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November 1, 2005
Mr. Christopher Yuen, Director ~ .
Planning Department ~ '
COUNTY OF HAWAII
101 Pauahi Street
Hilo, HI 96720
Dear Mr. Yuen:
Subject: Zoning Time Extension - Wuffalk Investmxnt, LLC
(Ord. 05113) and Puaa Development, LLC (Ord. 05-
1151. TMK: 7-5-17: i and 19
Condition U of Ordinance No. OS 113 and Condition V of Ordinance No. OS 115
relating to the setting aside of 5 acres of land for a school site aze idenfical. These
conditions required the applicants to solicit the input of the State Department of
Education (DUE), community and County Council to determine which government
agency or entity would be the recipient of this school site.
As you are aware, there are drainageways within tine suE?ject paze:els as well as
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xisting and planned drainage improvemems where the :;uhjcct properties abut the
extension of the Queen 1Ca'ahumanu Highway- The location and resolution of these
drainage improvements will weigh heavily on the ultimate configuration and
inliastructure cost to prepare this school site.
Accordingly, since passage of these ordinances, the applicants and their engineers
have been working closely with Mr. Brannon Morioka (deputy director) of the State
Department of Transportation (DOT) and his staff to address these issues.- The applicants
have already submitted its proposal to the State DOT and are awaiting its response.
Hopelully, that should occur within the next month. Once there is consensus on the
planned drainage improvements, the exact location and configuration of the school site
can be determined.
Because questions regarding the exact location and configuration of the school
site and associated costs will probably come up during the required consultation process
with the community and the County Council, the applicants felt it best to schedule these
meetings only after the site planning issues could be answered. Hopefully, given the
upcoming Holiday Season, that will occur in early January.
Notwithstanding the above, however, the applicants have had a number of
meetings andlor discussions with three (3) existing schools. A meeting with Ms. Linda
Smith of the State DOE is also planned within the next two weeks. ` C.
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Mr. Christopher Yuen, Director
November 1, 2005
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Based on the above and pursuant to condition Z of Ordinance No. OS 113 and
condition BB or Ordinance No. OS 115, the applicants respectfully request an additional
three months (February 5, 2006) to complete this consultation process. Recognizing the
importance of these projects to the community particularly from an infrastructure
perspective, the applicants have every intention to fulfill this and the other conditions of
approval in a timely fashion.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely(,, A~,~ '
SIDNEY M. FUKE
Planning Consultant
Copy ~Iawaii County Council
Puaa Development, LLC
Suffollc Development, LLC