REP PWPC 008 01/21/1997 1996-1998

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DATE: January 21, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 68 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:00 a.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 68 and attached Bill No. 23, reports as follows: The purpose of Bill No. 23 is to amend Chapter 24, Article 10, Section 24-280, Schedule 28, to allow elimination of four marked parking stalls on the Hamakua side of Hualalai Street on the mauka side of Kilauea Avenue. Communication No. 68 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K. Kiyosaki, dated December 26, 1996, which transmits Bill No. 23 to the Council for its consideration. In Communication No. 68, the Chief Engineer states that they received a request to eliminate the four stalls, investigated this request, and concluded that adoption of this proposal will improve traffic safety at the intersection of Kilauea Avenue and Hualalai Street. Their investigation also revealed that other parking stalls are available approximately one hundred feet away. In addition to the information contained in Communication No. 68, Your Committee also considered testimony from Mr. Richard Nishimura of the County of Hawaii's Department of Public Works' Traffic Division. During the discussion it was noted that employees of businesses in the immediate area have been informed of this impending action. No testimony in opposition to this bill was offered. Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 23 and recommends that it pass first reading. Ic/cd Respectfully submitted AYES NOES A&E EX COM~(ITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS YAGONG X REYNOLDS X v cHtnvG X DOMIN[C YAGONG LEITHEAD-TODD X g RAY X PW&PC REPOR N SANTANGELO X ADOPTED: FEB 4 7 '997 SMITH X ARAKAKI E.O.M X