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William P. Kenoi <br />Mcn}or <br />West Hawai `i office <br />74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy <br />Kailua -Kona, Hawai `i 96740 <br />Phone (808) 323 -4770 <br />lyax (808) 327 -3563 <br />May 17, 2013 <br />V OF <br />County of Hawaii <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />Mr. Mark Hinshaw, Chair <br />and Members of the Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan Steering Committee <br />P.D. Box 586 <br />Pahoa, HI 96778 <br />Subject: Post Office Road Extension <br />Landowner's Questions <br />Dear Mr. Hinshaw and Members of the Committee, <br />BJ Uithead Todd <br />Director <br />Margaret K. Masunaga <br />Deputy <br />East Hawai `i Off-ice <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 <br />Hilo, Hawai `i 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961 -8288 <br />Fax (808) 961-8742 <br />On March 5, 2013 the Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan Steering Committee (PRTCPSC) <br />hosted a meeting with selected landowners to introduce a proposal for extending Post Office <br />Road from Pahoa Village Road to Pahoa Park. The invited landowners represented those <br />initially identified by the PRTCPSC as obvious stakeholders potentially affected by any possible <br />extension of Post Office Road west of Pahoa Village Road. Those landowners in attendance <br />raised several questions about such a proposal which we have attempted to address in the <br />remainder of this letter. <br />1. Is the County willing to purchase any roadway right-of-way necessary to extend Post <br />Office Road? <br />• The County may include the cost to purchase the road right -of -way for the extension <br />of Post Office Road from Pahoa Village Road to the Pahoa Park and/or beyond to <br />create a loop road connecting back to Pahoa Village Road in the project CIP budget. <br />• The Planning Director will be recommending Fair Share Contributions for all <br />commercial upzoning for roads, parks, police, fire and solid waste. The final decision <br />to impose Fair Share Contributions for rezoning rests with the County Council. <br />• The Planning Director will recommend accepting dedication of the road right -of -way <br />by the landowners in lieu of the Roads portion of Fair Share Contributions assessed as <br />a condition of the rezoning ordinance. Final decision to accept road right -of- -way <br />dedication in lieu of Roads Fair Share Contribution rests with the County Council. <br />2. What is the County's commitment to implement construction of the road and other <br />infrastructure improvements to allow far commercial development in this part of the <br />village? <br />• The Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan Steering Committee, being a subcommittee of <br />the Puna CDP (PCDP) Action Committee (AC), may request that the AC submit a <br />www.cohnlanningdePt,com Hawaii Counn is an Equal opportuniry Provider and Etnployer planning@co.hawaii.hi.us <br />