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If no how many? Make more districts. 9 judicial districts. More specific about impact. Looking at <br />level of service differences. <br />Hilo Group 2 <br />Summary of discussion: N. Kona and S. Kona should be grouped together with Kau as separate <br />district. How are “lock box” managed? Should multiple types of districts be rationalized (eg. <br />Benefits, representations, cenus, judicial, parks, etc.). Districts “value” vs. “needs” <br />FINAL POLL: Zero for yes; 9 for No; Comment: Needs more work <br />Hilo Group 3 <br />Summary of discussion: Perhaps we should look at benefit districts with a systems approach <br />defining each district with respect to infrastructure categories. (Roads, park, fire, police, wastewater) <br />FINAL POLL: Group checked “No” but no number of how many polled. <br />If no how many? 7 <br />Hilo Group 4 <br />Summary of discussion: <br />1.Will east/west benefit districts foster more divisiveness between east HI and west HI? No - may <br />help W. HI to know they are paying their own share. <br />2.Too broad - just East v West doesn’t have adequate nexus. <br />3.Do judicial districts have to be basis of benefit district area? Benefit district boundaries need to <br />adequately reflect situation/community relationships (volcano) <br />4.How flexible are benefit district boundaries as system evolves? <br />5.What factors determine district boundaries initially? <br />6.Why should people in an already established neighborhood pay for new growth? <br />7.Can benefit district be decided by up code? <br />8.Is there a way to differentiate fees for different types of services that benefit entire county (parks, <br />fire, med) and those that are regional (roads)? <br />9.Ex: Kapolei charges flat rate fee per permit pulled to support roads. <br />10.Have improvement projects already been identified for proposed benefit districts? <br />FINAL POLL: 5 for Yes; 1 for No; 1 Doesn’t want to foster further animosity between E. HI and W. <br />HI. <br />Hilo Group 5 <br />Summary of discussion: Why are the benefit districts so large? If it’s too small, there won’t be <br />enough $$$. Concerned about money collected in a benefit district gets used in that area? <br />2 districts - Some districts can share benefit i.e. regional parks, roads that are shared any 2 or more <br />benefit districts. <br />FINAL POLL: Unanimously No; Suggestion: Follow park districts <br />Hilo Group 6 <br />FINAL POLL: Group checked “No” but no number of how many polled. <br />2 districts - 1 <br />5 districts - 0 <br />3 districts - 4 <br />9 districts - 1 <br />Comment: eliminate language “V.S.” from all presentations. <br />17 <br /> <br />