2013-07-18 Leeward Exh B - Hualalai Partners

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coming down the street. And we think that will handle a lot of the existing drainage that is going down, which is really not our problem but we recognize it, we have to do something about it, if we are going to develop the project. So that will help the existing drainage condition even without the project. Other benefits to the County are the provision of four affordable units whether that’s in terms of affordable credits or constructing units, we don’t know at this time; it’s still too early to tell. But it will be another benefit to the County. And one of the other side benefits to the County is actually a big benefit to the Department of Water Supply. This particular project and the Hu Ko Pa project below it are members in the Waiaha Water System that is being developed through Dan Bolton’s efforts, and he’s underway now, grading the water tank sites. We heard he’s got the pipe ordered on site already, so he’s projecting for completion of the water system by first quarter to second quarter of next year. What that will do is that will, this Waiaha Water System will enable the Department of Water Supply to take advantage of its very good Waiaha well that’s been up there for over ten years, I think, and they didn’t ever have the means and the easements to bring the water down to Queen K. So what this Waiaha Water System will do is it will allow them to bring the water down, put it into Queen K Highway, service these and many other projects. What it will also do is it will allow the Department of Water Supply now to uncap the valve that’s at the Honokōhau Harbor, and allow the water to go north to the airport; right now the water doesn’t, from Keauhou, from the Kahalu‘u shaft, doesn’t go past Honokōhau Harbor because of lack of supply. This new supply will allow them to then push the water all the way to the airport, and will help all those projects out there, too. So there are many benefits of the project that we believe is, warrants the approval of the project. We know that there is community opposition. We believe that Hualālai Road is a clear demarcation between the agricultural, rural type uses and the urban uses. And we believe that it is in compliance with the General Plan and the Kona Community Development Plan. L. BARRETT: Good morning, Chair. Good morning, Commissioners. We have met with the community on six different occasions and talked about some of the different issues that they had and, traffic was brought up, drainage, some trees issues were brought up, density was the biggest issue and it’s always been the biggest issue. So we did revise our plan to include 15,000-square foot lots along the border of Hualālai Road, and then the minimum lot size is 10,000 square feet now. And as Mr. Lim suggested, we also put a connector road onto Hualālai Road, working with the DPW. And as of right now, we believe that the density is still the only issue that may be coming forward, but with the advantages of what we are providing to the County, we feel that the 43 lots will not burden the County on any of the agencies. That’s all. Thank you. LIM: The last thing that I had in terms of the conditions of approval is at Condition S, which is a fair share contribution condition; at the end of S on Page 4 of your conditions of approval is credits given for, against the fair share contribution for road and traffic improvements. Those are for the improvements to Hualālai Road. We’d also like to add, in addition to Conditions H and I, which relate to Hualālai Road, a credit for the cost of the north-south connector road in Condition G as mentioned in either the existing Condition G or our proposed new Condition G. That is something that is required more by the County than by the developer, and typically the Planning Commission have given credits for that. We recognize that this north-south connector may have been required as a private road anyway, so I think in terms of the credits we would ask that we be given credits for 6 EXHIBIT B