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RESOLUTION NO. 129 03
Draft 2
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE PREPARATION OF (1) A NORTH KONA REGIONAL
SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN; AND (2) A COUNCIL INITIATED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
IMPLEMENTATION STUDY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN WASTEWATER
AND RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEALAKEHE, HONOKOHAU,
KALOKO AND KOHANAIKI, DISTRICT OF NORTH KONA, HAWAII
WHEREAS, the Council of the County of Hawaii wishes to initiate proposed improvements
on certain real property located at Kealakehe, Honokohau, Kaloko and Kohanaiki, District of North
Kona, County and State of Hawaii for improvements consisting of extension to the municipal sewer
system and recycled water system, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-10, Hawaii County
Code, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the County of Hawaii acknowledges that the Kona Coast north
of Kailua contains valuable, unique marine resources and pristine shoreline park properties including
Honokohau Harbor, Kaloko Honokahau National Historic Park, a new Kohanaiki shoreline park, and
the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority at Keahole Point; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the rapid confluence of private and public developments
within the North Kona region extending from Kealakehe and Kaloko to Honokokau Harbor and north
to the Lands of Kau calls for an updated regional sewerage master plan for this area; and
WHEREAS, the operative "sewer policies" referenced in Ordinance 89-142, An Ordinance
Adopting the County of Hawaii General Plan and Repealing Ordinance No. 439, As Amended ("the
General Plan") for the general planning of sewerage disposal systems are decades old, to wit: the
"Sewerage Study for All Urban and Urbanizing Areas of the County of Hawaii, State of Hawai`i,"
December 1970, the "Water Quality Management Plan for the County of Hawai`i," December 1980,
and the "Facility Plan for the Kailua-Kona Sewerage System, Phase N (Northern Zone)," April,
1981; and
WHEREAS, in its assessment of the projected sewage flow capacity of the Kealakehe
Sewage Treatment Plant, the "Keahole to Kailua Development Plan" adopted by the County Council
in Resolution 296-91 on April 3, 1991 called for "further planning and design"; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan states that industrial development in North Kona's
"redeveloping or newly developing areas shall be developed in concert with programmed public and
privately funded infrastructure to meet the expected needs"; and
WHEREAS, expanded visitor use of the Kaloko Honokahau National Historic Park
administered by the National Park Service, coupled with shoreline park development of Kohanaiki
and its planned, low density intentional community, merit thoughtful wastewater treatment and
sewerage planning to assure environmental protection of these pristine shoreline areas; and
WHEREAS, the "Sewer Policies" outlined in the General Plan states, in part:
"Private systems shall be installed by land developers for major resort and other
developments along shorelines and sensitive higher inland areas, except where
connection to nearby treatment facilities is feasible and compatible with the County's
long-range plans, and in conformance with state and county requirements.
The County shall take immediate steps to designate treatment plant sites, sewerage pump
station sites, and sewer easements according to the facility plans to facilitate their
acquisition.
The County shall seek State and Federal funds to assist in financing the construction of
proposed sewer systems"; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the County of Hawaii acknowledges the need to implement
improvements consisting of extension to the municipal sewer system and recycled water system on
certain real property located at Kealakehe, Honokohau, Kaloko and Kohanaiki, District of North
Kona, County and State of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, extension of said improvements from the existing Kealakehe Wastewater
Treatment Plant north along the alignment of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway to Kohanaiki will
include, but not be limited to, necessary recycled water mains, gravity sewers, manholes, pump
station(s) and force mains, and sewer laterals with cleanouts to be installed to each property serviced
by the proposed improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Council acknowledges that there are a number of public and private
developments planned or completed in this region including, but not limited to, Lanihau Properties,
McClean Honokohau Properties, Gentry Properties, Taylor Family Ltd. Partnership, Mid
Corporation, Rutter/KW Kohanaiki LLC, TSA Corporation, Y-O Properties, and various public
landowners including the State of Hawaii, the State of Hawaii Department of Hawaiian t{omelands,
the United States of America (General Services Administration and National Park Service), as well
as a newly proposed West Hawaii campus of the University of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, the Council acknowledges that the mix of private and public development of
properties within the region requires the preparation of a more comprehensive regional plan of
wastewater treatment needs and sewer improvements than that contemplated in Resolution No. 70-01
(deferred), which proposed aCouncil-initiated improvement district from the Kealakehe Wastewater
Treatment Plant to the Kaloko Industrial Area; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that a number of options may be chosen for the allocation of
costs of sewer system improvements, including, but not limited to: distribution of sewer
improvement district costs by parcel, allocation by zoning or permissible number of units assigned to
each parcel, potential usage, required sewer capacity, square footage of buildings, benefits conferred
upon the land, or a combination thereof; and
WHEREAS, the allocation of costs associated with said improvements and the preferred
tnancing thereof may best be deterrnined after the scope and timetable(s) of intended development,
including incremental development, of all affected landowners are surveyed, and all landowners are
consulted within a regional planning process.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF
IiAWAI`I that:
(1) in consultation with the landowners referenced above, the Director of the Environmental
Management is directed to prepare for submission to the Council (a) a broad regional
sewerage master plan for the region north of Kealakehe, and (b) a specific and detailed
implementation plan for an improvement district to include the necessity, feasibility,
proposed boundaries, proposed real properties subject to assessment, estimated total cost,
and method of financing desirable for the aforementioned sewer system improvements at
Kealakehe, Honokohau, Kaloko and Kohanaiki, District of North Kona, County and State
of Hawaii; and
(2) include in the specific and detailed implementation plan all such data, survey, maps,
plans, drawings, details and specifications for the improvements and any other matters or
details intended to apply thereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-10,
Hawaii County Code, as amended; and
(3) advise the Council as to the preferred method of financing said improvements, whether
by Council-initiated improvement district, owner-initiated improvement district, tax
increment district, community facilities district, or private financing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii transmit copies of
this resolution to the directors of the Departments of Finance and Environmental Management, and
the Environmental Management Commission.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 17th day of December , 2003.
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ou it Member, ounty of Hawaii
ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawal`1 ARAKAKI X
CHUNG
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ELARIONOFF X
The vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the HOLSCHUH
County of Hawaii on December 1~, 200 X
JACOBSON X
REYNOLDS X
ATTEST: SAFARIK X
TULANG X
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