HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0652.014 2000-2002 august 2, 20fl2
Tcstimox~y to tl~ County Council
In support of I~.esolution IVo. 220-OZ
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I support the water itnprovnt district resolution for Kona Coastvicw a~ Kox~
Z~'ondcr°v-iew (KCdi'~ Su~livisfons North Kona., I am especially a~pressed with how
e vows agencies aa~d rr~ny iudividusl<s have cone together arad worked ha3°d io keep
~e residents of KC~~I during the process. A prime e~le of Chas is the
~cthod of assesses by T`a~c 1~Iap Kcy rather tin the traditional Irons footage rthod,
11~Iy cora~pli~nts to those andivaduals dvho thought than through a avoided ``bus~ess
usual" to create ~ ~Yaore cgaaitable assessment vehicle.
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has saapport is not unqual~&cd. for any years now, tl~ question of char ' . o~
County arc htang istrnctua~ to residents of a particu su~ivision has ,goy
beg~~. Thou in ZQ01, the County tom: base funded an entire water s;~~ a~ng
Paradise I~rid~ I-Ia~+~iiann paradise dark Thal included 150 fit of 12-inch
water, ~terals and 12 fire hydrants. 1`hc 250 ~sidents were then permitted to connect
to the service for eons-tic fee of $1,'763 plus norct~I u~r cost based on water
consumption.
1Vlayor Kiztx responded to what I felt wwass treata~nt of county residents based ~xpon
dvhcre try live. He addased that the dvaterlinc in IMP dues not being installed for the
befit of the residents and was i~ai by the County to service an e~asti fie station
and y bcnclit to the residents was a side clfect, not the purpose of the The Il+Iayor
and I Svc to cc that it grossly u~ir for residents of KC~~ to share inn
the cost of P f~relhti~g sure and solely responsilslc for the s~ costs an
tl~ir own neighborhood. In fact, the 1~'Iayor's response and tl~ae County's action. an I~PI'
eloquer~ly co s the contention that the firelhti portion of a water system is
cl~rly a County responsilaility, not that of residents in a particular subdivision.
`T`his wok I frorn ~ Viedvpoint article an 'Vest I~awaii Todav that the I-Iappy
I-Iora~s (I-I~) subdid~ision in. I-Iilo gill. enjoy replacerncnt of shear dvater syst~ri,
coanpl~ts of the Coa~ty I3ep~rtrnt of mater Supply. ~'rc»n where I sat, there is no
justa~icatiorc for two subdivisions on fast side of the island receiving ueasonablc
subsida~s for tlacir water systems from other county citi~ns whale KC$~~' residents arc
assessed foil cost to replace ter system.
Picase revisit this issue anal s~ whether or not it appropriate, fair and just for the
County to, at Ieast, pay for the ~ portion of y water system in KC~S~1. I
believe the County action in I-IPP and III along with Mayor Kim's response to me rake
it absolutely ancucnt upon the Comity to st~.rt treaties residents of dal~crcnt
subdivisio~as equally. I know well I-larry Kirn's desire to defi~sc the fast side Vest side
~°ile 380.
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conf~.acts d his sew of f~ixaacss. U~fart~aly, tl~ rccord on: the two vdatcr ~rojccts
in IMP I-II-I ids e~~ctfly tt~ opposite n~ss~c.
Ii ~rotald ~ k~ipf~al if t I~+I~yor, Coa~cil end t3~ I3.~ of ~'4~~t° Seapply would
issue ~ joint s#t~t~nb ~y systcr ~ ~e~~ i~t~ctu~e ~
dced ~ Gouty respo~~~ in ss~ z~hlSOrl€ood~ not otlacrs. der ~I tic
yes of c~ I ~,=sated to t ~C~'~' t IyroJ~t d~~?~ ~ t cows d to
d~~ory of cis of citi~~ upon tl~ loc~tioo of tl~.ir re~~er~ce.
Pte; confc~° tI€~ mayor, I3~~ of ~~t Sly ~d ~~sro~c t~
Corpox~rc Cod end. €s~ue ~ pudic state to cl~ry tt~; d~~~ In der systn
fug dicre~ z~il~ooods.
to for your ti~nc,
"73-~ Street
I~.iI Kong I-II 95'740
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