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<br /> :)ct 02 07 01:1.7p Wallace Nakamoto 808-3223111 -.I
<br /> Pi~Cir ~.~l.f~~} TUESDAY, OCTOBE_? ? 'fi.)7 j VJ°! =r I ~VJ,411TODAY!`
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<br /> ' Y -~upers'tc~re ban last item on council agenda ~r~~eca_~ .K~~~~c:lay
<br /> BYJIM QUIRK ferent stock keeping units, and ~wnisg segrrlations.t' t;^, ern I .i] ii ::+i Village.
<br /> WESTHAWAIITODAY dedicating more than 20,000 While Higa believes amen- '~'Se ccc.:i: tvi9 ~;ute on=
<br /> iquirkt~,uestnawai~todag.com grass square feet of floor area orandum of agreement the I .ee s?pa .~r +i:.la ltat: will
<br /> HILO - A groposed biA to to the sale of groceries." county has with DHHL would p'. ndde moc ~ y ' cr Clas;e sepa-
<br /> baa , "supeistoCey';.Ait the. Hoffmann and Ford said compel DHHL to abide by the n .i e projec-.; ; c the healakehe
<br /> Island stlialaistite7n on t14G the biggest problem with the proposed "superstore' legisla- ?~~'a.,tewat~ar '7i dmeni: Plant,
<br /> ~~~~~~„~n~ bill is that, because it spe Y lion, Yuen disagrees and sod it ue l.+ding hon+ rug; S4 million
<br /> for Wednesda}~s regular pteet- fies an exact size, a com an would not. ti remove s.i r: a froth iL.
<br /> - eto to ic. interested in buildingabigbox In other business on fne::ounci! Ils.lscvoteon
<br /> p p store could easily circumvent Wednesday, the council plans ! ~i!I b~ bn:, .!):5 n•-Ilion to
<br /> Submitted by Hilo
<br /> Councilman Stacy Higa and the: rule, for instance, by simply to vote on the second read- i+,.~kr r:er.t:: c ;iad as at the
<br /> approved on its first reading dedicating 19,000 square feet ingsofseveralbillsintendedtc p ::n t. r'.no.lsrr ' il', d:+.: council
<br /> in a 5-4 vote, the bill proposes for the sale of groceries. provide big money to various is. slated to :c : c;n : alts for
<br /> to prohibit constmction of"big Higa, meanwhile, said sewage treatment projects- U ending $6b+i tu0 ii~:~ a mas--
<br /> box" stores such as Super Wal- recently he believes it's impor- One of the bills calls fo[ t~ t plan or , :;i ; .+pgrades
<br /> Marts on the island. tant to pass the bill as soon bonding $24.09 million tc :Le plant. ,
<br /> Since the bill's first read- ~ Possible to help prevent replace two large capacity cess- n yct a:uah; r I:.ia, t:e coon-,,.
<br /> ing two weeks agor tt~~l Wal-Mart from building a new pools, one for Naalehu/Pahaia ~i r•il' ~r.;,~ rnc~ther to,
<br /> Cha&rman ,,,P.,ete 1~om3nn4" "superstore" behind its existing and the other for Honokaa b ~ ad ~ls n.il ~ n':. fart a. prof-;,
<br /> licolia~a, and South Kong facility in Hilo. A separate bill calls for ,c~ t~ reld i,-r m Kcanohana;
<br /> Cotincihvoman Brenda Fords PlannBztg-'I)irector Chzas obtaining $2 million more in Heights lar c- ~,apacity cess-
<br /> said they believe the bill h@s, Yuen aajtd, recently the. coon; state revolving funds for the pant. The ~.u i :il ha:l previ-t
<br /> mater flaws that would rende+p ty ~gouldn't 6e ,able. to sfnpj Honokaa cesspool project. r, r;i_, appru S3"0,000 for,.
<br /> r~"use~ess- . ~il-Mart from building. the The council also plans tc t.i~~ p~rojec2: :I,r-, additional„
<br /> The proposed Legislation facility even if the bill passed vote on bill that calls for bond- 3 million i c ua:r ed because,.
<br /> would ban construction of berawse the land is owned by 3 ing an additional $350,000 or n ~ iucreast - I ::.ga and con-„
<br /> a "superstore° that exceeds the Depattmeat of Hawaii~r top of the $500,000 it alread} c uction < rt: as +vcl: as to
<br /> 90,000 square feet, "offering Home Lands, -which dcesi~t bonded for a project to replace + :place sr vo'vir_l; fund
<br /> for sale more th:m 25,000 dif- have to comply with cotm$' the large capacity cesspool it m. mcy.
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