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VV M Stephen K. Yamashiro Mayor +~O dmntty Of ~W ttti PLANNING COMMISSION 25 Aupuni Street, Room 109 • Hilo, Hawaii %7204252 (eoe) %1-8288 • Fax (805) %1-%15 WUL 2 9 1998 Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: Planning Director Initiated Bill to Amend Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map) of County Code Request: Deleting Proposed Northern Komohana Street Extension 80-Foot Right-of-Way Alignment Tax Map Key: 2-3-26:Portions of 2, 13, 18, 19, 25, 34, 41, 43, 44, 45 au 49 and 5n and 2-6-87Portions of 35 and 37 The Planning Commission at its duly held public hearing of July 17, 1998, voted to forward a favorable recommendation on the proposed amendment to the City of Hilo Zone Map to delete the proposed 80-foot wide northern Komohana Street Extension right-of-way. The favorable recommendation is based on the following: Transportation is the systems and modes of conveyance of people and goods from place to place. It can be considered the major infrastructural element of an area. The purpose of transportation planning is to provide faster, safer and more efficient travel. As transportation systems are expensive to construct and maintain, great care and foresight are needed in developing plans for them. The overall Transportation goals, policies and standards are set forth to physically plan the circulation in the County in the best interest of the island's residents. The reasons to support the deletion of the proposed northern Komohana Street 80-foot right-of-way alignment from its intersection at Waianuenue Avenue toward and across the Wailuku River would not conflict with the following goals, policies and standards of the General Plan's Transportation Element: