10-02-2024, 08:04 PM
(10-02-2024, 07:42 PM)Obie Wrote: It was never consolidated. It's always been a 20 acre lot.------------
The County is planning a multi million dollar park. Parks are infrastructure.
Did you ever notice that Paradise is widened down as far as the waterline runs? The County did that because the department of water requires the road to be that width to install a water main.
Aloha.
For road maintenance purposes and assessment of road maintenance fees, which are based on the measure of 1 acre or less lots, 20 acres are 20 consolidated lots.
It is true that parks are infrastructure. And we have a lot of them in Hawaii and in Hawaii County. These existing parks require a lot of money, every year, for upkeep, improvements, maintenance, etc (multi- millions). Parks and Rec have a huge budget.
Water, wastewater, County roads, etc., are infrastructure as well. And the County of Hawaii has fallen pathetically behind on keeping up with its responsibilities to these types of infrastructure. This hurts all of us.
Everything costs money. And residents are required to pay and do their fair share. The County of Hawaii owns 20 acres of land in Hawaiian Paradise Park. The courts mandated that all owners must contribute toward the maintenance of the subdivision roads. Lots in Hawaiian Paradose Park are 1 acre or less. Consolidation of lots does not result in reduction of road fees (each lot= one road fee). If Hawaiian Paradise Park Owners are expected to budget and pay their Hawaiian Paradise Park road maintenance fees, then the County of Hawaii should be expected to do the same.