2014-70 Budget SC report 14Oct14

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Communication No. 2014-70 OCTOBER 14, 2014 REPORT FROM THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE We have communicated via e-mail and conversation in the last month. At our last meeting we worked on prioritizing current projects. We worked off a shortened list that had projects relevant to the PCDP. We separated those requests into 3 groups according to which department they were under, DPW, Planning or P & R. This is a summary of our meetings and our communications since those meetings. DPW is currently involved in a number of road projects in Puna spurred on by the emergency. Two of these projects, the connection of Hawaiian Shores and HPP via the Government Beach Rd. and the connection of RR via Nanawale to HPP were either CIP requests and/or connectivity routes as mentioned in the Connectivity report. Therefore, we decided that prioritization of any other DPW requests was not needed at this time. The one planning CIP request is for a planning consultant for the Volcano Long Range Plan. This request would therefore be our one planning priority. There are, of course, CIP requests as they relate to the Pahoa Plan. Those need to be considered in the context of the Pahoa Plan and the decision was made to not address those CIP requests via the budget sub-committee. In reviewing the CIP requests, which are under the jurisdiction of P & R, the 3 projects, which were priorities, were: 1 ) The restrooms at Ahalanui (priority #1 as the longest standing request and the greatest need). 2) ADA Restroom facilities for the senior center in Mountain View. Other Mountain View requests were of lower priority because: From conversations with Mountain View residents, it was determined that the gutters on the gym