2019-02-14 (draft) Cost of Government Commission minutes

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Cost of Government Commission February 14, 2019 meeting minutes are losing money in the process of the timing of getting permits even on renovation hotels are now running into 25% increases in cost based off of the timing of getting permits and that is both construction cost and it has actually lost its potential of renting those rooms out in a timely manner all those things are amplified so that creates less revenue coming into the islands so the sense of urgency and leadership has to be nodded in their as well. I have direct experience with that my building that I just recently vacated I have been trying to lease that or sell it and numerous businesses have gone in there I am familiar with a number of them but a tremendous amount of the residents to moving in there is the difficulty of getting anything approved. And through for changing the facility to meet their requirements Buehler: I don’t know if you want to add to maybe a footnote but there is an issue with water that I have come across and oh yeah it is a great place to put a commercial lot or a business or whatever but you only get x gallons per day or you get no meter at all because the supply is not there I don’t really understand that to me that is the larger problem which is (?) It should be stepping up to the plate here and get it distributed Birch: I do have a little bit of information on that I do know that a lot of golf courses in large installations have installed their own wells and purification because they can do that for insignificantly less money than the county provides. Just the dollar amount. So that said partner with private entities to add wells and add stuff because add supply because those private entities are able to readily provide for large installations across the island. McIntosh: Then you are starting to enter the state law. Birch: They are already doing it (47:52): I don’t disagree with you all that I am saying is in your report saying that there is a negative issue that also involves with water supply and that needs to be recognized to make all of the plans more obtainable. McIntosh: Maybe a separate suggestion. (48:12): Well there is the whole impact of water you get through the whole process of all the water department and then they say sorry we don’t have any water for you. Jones: See I think something like that would come off first I am going to build here oh there is no water. (48:24): That is the first thing that the developer should check first before and if they experience water first because if you don’t have water you cant build. (48:36): I thought of the process of building and it never goes through the water department they are not on the check list so if you don’t have an architect or engineer that is hard to find well they shouldn’t have their license if they don’t know 11