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Many of the islandÔs road capacity improvement needs are on the
<br />Corporation Counsel believes that the County will need authorizing legislation in order to participate
<br />in the funding of State road improvements. Such enabling legislation should be sought if the County
<br />is to pursue a road impact fee. However, there are significant improvement needs on the County
<br />system, including $174 million in unfunded needs, as summarized
<br />Table 6
<br />ROAD IMPROVEMENT NEEDS
<br />PriorityCounty RoadsState RoadsTotal
<br />Tier 1 (1998-2005)$112, 400,000$291,000,000$403,400,000
<br />Tier 2 (2006-2010)$49, 300,000$155,100,000$204,400,000
<br />Tier 3 (2011-2020)$103, 100,000$307,800,000$410,900,000
<br />Tier 4 (Unfunded) $173,900,000$124,200,000$298,100,000
<br />Total$438,700,000$878,100,000$1,316,800,000
<br />Source: Frederick R. Harris, Inc., HawaiÔi Long Range Land Transportation Plan , May 1998
<br />Parks and Recreation
<br />Recreational facilities can be generally classified as resource-based or facility-based. Most resource-
<br />based parks on the island are provided by the Federal and State governments (231,400 and 800 acres
<br />respectively), with the CountyÔs role confined primarily to beac
<br />The County provides a variety of facility-based park s, ranging from small neighborhood parks to larger
<br />playfields to parks of county-wide scope. Th e County also provides nine swimming pools, 19
<br />community/senior centers, 15 gymnasiums and 15 miscellaneous fac
<br />parks and recreation facilities is shown in Figure 4.
<br />The County of HawaiÔi Recreation Plan has not been updated since it wa s prepared in 1974. The General
<br />Plan sets out general guidelines for the size and mi nimum facilities to be provided in various types of
<br />parks, but does not include quantifiable level of service standa
<br />The CountyÔs Park Dedication Code (Chapter 8, Ha waiÔi County Code) imposes a requirement for the
<br />dedication of five acres of park land for every 1,00 0 persons or payment of f ees in-lieu of dedication.
<br />These requirements apply to the subdivision of land for residential purposes or the development of
<br />multi-family units. If this dedication requirement is maintained and the park impact fees include land
<br />costs, credit against the park impa ct fees will need to be provided fo r the value of land required to be
<br />dedicated.
<br />It would not be practical to make every subdivision its own benefit district, as some of them will have
<br />little development. Park fair share assessments are cu rrently restricted to the judicial district in which
<br />they were collected. Judicial districts might be the logical choice for im pact fee benefit districts as well.
<br />However, the County might want to consider reducing the number o
<br />order to provide greater flexibility in the expenditure of fees collected.
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