very well. You had Keauhou View and Alii
<br /> Heights come in with 500-plus homes, and Towne Development was supposed to put a 11-acre
<br /> park in as part of their park fair share, and as a lot of you may know the history, they gave it to
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