REP PWPC 058 08/05/1997 1996-1998

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DATE: August 5, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 393/BILL NO. 114, PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:11 a. m. Chairperson and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 393 and attached Bill No. 114, reports as follows: The purpose of Bill No. 114 is to establish speed limits of 20 miles per hour along Haa Street, Haa Place, and Kaiewe Place within the Keaau Mutual Self-Help Subdivision. Bill No. 1 14 would amend chapter 24, article 10, division 1, section 24-254, schedule 2 (20 mile per hour limit), subsection (g) Puna, by adding the following items to be appropriately numbered: Haa Street. ~ H P f,~ Kaiewe Place.' Communication No. 393 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K Kiyosaki, dated July 8, 1997, which transmits Bill No. 114 to the Council for its consideration. The Communication notes that the Department of Public Works received a request from a resident of the Keaau Mutual Self-Help Subdivision to reduce the speed limit from 25 mph to 20 mph within the subdivision. It further states that after conducting a speed study, the Department found speeds of 20 mph to be appropriate speed limits for these roads. Your Committee amended Bill No. 1 14 by substituting Bill No. 1 14, Drafr 2. Draft 2 amended the spelling of Haa Street and Haa Place to conform with the spelling adopted by the Council in Resolution No. 109-97. (See Communication No. 393.01.) No testimony in opposition to this bill was offered. Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 114, Draft 2 and recommends that it pass first reading. lc AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted YAGONG X COM1vIITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS REYNOLDS X CHUNG X ~ w~~.r-- LEITIIEAD-TODD X DOMINIC YAC'rON I(A`dR1V1AN RAY X I/ SANTANGELO X PW&PC REPO1`iT l'QO. s a SMITH X ARAKAKI L.O.A4 X ADOPTED:_ 4 ~ 1997