HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 283 10/06/1998 1998-2000 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: July 6, 2000 Re: Comm. No. 807/Res. No. 270-00
PLACE: Council Chambers
TIME: 10:45 A.M.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 270-00, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 270-00, transmitted by Council Member J. Curtis Tyler, III, via Communication
No. 807, dated June 5, 2000, relates to acouncil-initiated improvement district to construct a
County-standard water distribution system for the Kona Coastview and Kona Wonderview
subdivisions in North Kona.
The purpose of this measure is to direct the Deparhnent of Water Supply Manager to prepare and
submit to the Council an update of a report titled "Water System Installation Cost Estimate for
Improvement District -Kona Coastview and Kona Wonderview Subdivisions (May 1996)".
The private water system serving these subdivisions has been deteriorating steadily since the
Council adopted Resolution No. 352-96 in September 1996. At that time, objections expressed
by some residents to the cost of the proposed Improvement District project brought the
improvement district process to a halt. Since that time, however, several developments point to
the need and opportunity to vigorously resume efforts to improve the water distribution serving
the owners and residents of these subdivisions. An emerging community consensus, coupled
with the documented opportunity for assistance from the USDA's Rural Utilities Water and
Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program, offers hope that this long overdue initiative may
succeed. Meanwhile, the worsening state of the existing private system begs for county-initiated
improvements.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 270-00
and recommends its adoption.
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ELARIONOFF X COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
JACOBSON X
LEITHEAD-TODD X
PISICCHIO X
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