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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunication No. 2017-13.2- CIP Recommendation Letter to Director.FinalHarry Kim Mayor West Hawaii Office 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Phone (808) 323-4770 Fax (808) 327-3563 Mr. Michael Yee, Director Hawaii County Planning Department 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT Regarding: North Kohala CDP Action Committee CIP Recommendation FY 18-19 Dear Mr. Yee, Michael Yee Director Daryn Arai Deputy Director East Hawaii Office 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 November 16, 2017 During the November 131 meeting, the North Kohala CDP Action Committee prioritized projects on the attached spreadsheet from our list of strategies to be considered for Capital Improvement Projects for 2018. We would like to reaffirm and underscore our very highest priority support for rebuilding the Mahukona Beach Park pavilion and restrooms. This has topped every North Kohala CIP request list since at least 2013. Kapa`a Beach Park also needs upgrading. Mahukona and Kapa`a beach park facilities are used extensively by tourists and residents alike, but they are in very poor shape. Among the proposed CIPS for 2017-18, the North Kohala CDP Action Committee would like to recommend the following projects in the order of their priority to the Kohala Action Committee and community. All have been on a county Budget Priority List in the last 2 years: L Mahukona Beach Park Renovation. This is the highest Kohala priority. This is a much -used park and the facilities are very run-down. 2. Green Waste Facility at the North Kohala Transfer Station. Greenwaste constitutes over half of what is presently put in the single chute and transported to the West Hawaii Landfill. Kohala needs mulch for agriculture. 3. Kapa`a Beach Solar Power Electricity. 4. Pratt Road Improvements. Pratt Road is the only possible emergency bypass alternative to Akoni Pule Highway, the only road through North Kohala (which has been blocked four times in the past 3 years). 5. King Kamehameha Park Gym Roof Repair & Other Improvements. Please prioritize funding for these much-needed infrastructure and facility improvements. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Please feel free to call me if you have further questions. Sincerely, ;�'/L John Winter, Chair North Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee www.hiplanningdeot.com Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer planning&a hawaiicountygov North Kohala [DP 2017-8 List of Infrastructure Strategies fmm Ch. 4, Section 4.4 updated November, 2017. NKCDP Responsible Rank CDP Project Strategy Location Need Department Cost Notes Mahukona Beach Park Res rooms, pavilion, wharf Mahukona Beach 2012-2013 CIP Highest Kohala priority. Much -used park and very rundown facilities On On Proposed Capital 1 mp,irandwinch aaess 41(p 72) Park Euining infrenmc[ure needs repair DPR Budget -$2.5M Budget and Six -Year Capital Improvements Program (M. Wille) 7/l/16-&30119 Green wane composes over half of wane [mcked from Kohala to Wei Hawaii Landfill. Kohala 2 Green wane facility 4.1(p. 72) K.'auhuhu Green wanes now put in with trash, - Need DEM DEM 20142015 CIP needs mulch for agriculture. On Proposed Capital Budget and Sa-Year Capital Improvements Transfer Station sep.re gmenw,s to to chute Budget ge Program for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 (G. Goodale) 7/1/17-6/30/16 2012-2013 CIP Improve Kap.'. Beach Park facilities and install Kapa'a Beach Park pavilion, renrooms, and picnic area Budget -$1101, Another heavily -used beach park Used to have power.Need— bon—rod. On Proposed 3 sleaddly(-I., power) 42(p. 7475) Park needsimprovements NKCDP AC, DPR power, TBD Capital Budget and Six -Year Capital Improvements Program (T. Richards) 7/l/17-&30116 improvements Improvements are needed for many mads in Impmve Exining Roadway Synemsand Create Many of the the NK dismet. Pratt Road—identified as "Pratt Road Improvements" on On Proposed Capital Budget and Six -Year Capital 4 Emergency Bypass Roads 4.6 (p. 79) roadswithin the .po ssib'leroute if Akoni Pule Hwy. were NKCDP, DPW $3.5M Improvements Program (K. Pacheco, Public Works) 7/1/17-6/30/16 NK dinrict. closed. Kamehameha 2012-2013 CIP Replace deficit in seating (demolished old grandnand). On On Proposed Capital Budget and Sic 5 Kamehameha Park improvements 42 (p 7475) Park park improvements DPR Budget -$4901, Year Capital Improvements Program (T. Richards)7/1/17-6/30/16 Repair/replace 6 Upgrede Potable Water Synem 4.5 lip. 78) a ging water lines Ageing pipes and limited water pressure in so row the need to create DWS $45M to build Ageing piphave broken need aR,ntion. Many le,k,nd habroken recently. and obtain a new redume ndan.s cy by building a new reservoir. well (Hala'ul,) H.—V Broadband 7 Improve Communication Synems (cell and internal 4.3 (p. 75) TBD Poor cell phone reception and interne[ access speed in many areas Taskforce, various cell DSL doesn't reach Al areas Cell phone reception iswe,k in some areas. phone providers K.'auhuhu Current trenner nation at 17 acresistoo repai—$300k/new- 8 Repair/Relocate Solid Wane Trenner Station 4.1(p. 72) Trenner Station- —.11 for Curren[ demand. DEM $3-4M Verydifficulttofind .suitable site(NIMBY). Open State land tower. New site TBD Some have expressed desire for small -boat 9 Public boat aaess 4.2 74 (p ) A manal area access in Kohala ACOE TBD A boat ram troversial issue in North Kohala. P&R had dosed that Project. pica con Pon a large 10 Improve Emergency Response- inn,ll, large lighted 4.4(p. 76) lighted sign near The community identified the use of a large lighted sign as one of the ben tools to Civil Defense and NKCDP $35-401, sign gency communicaim foremer C Kohala High g post AC School important information during emergencies