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RECENED Date.._J!:t.~!9.25,.j~t°i_~:___._- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS `~ounfy Council COUNTY OF HAWAII H1L0 HAWAII DATE: July 25, 1997 ~Le~sa~acrdu.~rz TO Leslie Chow Legislative Auditor Assistant VIA Galen M. Kuba, Division Chief Engineering Division FROM Casey K. Yanagihara ~ l SUBJECT : FLOOD CONTROL AMENDMENT Chapter 27, Flood Control; Hawaii County Code The Department of Public Works (DPW) has introduced two (2) bills for the Hawaii County Council's consideration. As requested, we provide the purpose of these bills as follows: Propased Ordinance `;4 " The purpose of this change is to be in conformance with the minimum requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) regulations. The proposed revisions are adjustments as noted and accepted by FEMA to be included in our Chapter 27 ordinance. Proposed Ordinance `13" The purpose of this change is to allow the County to follow-up on reported complaints, and to grant the enforcement authority should the private property owner fail to comply with the order. Reported complaints may be in the form of any encroachment and/or obstruction that exist in a drainageway, creating potential harm to downstream or adjacent property(s). This bill will augment the Hawaii Revise Statute [§46-11.5] Maintenance of channels, ,rh•eams, streambanks, and drainageways: which requires each County to be responsible for the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways, whether natural or artificial; provided that the work is a private responsibility, the responsibility may be enforced by the County in lieu the of the work being done at county expense. This responsibility is the crux of this request, to protect the health, welfare and safety of the public. attachment may, Itlq ~ O CKY F7b ne. H « F l c ~Prasented Cou,.1uL IMt. AUG 6 19~