01-03-2015, 02:52 PM
kalakoa - Subdivisions in heavy VOG areas were therefore "broken as designed"?
I wanted to separate this point. While vog was probably not as prevalent when the speculative subdivisions were established, there is NO interest in fixing the "broken" design.
2000 - GT Resource Permit (GRP2) Amendment (Conditions of Permit)
"... expenditure of assets from this Geothermal Asset Fund ... A priority list of impact mitigation projects may be established by the County Councilor agency designed by the Council in conjunction with Puna residents or designated representatives thereof, with the exception of upgrading existing subdivisions in the Puna District to current subdivision standards and specifications of the County of Hawaii."
http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bi...sequence=1
pg 47
Can use the geothermal fund for clean-up, relocations, road pavement, transfer station, or hele-on bus, etc, but not any improvements that creates a county obligation for services to their speculative subdivisions.
The goal of preserving their tax-mines appears to play a central role in many of the county decisions regarding the subdivisions many of us live in.
http://bigislandnow.com/2013/05/31/analy...rt-1-of-2/
http://bigislandnow.com/2013/06/07/analy...rt-2-of-2/
I wanted to separate this point. While vog was probably not as prevalent when the speculative subdivisions were established, there is NO interest in fixing the "broken" design.
2000 - GT Resource Permit (GRP2) Amendment (Conditions of Permit)
"... expenditure of assets from this Geothermal Asset Fund ... A priority list of impact mitigation projects may be established by the County Councilor agency designed by the Council in conjunction with Puna residents or designated representatives thereof, with the exception of upgrading existing subdivisions in the Puna District to current subdivision standards and specifications of the County of Hawaii."
http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bi...sequence=1
pg 47
Can use the geothermal fund for clean-up, relocations, road pavement, transfer station, or hele-on bus, etc, but not any improvements that creates a county obligation for services to their speculative subdivisions.
The goal of preserving their tax-mines appears to play a central role in many of the county decisions regarding the subdivisions many of us live in.
http://bigislandnow.com/2013/05/31/analy...rt-1-of-2/
http://bigislandnow.com/2013/06/07/analy...rt-2-of-2/