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COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I PLANNING DEPARTMENT
BACKGROUND REPORT
KONA COUNTRY CLUB, INC.
AMENDMENT TO CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 20-65
(PL-REZ-2025-000088/AMEND REZ 09-000098)
KONA COUNTRY CLUB, INC. has submitted an application for a ten (10) year time
extension to Condition D (complete construction) of Ordinance No. 20-65, successor ordinance
to Ordinance No. 09-159, which reclassified 51.058 acres of land from an Agricultural 5-acre
(A-5a) to a Multiple-Family Residential-30,000 square feet (RM-30) zoned district. The subject
property is located mauka of the Māmalahoa Highway Bypass, between the Highway and the
Kona Country Club mauka golf course, Keauhou Resort, Keauhou, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK:
(3) 7-8-010:101.
Applicant’s Request
1. Applicant’s Request: A 10-year time extension to Condition D (complete construction)
of Ordinance No. 20-65, which was approved by the County Council and effective on
September 15, 2020. Condition D currently states:
“Construction of the proposed development shall be completed within five (5) years from
the effective date of this amended ordinance. Prior to constructions, the applicant,
successors or assigns shall secure Final Plan Approval for the proposed development in
accordance with Section 25-2-70, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaiʻi County Code.
Plans shall identify all existing and/or proposed structures, paved driveway access and
parking stalls associated with the proposed development. Landscaping shall also be
indicated on the plans for the purpose of mitigating any adverse noise or visual impacts
to adjacent properties in accordance with the requirements of Planning Department’s
Rule No. 17 (Landscaping Requirements), Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaiʻi County
Code. An updated traffic assessment shall be submitted in conjunction with the plans for
Plan Approval. Should the assessment, subject to concurrence by the Planning Director
and Public Works Director, conclude that the project is anticipated to geverate fifty or
more peak hour trips, then a Traffice Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) pursuant to the
concurrency requirements of Section 25-2-46(d), Chapter 25 (Hawaiʻi County Code)
shall be prepared and submitted for the review and approval of the Planning Director
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and the Public Works Director. All recommended traffic mitigation outlined in the TIAR
shall be implemented prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the first
residential unit within the project area.”
2. Reason for the Request: The applicant seeks a further time extension because, although
most “soft” pre-construction tasks and several rezoning conditions have been addressed,
they could not secure project financing; the filing explains that financing “has been
stalled due to the vagaries of the global economy,” and those challenges were later
compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted market conditions and the
ability to secure capital for a resort-oriented housing project. In parallel, a lengthy
archaeological compliance process, including preparing and obtaining approvals for the
Data Recovery, Burial Treatment, Preservation, and Monitoring plans (2013–2014) and
later acceptance of the Data Recovery Report in January 2025, delayed when
construction plans could be finalized, so no physical construction ever began. Because of
these factors, the project cannot meet the current September 14, 2025 completion
deadline; the applicant therefore requests an additional ten years from approval (to about
December 30, 2035) to secure financing, finish permitting, and complete construction.
3. Proposed Project: The application proposes a resort-area residential community on
approximately 51 acres in Keauhou, located mauka of the Māmalahoa Bypass between
the highway and the former Kona Country Club golf course. When the zoning was
originally approved in 2009, the applicant proposed no more than 60 single- and
multiple-family dwellings with a recreation center and related improvements to be used
as vacation rental units. To address conditions tied to water, archaeology, and emergency
access, the design was later scaled to 29 single-family homes with related amenities
(including a clubhouse/swimming pool), for which the County granted Final Plan
Approval on August 28, 2012 and later issued an extension through November 4, 2024.
The project will be accessed from the Māmalahoa Highway Bypass with a 10-foot-wide
emergency evacuation route toward Aliʻi Drive, will connect to the Keauhou Community
Services private sewer, use County water (with 60 water commitments maintained), and
dispose of stormwater on site; these features are to be implemented through plan approval
and building permits. Any renewed plan approval under this time-extension request
would remain within the 60-unit cap and continue to incorporate established
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archaeological and cultural preservation treatments.
4. Construction Timetable and Cost: Construction of the proposed project is anticipated
to begin within five years following the approval of this amendment, is projected to finish
by December 30, 2035 and is estimated to cost a minimum of $390 million.
5. Landowner: Kona Country Club, Inc.
6. Supportive Information: The applicant has submitted the attached in support of the
request. (P.D. Exhibit 1 – Change of Zone Amendment Request dated July 30, 2025)
PERMITTING HISTORY
7. December 30, 2009: Effective date of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 09-159 approved
by the County Council, which reclassified 51.058 acres of land from an Agricultural
5-acre (A-5a) to a Multiple-Family Residential 30,000 square feet (RM-30) zoning
district. The applicant initially proposed to develop a maximum of sixty (60) single-and
multiple-family residential units and related amenities (see Exhibit A in the application).
8. August 8, 2012: The Planning Director granted an administrative time extension to
Condition D (Time to Complete Construction) until December 30, 2019 (see Exhibit B in
the application).
9. August 28, 2012: Final Plan Approval (PLA-12-000869) was issued by the Planning
Department to allow the development of twenty-nine (29) single-family dwellings with
related amenities, including a clubhouse and swimming pool.
10. December 30, 2019: Date the applicant submitted their request for time extension and
other amendments to Ordinance No. 09-159.
11. September 15, 2020: Effective date of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 20-65 approved
by the County Council, which granted a 5-year time extension to Change of Zone
Ordinance No. 09-159 until September 15, 2025 (see Exhibit C in the application).
12. November 4, 2022: Final Plan Approval (PLA-12-000869) was issued a time extension
until November 4, 2024 (see Exhibit H in the application). This approval has since
lapsed, and the applicant will be required to submit new plans for Final Plan Approval
prior to construction.
STATE AND COUNTY PLANS
13. State Land Use Designation: Urban.
14. County Zoning: Multiple-Family Residential-30,000 square feet (RM-30).
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15. GP LUPAG Map: Urban Expansion.
16. Kona Community Development Plan (CDP): The Kona CDP, adopted by the Hawai‘i
County Council by Ordinance No. 08-131 on September 25, 2008, identifies the area as
situated within the “Kona Urban Area.” Portions of the Kona CDP were amended under
Ordinance No. 19-91.
17. Special Management Area: The subject property is situated fully within the SMA but
does not have shoreline frontage. On September 22, 2009, the Planning Commission
approved SMA Use Permit No. 09-000034 to allow the development of a mix of 60
single- and multiple-family residential units and related improvements. The effective date
of this permit was concurrent with the effective date of the subject rezone ordinance and
stated that the applicant(s), successors, or assigns shall comply with all the conditions
within the change of zone ordinance.
DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES AND SURROUNDING AREA
18. Subject Property: The subject property is 51.058 acres, irregularly shaped and is
situated at the southern end of Aliʻi Drive and the beginning of the Māmalahoa Highway
Bypass, east (mauka) of the highway and west (makai) of the Kona Country Club mauka
golf course in the Keauhou Resort. The subject parcel is currently vacant of any
structures or other improvements.
19. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: Surrounding parcels include the Kona Country Club
mauka golf course to the north and east (zoned Open), and vacant land which is zoned A-
5a west and south of the site.
20. FIRM: Zone “X”, an area of minimal flood hazard determined to be outside of the
Special Flood Hazard Area.
21. Floral/Faunal Resources: According to the applicant, no formal faunal study was
submitted due to the site being within an urban or built-up environment. It was
anticipated that most of the animals would be introduced, and it would be common to
find domestic species in this area such as dogs, cats, and mongoose. Similarly, avian
(bird) species would tend to be of the alien variety, such as the Japanese White-eye,
House Finch, Spotted Dove, and Zebra Dove. In a previously submitted Burial Treatment
Plan prepared by Cultural Surveys Hawaiʻi, the vegetation in the northern ʻaʻa covered
portion of the survey is very sparse. It includes small tufts of grass and a few
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isolated noni (Morinda citrifolia) plants. The vegetation in the southern half of the survey
area consists of Christmas berry (Schinus terebintherfolius), lantana (Latana camara),
noni (Morinda citrifolia), `ilima (Sida fallax), koa haole (Leucaena leucocephala),
Monkey pod (Samanea saman), and a variety of exotic grasses and weeds.
22. Historical/Archaeological/Cultural Resources: A Cultural Impact Assessment was a
condition for the permit prior to the Rezone Amendment in 2020. The condition was
removed due to the applicant satisfying the requirement per Planning Department letter
dated July 18, 2012. In compliance with Condition M of the subject Change of Zone
Ordinance, the applicant submitted an updated Archaeological Inventory Survey (AIS),
which was approved by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) in 2012. The
AIS identified 52 archaeological sites, including 22 sites that were recommended for data
recovery fieldwork. Of those, nine (9) sites were considered possible burials, eight (8) of
which were recommended for exploration through data recovery fieldwork. The AIS
further identified six (6) non-burial sites recommended for preservation, one (1) site
recommended for preservation given its proximity to an identified burial and one (1) site
recommended for a combination of data recovery and preservation. Based on this
proposed mitigation, the applicant submitted and SHPD approved the following plans: a
Final Archaeological Data Recovery Plan in 2013; a Burial Treatment Plan for three (3)
burial sites with concurrence from the Hawaiʻi Island Burial Council that the sites should
be preserved in place in 2014; an Archaeological Preservation Plan outlining specific
mitigation commitments and preservation measures for eight (8) sites in 2014; an
Archaeological Monitoring Plan in 2014; and an Archaeological Data Recovery Report
done pursuant to the Archaeological Data Recovery Plan which was deemed acceptable
January 16, 2025. The January 16, 2025 letter from SHPD requested several conditions
be fulfilled prior to any project-related ground disturbance. SHPD requests that written
and photographic documentation that the burial treatment plans for sites identified in the
Pammer (2012) AIS, have been approved and implemented. This should include SIHP
50-10-37-07601 (Haun 2012) and the associated acceptance letter. Also, written and
photographic confirmation that the short-term archaeological preservation measures (see
Wilkinson et al. 2014) have been implemented. SHPD also requested a copy of the final
subdivision plans clearly depicting all the preservation easements and a final version of
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the data recovery report (see SHPD Letter Project No. 2017PR25642, Doc. No.
2501SN10).
23. Public Access: The property is located more than 1,700 feet from the shoreline and
mauka of other resort properties. There is no public access on the subject property.
24. Traffic: The applicant submitted two (2) Traffic Assessments (TA), conducted by
Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates for both the current proposed 29-dwelling unit residential
development as well as a TA for a larger, 60-dwelling unit development currently entitled
by density and SMA Use Permit for the project site. According to the latter TA, “The trip
generation projected for the 60-unit project indicates that a total of 13 vehicles per hour
(vph) are anticipated during the AM commuter peak hour of traffic and a total of 17 vph
are anticipated during the PM commuter peak hour of traffic, and thus the Project does
not meet the minimum criteria of 50 peak hour trips specified in the Zoning Code’s
Concurrency Requirements to require a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR).”
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICES
25. Access: The primary proposed access to the project site is from the Māmalahoa Highway
Bypass. An existing permitted access connection is available on Māmalahoa Highway
Bypass for the property and lands mauka of the Kona Country Club Golf Course. This
access connection coincides with an existing unsignalized, channelized intersection and
the location of a portion of the project site. The applicant proposes to improve the access
from the highway intersection to the proposed residential portion of the project site. The
Department of Public Works previously recommended the construction of a collector
roadway from the Māmalahoa Highway Bypass to the project access to County dedicable
standards and Condition F of the subject ordinance reflected this requirement. The
application indicated that the required roadway construction was complete, although the
improvements have not yet been dedicated to the County. The applicant intends to
dedicate the roadway once the development is complete in order to avoid vandalism and
illicit activity prior to completion. In response to a request for comment for the subject
amendment request, DPW Engineering Division requests that an updated drainage report,
Traffic Impact Analysis Report, and construction plans be submitted prior to applying for
any permits pertaining to the construction of the proposed development. Condition E of
the subject change of zone ordinance requires plans submitted for Final Plan Approval
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reflect a minimum ten (10)-foot wide emergency evacuation access route that extends
from the project's easterly boundary, through the existing golf course and up to any point
along Aliʻi Drive. The emergency access route is required to be improved to an unpaved
road but reasonably compact enough to accommodate vehicles leaving the project site
and an access easement recorded prior to issuance of Certificate of Occupancy for the
first residential unit within the project area. This emergency access is reflected in the site
plan for the proposed 29-unit development.
26. Water: According to the Department of Water Supply (DWS), there are a total of sixty
(60) water units available to the subject parcel (12 units of water allocated and a
commitment for 48 additional units of water through July 31, 2027, and subject to
renewal). Condition C of the subject change of zone ordinance requires the applicant to
construct water improvements meeting the requirements of the DWS prior to the issuance
of a Certificate of Occupancy. In response to a request for comment for the subject
amendment request, DWS submitted correspondences confirming water availability and
outlining additional requirements, including the development of a Water Master Plan to
ensure provision of adequate water pressure and volume under peak-flow and fire-flow
conditions, and any water improvements required to meet those provisions. Additionally,
DWS articulated standard necessary water system improvements, facilities charge
amount and remittance instructions, and water improvement conveyance requirements.
27. Wastewater System: Condition H of the subject Change of Zone Ordinance requires all
wastewater to be disposed of in the Keauhou Resort’s sewer system.
28. Solid Waste: DEM approved the applicant’s Solid Waste Management Plan on July 18.
2012.
29. Essential Utilities and Services: All essential utilities and services are available to the
project site. Police and fire services are available in Kailua-Kona, approximately eight
miles from the project site. Medical services are available at the Kona Hospital in
Kealakekua.
AGENCIES’ AND ORGANIZATIONS’ COMMENTS
30. Department of Health: (P.D. Exhibit 2 – August 26, 2025 memo)
31. Department of Water Supply: (P.D. Exhibit 3 – September 11, 2025 letter)
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32. Department of Public Works – Engineering Division: (P.D. Exhibit 4 – October 9,
2025 memo)
AGENCIES – NO COMMENTS/NO CONCERNS
33. Police Department.
AGENCIES – NO RESPONSE
34. Department of Environmental Management, Department of Land and Natural Resources
– Land Division, Department of Land and Natural Resources – Engineering Division, and
Kona Traffic Safety.
APPLICANT’S RESPONSE TO AGENCY COMMENTS
35. Letters from Sidney Fuke (P.D. Exhibit 5– September 15, 2025 ,P.D. Exhibit 6 –
September 16, 2025, and P.D. Exhibit 7 – October 28, 2025)
PUBLIC COMMENTS
36. None as of the date of this writing.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. KENNETH S. FINK, M.D, MGA, MPH GOVERNOR OF HAWAII DIRECTOR OF HEALTH KE KIA’AINA O KA MOKU’AINA O HAWAI’I KA LUNA HO’OKELE
STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
P.O. BOX 916 HILO, HAWAII 96721-0916
MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 26, 2025
TO: Mr. Jeffrey W. Darrow Planning Director, County of Hawaii
FROM: Eric Honda District Environmental Health Program Chief
SUBJECT: Change of Zone Amendment Application (PL-REZ-2025-000088) Amendment to Change of Zone Ordinance No. 20 65 (Amend REZ-09-000098)
Request: Amendment to Condition D (Time to Complete Construction) Applicant: Kona Country Club, Inc. Tax Map Key: (3) 7-8-010:101, Keauhou, North Kona, Hawaiʻi
In most cases, the District Health Office will no longer provide individual comments to agencies or project owners to expedite the land use review and process.
Agencies, project owners, and their agents should apply Department of Health “Standard Comments” regarding land use to their standard project comments in their submittal.
Standard comments can be found on the Land Use Planning Review section of the Department of Health website: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/. Contact information for each Branch/Office is available on that website.
Note: Agencies and project owners are responsible for adhering to all applicable standard comments and obtaining proper and necessary permits before the commencement of any work.
General summary comments have been included for your convenience. However, these comments are not all-inclusive and do not substitute for review of and compliance with all applicable standard comments for the various DOH individual programs.
Clean Air Branch
1.All project activities shall comply with the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR),
Chapters 11-59 and 11-60.1.
Jeffrey W. Darrow August 26, 2025
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2. Control of Fugitive Dust: You must reasonably control the generation of all
airborne, visible fugitive dust and comply with the fugitive dust provisions of
HAR §11-60.1-33. Note that activities that occur near existing residences,
businesses, public areas, and major thoroughfares exacerbate potential dust
concerns. It is recommended that a dust control management plan be developed
which identifies and mitigates all activities that may generate airborne and visible
fugitive dust and that buffer zones be established wherever possible.
3. Standard comments for the Clean Air Branch
are at: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/
Clean Water Branch
1. All project activities shall comply with the HAR, Chapters 11-53, 11-54, and 11-55.
1. The following Clean Water Branch website contains
information for agencies and/or project owners who are
seeking comments regarding environmental compliance for
their projects with HAR, Chapters 11-53, 11-54, and 11-55:
https://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/clean-water-branch-home-
page/cwb- standard-comments/.
Hazard Evaluation & Emergency Response Office
1. A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and Phase II Site Investigation
should be conducted for projects wherever current or former activities on site may
have resulted in releases of hazardous substances, including oil or chemicals.
Areas of concern include current and former industrial areas, harbors, airports,
and formerly and currently zoned agricultural lands used for growing sugar,
pineapple or other agricultural products.
2. Standard comments for the Hazard Evaluation & Emergency Response Office
are at: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/.
Indoor and Radiological Health Branch
1. Project activities shall comply with HAR Chapters 11-39, 11-45, 11-46, 11-501, 11-502,
11-503, and 11-504.
2. Noise may be generated during demolition and/or construction. The
applicable maximum permissible sound levels, as stated in Title 11, HAR,
Chapter 11-46, “Community Noise Control,” shall not be exceeded unless a
noise permit is obtained from the Department of Health.
3. Construction/Demolition Involving Asbestos: If the proposed project includes
renovation/demolition activities that may involve asbestos, the applicant should
contact the Asbestos and Lead Section of the Branch at
https://health.hawaii.gov/irhb/asbestos/.
Safe Drinking Water Branch
Jeffrey W. Darrow August 26, 2025
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1. Agencies and/or project owners are responsible for ensuring environmental
compliance for their projects in the areas of 1) Public Water Systems; 2)
Underground Injection Control; and 3) Groundwater and Source Water Protection
in accordance with HAR Chapters 11-19, 11-20, 11-21, 11-23, 11-23A, and 11-
25. They may be responsible for fulfilling additional requirements related to the
Safe Drinking Water program: https://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/.
2. Standard comments for the Safe Drinking Water Branch can be
found at: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/.
Solid & Hazardous Waste Branch
1. Hazardous Waste Program - The state regulations for hazardous waste and used
oil are in HAR Chapters 11-260.1 to 11-279.1. These rules apply to the
identification, handling, transportation, storage, and disposal of regulated
hazardous waste and used oil.
2. Solid Waste Programs - The laws and regulations are contained in HRS Chapters
339D, 342G, 342H, and 342I, and HAR Chapters 11-58.1 and 11-282.
Generators and handlers of solid waste shall ensure proper recycling or disposal
at DOH-permitted solid waste management facilities. If possible, waste
prevention, reuse, and recycling are preferred options over disposal. The Office
of Solid Waste Management also oversees the electronic device recycling and
recovery law, the glass advanced disposal fee program, and the deposit beverage
container program.
3. Underground Storage Tank Program – The state regulations for underground
storage tanks are in HAR Chapter 11-280.1. These rules apply to the design,
operation, closure, and release response requirements for underground storage
tank systems, including unknown underground tanks identified during
construction.
4. Standard comments for the Solid & Hazardous Waste Branch can be
found at: https://health.hawaii.gov/epo/landuse/.
Wastewater Branch
For comments, please email the Wastewater Branch at doh.wwb@doh.hawaii.gov.
Sanitation / Local DOH Comments:
1. According to HAR §11-26-35, No person, firm, or corporation shall demolish or
clear any structure without first ascertaining the presence or absence of rodents
that may endanger public health by dispersal from such premises. Should any
such inspection reveal the presence of rodents, the rodents shall be eradicated
before demolishing or clearing the structure. A demolition permit is required prior
to demolition.
Jeffrey W. Darrow August 26, 2025
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Other
1. CDC - Healthy Places - Healthy Community Design Checklist Toolkit
recommends that state and county planning departments, developers, planners,
engineers, and other interested parties apply these principles when planning or
reviewing new developments or redevelopment projects.
2. If new information is found or changes are made to your submittal, DOH reserves
the right to implement appropriate environmental health restrictions as required.
Should there be any questions on this matter, please contact the Department of
Health, Hawaii District Health Office, at (808) 933-0917.
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FHAwa 345 KEKUANAO`ASTREET, SUITE 20 • HILO, HAWAI`I 96720
TELEPHONE (808) 961-8050 • FAX (808)961-8657
September 11,2025
COH PUNNING FP
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TO: Mr. Jeffrey Darrow, Director
Planning Department RECD HAND DELIVERED
FROM: Keith K. Okamoto,Manager-Chief Engineer
SUBJECT: Change of Zone Amendment Application(PL-REZ-2025-000088)
Amendment to Change of Zone Ordinance No.20 65(Amend REZ-09-000098)
Request: Amendment to Condition D(Time to Complete Construction)
Applicant: Kona Country Club,Inc.
Tax Map Key 7-8-010:101
We have reviewed the subject application and have the following comments and conditions.
We have no objection to the subject time extension request, subject to the applicant understanding and accepting
that the Department can only support the total allocation of water and that the applicant complies with the
following conditions:
A Water Master Plan, prepared by a professional engineer licensed in the State of Hawai`i, showing
how the applicant proposes to provide water at adequate pressure and volume under peak-flow and
fire-flow conditions. Extensive improvements may be required,which may include, but not limited to,
additional booster pump,transmissions,and storage facilities.
2.Construct necessary water system improvements,which shall include, but not be limited to:
a.water mains capable of delivering water at adequate pressure and volume under peak- flow and
fire-flow conditions,
b.installation of a service lateral that will accommodate the appropriate meter size to each lot,
c.subject to other agencies' requirements to construct improvements within the road right-of-way
fronting the property affected by the proposed development,the applicant shall be responsible
for the relocation and adjustment of the Department's affected water system facilities, should
they be necessary,and
d.fire hydrants spaced no more than 300 feet apart and within 150 feet ofthe driveway or access
for each lot. On dead-end streets,the last fire hydrant shall be located at one-half the distance
from the last house, or unit,fronting the property line,or to the driveway or access for the
property. Submit construction plans prepared by a professional engineer, registered in the State
of Hawai`i, for review and approval.
3.Remit the prevailing facilities charge(FC)balance,which is subject to change,as follows:
Water, Our gliost Precious Resource. . . 7(a Wai A Vane. . .
The Department of Water Supply is an Equal Opportunity provider and employer.
Mr. Jeffrey Darrow,Director
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September 11,2025
FACILITIES CHARGE (FC):
48 additional units @ $6,095.00/unit 292,560.00
Total FC 292,560.00
WATER COMMITMENT DEPOSIT CREDIT(WCD):
48 additional units @ $150.00/unit, paid 12 times 86,400.00)
Facilities Charge Balance 206,160.00
These are due and payable upon completion of the installation of the required water system
improvements and prior to final subdivision approval being granted.
For your information,water commitment deposits are credited towards the final facilities requirement
for the development. Note that the amount of water commitment deposit may exceed the prevailing
facilities charge amount; for example,when requests for time extensions continue and are approved.
Until the development is finally completed,these are separate and unrelated items. In the event that
water commitment deposits exceed the facilities charge,no refunds are applicable.
4.Submit the appropriate documents,properly prepared and executed,to convey the water system
improvements and necessary easements to the Water Board of the County ofHawaii prior to final
subdivision approval being granted. A registered land surveyor shall stamp and certify the metes and
bounds description within the conveyance documents. However,prior to water meter services being
granted to the development,or any lots within,the conveyance documents shall be accepted by the
Water Board.
5.Comply with all other applicable policies and requirements of the Department's Rules and Regulations.
Noncompliance may be cause for voiding this water commitment,at which time availability will be
subject to change in accordance with prevailing water system conditions,policies,and Rules and
Regulations.
6.The applicant shall inform the Department how they intend to use the 12 units of water committed to the
subject parcel from Kamehameha Investment Corporation.
Should there be any questions, please contact Ms. Robyn Matsumoto of our Water Resources and Planning
Branch at(808)961-8070,extension 255.
Sincerely yours,
Keith K. Okamoto, P.E.
Manager-Chief Engineer
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copy— Kona Country Club, Inc.
Mr. Sidney Fuke
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS COUNTY OF HAWAII
HILO, HAWAII
DATE: October 9, 2025
Memorandum
TO: Jeffrey W. Darrow, Planning Director
FROM: Department of Public Works, Engineering Division
SUBJECT: CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (PL-REZ-2025-000088) Request: Amendment to REZ-09-000098 Condition D
Applicant: Kona Country Club, Inc.
TMK: 7-8—010:101
We have reviewed the subject request dated August 20, 2025, and provide the following
comments for your consideration:
Applicant shall provide updated Drainage Report, TIAR, and Construction Plans prior to applying for any permits pertaining the construction of the proposed development.
Questions may be referred to Amy Cook at 961-8695.