2012-11-15 Leeward Exh B - Waikoloa Mauka

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understanding is the extension is going a little bit further south. I think like prior to, you know, this Striker Brigade or whatever, you know, it was going to get pretty close, but nevertheless, I think it’s a good concept that can be explored. The other one, as far as – it has nothing to do with this – but the mauka-bound traffic on Waikoloa Road, you know, going back again to the Riverbend project, there will be a requirement that there be a dedicated left-turn lane going into the Riverbend project from Waikoloa Road; so if you are going through the roundabout and you are heading mauka, then there is a requirement there is going to be a dedicated left-turn lane, so it doesn’t force you to go through the roundabout, go on Paniolo and make a right turn. Finally, on the issue about the park, you know, the developer is trying to satisfy their park, their fair share requirement for the park. This is a 760-acre site. Formerly it was going to be used for a golf course. They’ve got 380, 390 lots proposed. They have about roughly 250 acres of open space land, so the area that was formerly set aside for the golf course could easily have been translated for a park and be utilized to satisfy the developer’s fair share obligation. But they said, “no, what we want to do is work with the community,” because having a park at this particular location would benefit these residents, but would not necessary benefit the entire community; so the developer said, “fine, let us try to satisfy that obligation elsewhere where the community wants.” And so that’s where it settled. So as far as the balance of the property, you know, where the former golf course is going to be, is still going to be open; the idea behind, the concept that the developer has right now is to just leave that as natural and use that as a walking path, nothing active, as a passive park. GIFFIN: Commissioners, any questions of the applicant? Lani. BOWMAN: I just have a comment, being a mother of nine and, you know, going to different parks. I hear at Waikoloa it’s like, can the kids get there, can they ride their bikes? But, you know, other areas, other villages or towns, a lot of them are not accessible by the kids riding their bikes. So I just think that having another park there would be beneficial for the entire Waikoloa community. Thanks. GIFFIN: Any other questions? Sid, there was some comment about the water, and whether or not this subdivision would absorb all of the water that the system now has available to it. Would you address that? FUKE: Sure. The water, it’s a private water company over there, and it’s kind of owned and controlled by this Hawai‘i Water Services, and then they in turn have like two separate companies: One is called Waikoloa Water Company and then the other one is Waikoloa, I mean, Waikoloa Water Company and the other one is Waikoloa Sewer Company. And so these are like PUC, Public Utility Commission approved. Now, as far as the water system, they need, according to the PUC, you know, the company, the water company has a legal obligation to provide water to this respective properties, and the funding and the development of this water system would be the responsibility of the water company. What the applicant has to do is pay what is called like a CIAC fee, which is the equivalent of like a facilities charge. CIAC is an acronym for “Contribution in Aid of Construction” fee. And then their fee is not like $5,000 or $6,000 per unit, and it is not based like 600 gallons per day; it’s predicated upon what a water company determines that you might need for your property. So the developer and the water company have been kind of like going back and forth in terms of, you know, how much water is really required per lot; the water company is saying that “you require 1,000 gallons,” and then so the developer is saying on the other hand, “the 11 EXHIBIT B