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A: The issue related to the exemption of a certain class of property owners from the requirement of paying an impact fee is not resolved, and is being reviewed by the County Corporation Counsel. The issue relates to established legal precedents that require that the imposition of impact fees be equitable. There are other options available to exempting certain classes of property owners, such as offering a grace period (such as a year or other time period) for all parcels that exist at the time of the adoption of the impact fee ordinance to come in and get a building permit for that parcel. Citizens will be able to testify in support of a bill that adopts an impact fee, when public hearings are held at the Planning Commission and County Council. The PowerPoint presentation will be posted on the Planning Department’s website through a link on the homepage at www.co.hawaii.hi.us/planning/ipfna.htm. 4. Q: To what extent are the various facilities to be proportionately funded by the impact fees, planned with the funding by the county in place? (Are we looking at additional funding sources? – am notes) A: We recognize that the full cost of funding future infrastructure needs cannot come from impact fees. Impact fees can only be assessed to achieve existing levels of service within the County. Other funding will have to come from other sources. Impact fees will offer the County another tool for funding.. This project will identify the maximum impact fee that the County can assess, and the actual impact fee could be less. 5. Q:Ocean View has over 8,000 lots. If no impact fee is charged for existing lots, how will the county provide infrastructure if these lots are built? A: We have to draw a distinction between on-site and off-site infrastructure. On- site infrastructure includes such things as internal subdivision roads. On-site improvements cannot be paid for with collected impact fees. 6. Q: (As written) What are the specific drawbacks of having two assessment districts corresponding to the two benefit districts- seems to be discrepancy in existing lots between East and West districts, which would be better reflected into assessment districts. A: The consideration of existing lots does not necessarily skew data within a single benefit district at the expense of that district, or in its favor. Assessment is based on island-wide level of service of regional facilities. The benefit of having Impact Fee Video Conference Page 2 Questions and Answers – January 17, 2006