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<br /> <br /> ±('r M <br /> <br /> <br /> Harry Kim Christopher J. Yuen <br /> Director <br /> Mayor <br /> Brad Kurokawa, ASLA <br /> LEEDO AP <br /> @lountig of Panf unii Deputy Director <br /> PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4224 <br /> (808) 961-8288 • FAX (808) 961-8742 <br /> <br /> N <br /> r~ <br /> March 10, 2008 <br /> Z = F-+ <br /> N <br /> <br /> Honorable Angel Pilago, Chair <br /> And Members of the Committee on Planning - <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING ~ lam' <br /> 333 Kilauea Avenue, Second Floor <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> <br /> Dear Chair Pilago and Members of the Committee on Planning: <br /> <br /> SUBJECT: BILL 235 and 236 - HALEKE'I STREET <br /> <br /> The Council is considering amendments to Bill 235 and 236 which would provide that a <br /> specific list of traffic improvements would have to be made before Haleki'i St. could be <br /> opened to connect with the Mamalahoa Bypass on a limited trial basis. The County <br /> administration agrees that improvements should be made and has given a list to the <br /> Council of the things that it would commit to. The County administration is also <br /> agreeable to the idea that these should be encompassed in an ordinance. <br /> <br /> This ordinance, however, should be one that amends the Traffic Code, Chap. 24, rather <br /> than amending the zoning ordinances for the Hokuli'a project, Bills 235 and 236. These <br /> traffic improvements, which are in some cases several miles from the Hokuli'a project, <br /> are out of place in the zoning ordinance. Chap. 24 is the place in the County Code which <br /> contains traffic regulations. Typically, a zoning ordinance contains the requirements for <br /> the property which is being zoned, and the related requirements of the private owner of <br /> the property. What is now being proposed are actually requirements placed on the <br /> County government. <br /> Passing this in a separate ordinance will have the same practical effect as amending Bills <br /> 235 and 236. Draft 1 of Bills 235 and 236 already say that Haleki'i cannot be opened <br /> until an ordinance is passed establishing mitigation for the opening. The Council can <br /> simply delay final action on Bills 235 and 236 until it passes a traffic mitigation <br /> ordinance or ordinances that it is satisfied with. <br /> Gomm: No. q17-7 <br /> Ref. To: K~lli <br /> Ref. Dote 19AR 3 2008 <br /> <br /> Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />