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Roberta Brashear [brashear @hawaii.edu]
Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:41 AM
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Testimony in Support of Resolution 321 -10 from Hawaiian Acre
Please pass this Resoultion #321 -10, testimony attached
Rancy C. Kaulfers
President- Hawaiian Acres Road Corporation
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J. Yoshimoto, County Council Chairman
Hawaii County Council Representatives
25 Aupuni Street
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Dear Councilman Chair J. Yoshimoto and Council Members:
April 18, 2010
I encourage you to SUPPORT and Pass Resolution # 321 -10 authorizing the
Hawaii County Council to designate a portion of the District's Fuel Tax Allocation to be
utilized for Grant —In -Aid program for non- Profit Organizations for the purpose of Road
Maintenance for Private streets and Roadways. This would allow our Hawaiian Acres
subdivision to apply for "Grant -In -Aid" funding from the Hawaii Fuel tax fund.
I am representing the Hawaiian Acres Road Corporation and writing to express
our SUPPORT for the Fuel Tax Revenue Grant -In -Aid program resolution now at
council. I have lived in Hawaiian Acres subdivision, which has over 4000 lots, since
2004 and have watched our roads deteriorate passed what we can financially maintain.
Hawaiian Acres does not have mandatory roads dues and this program would allow us to
apply for road improvement funds to make our roads safer and more comparable to those
in Hilo. Our roads are in desperate need of attention; they are public access roads and not
part of a gated community.
Our residents pay fuel taxes every day as we drive in Hawaii County, but for
decades have received no benefits on hundreds of miles of county sanctioned private road
systems. One Road in Hawaiian Acres is in such disrepair due to lack of funding, that the
Department of Education (DOE) has threatened to discontinue bus service necessary for
picking up and dropping off the students living in Hawaiian Acres.
This in an issue of equity and I look to you to VOTE IN FAVOR of this
Resolution to provide this Grant -In -Aid program from the Hawaii District Fuel Tax fund.
Mahalo for your support,
Randy C. Kaulfers
Hawaiian Acres Resident
President - Hawaiian Acres Road Corporation