REP PWIRC 059 10/05/2004 2002-2004

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REPORT OF TAE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DATE: October 5, 2004 RE: Communication No. 761Bi11 No. 323 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:04 a.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred Communication No. 761 and attached Bill No. 323, reports as follows: Communication No. 761 and attached Bill No. 323 is from Bruce McClure, Director of Public Works, dated September 14, 2004, requesting a Yield sign be installed along Ka`apahu Road on the east (Hilo) side of Kalopa Gulch because the roadway width between the bridge and the top of the gulch is not wide enough for two-way traffic. Presently, a yield sign exists closer to the bridge and the Hamakua Safety Council and the Paauilo Mauka-Kalopa Community Association requests that the sign remain as an added measure of safety. The purpose of Bill No. 323, which was amended to Draft 2 to correct the name of the bridge from Sand Gulch Bridge to Kalopa Gulch Bridge, is to amend Section 1. Chapter 24, article 10, division 2, section 24-265, schedule 13 (Yield locations), subsection (a) Hamakua, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (]995 edition), by adding the following to be appropriately numbered and to read as follows: O Ka`apahu Road, east approach to Kalopa Gulch Bridge, No. 44-7, eight hundred thirty-five feet northwest of Ho`okahua Road. O Ka`apahu Road, east approach to Kalopa Gulch Bridge, No. 44-7, one thousand two hundred twenty-seven feet northwest of Ho`okahua Road. Council Member Tyler requests a friendly amendment to provide the correct diacriticals within the bill. Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 323, as amended to Draft 2, and recommends its passage on first reading. AYES NOES A&E EX ARAKAKI X CHUNG X ELARIONOFF X HOLSCHUH X JACOBSON X REYNOLDS X i SAFARIK X TULANG X TYLER X Respectfully submitted, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PWIRC REPORT NO. 59 ADOPTED: OCT 2 ~ 2~OQ