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the County Board of Water Supply (as stated in HRS, Chapter 46). The Board of Water Supply has already adopted connection fees that function like impact fees. : Question 8. I was under the impression that impact fees can only be used to maintain level of service at the time of adoption and spent based on a capital improvement plan. How does this study ordinance address these? Response: The Infrastructure and Public Facilities Needs Assessment Study determined an island-wide level of service for all infrastructural elements contained in the report. Costs for future CIP projects are included in the study analysis. Actual funding of specific projects will ultimately be the responsibility of the County Council as part of the budgetary process. : Question 9. How would these fees be balanced for areas with private water and/or wastewater systems (e.g., Waikoloa Village)? Response: Impact fees cannot be collected for potable water facilities, and will not be imposed on areas that are not part of a municipal wastewater service area. : Question 10. Why is a solid waste fee not applied for uses other than single- family residential? Response: Commercial entities wind up paying a tipping fee when they dispose of solid waste. This is collected when the business (or entity) either dumps solid waste themselves, or hires a third party to collect and dispose of solid waste. The tipping fee is a “pay as you go” system. : Question 11. There seems to be both State and County roads in the inventory. So, is the County collecting fees to improve State roads? Response: The IPFNA study calculated maximum chargeable impact fees for County and State roadways, individually. This was in response to an initiative proposed and passed by the Legislature this year, and signed by the Governor, amending HRS Chapter 264, which gives all the Counties the ability to fund State roadway projects with monies collected by the assessment of impact fees. The value of the maximum fee that could be charged for State roadways is significantly higher than the fee for County roadways, and raises the overall value of impact fees to a very high number. It will be up to the County Council to decide if such a fee is warranted and how much of the maximum fee to charge. : Question 12. Would the consequences of non-payment of impact fees be the same as non-payment of taxes? Public Meeting Questions and AnswersPage 6 August 15 & 16, 2006