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Eoff, Karen
From: Ross and Mary Armstrong [ross-mary@hawaiiantel.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 2:30 PM
To: Eoff, Karen
Subject: Palamamui
Dear Council members'
I am writing in support of the proposed Palamanui master planned community. This seems to be to be
an opportunity to do something extraordinary that benefits regular people. As I read it, the plan is to
build a "community". Not a gated collection of vacation homes, but a community that average people
can call home.
There are two issues that come to mind;
The first is roads. Who pays for them and when do they go in?
I think that the County's long term stance that the County doesn't build roads, developers do is
shortsighted and wrong. The developers should pay for all of the roads and infrastructure within the
development. This seems fair in that the people within the development will be the main beneficiaries
of these roads. The feeder and connector roads are I believe the primary responsibility of the County
because the county residents will over time use these roads far more than the residents of any given
development. The developers and relevant government entities should share in these costs.
1 understand the argument that the County doesn't have money to build roads and that theoretically the
developer is bringing in more people to the area therefore the developer should pay for the roads. This
sounds more like the County dodging it's responsibility to the citizens than actual long term planning. If
the developer has to pay for the roads in total, the costs are passed along to the purchasers in the form of
higher house prices. Over a short span of time, this drives the price of a home incredibly high.
As to when the roads should go in? I think they should be started at the same time construction begins
on the development.
The second issue is whether or not the University is connected to this development? 1 think that
although the Council cannot dictate to the University where they should build a campus, it is important
that the Council tell the University that the County of Hawaii would like the West Side campus to be
built adjacent to the Palamanui development as initially planned. The benefits of this arrangement to the
University and the surrounding community are not easily overlooked.
Sincerely,
Ross Fulmer
62-2146 Ouli Street
Kamuela, Hi 96743
887-0115
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