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29. Q: How are impact fees administered, i.e. are there <br />provisions/mechanisms to ‘waive fees’? <br />Like the problem with fair share <br />fees. How can we keep good old boy politics out?) <br />A: Procedures for administration should be clarified by ordinance, as part of the <br />bill. It should be very straight-forward to assess and keep track of assessments <br />and collections. <br />30. Q: Concern that mainland consultants were hired who are not familiar <br />with our local communities. <br />A: The consultants hired by the County include a planning firm from Austin, <br />Texas (Duncan Associates) who have a long and impressive history working with <br />local governments all over the United States to establish fair and reasonable <br />impact fee systems. They are working with a planning firm from Honolulu that is <br />long-established in Hawaii, who have a good sense of “local” planning issues. <br />Guidance from County agency officials (including the Planning Department) <br />provide additional assurance that local issues and sensitivities are included as <br />part of the work process and product. <br />31. Q: Your calculation of size to impact only works in a normal range (i.e. <br />1000 to 3000 sq. ft) The range in house sizes is much larger (i.e. 500- <br />24,000+) Across this range the correlation does not hold. How do you <br />handle this? Are you concerned that collecting @ subdivision will reduce <br />supply by increasing costs & risks? <br />A: It is true that the correlation between unit size and number of residents tends <br />to stabilize at the upper end of the typical range (about 4,000 square feet), and <br />we generally cap the fees so that they do not continue to increase for very large <br />homes. <br />We assume that your suggestion implies that developers would not want to <br />process subdivision requests because of the added cost related to impact fees, <br />and therefore, the number of new developable lots would not continue. We have <br />found this not to be the case across the United States. Because the process <br />establishes higher predictability and certainty to the development process, there <br />is actually more interest in development than less, because the developer knows <br />exactly what costs will be. <br />32. Q: Re: Needs assessment / Wa’a Wa’a Subdivision <br />a. due to the growth in our Pahoa community, the govt. beach road <br />needs “quarterly maintenance” to keep it in better condition to <br />allow EMT/fire access <br />b. closer proximity of fire station (current volunteer truck is Wa’a <br />Wa’a) <br />Impact Fee Video Conference Page 8 <br />Questions and Answers – January 17, 2006 <br /> <br />