REP PWPC 030 04/15/1997 1996-1998

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DATE: April I5, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 235 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:07 a.m. Chairperson and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 235 and attached Bill No. 70, reports as follows: The purpose of Bill No. 70 is to establish a passenger loading zone on Lehua Street fronting the Paradise Preschool in Hilo. Parking in front of the Preschool is presently prohibited from 7:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. daily, except for weekends and holidays. Bill No. 70 would amend Chapter 24, article 1Q division 5, section 24-281, schedule 29, (Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets; tow away zone), by deleting the following item: "(17) Lehua Street, Puna side, beginning at a point four hundred sixty-five feet makai of Wainaku Street and extending forty feet toward Puueo Street from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays." Bill No. 70 would also amend Chapter 24, article 10, division 6, section 24-287, schedule 35, (Passenger loading zones), by adding the following item: Lehua Street, Puna side, beginning at a point four hundred sixty-five feet makai of Wainaku Street and extending forty feet toward Puueo Street from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays." Communication No. 235 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K. Kiyosaki, dated April 1, 1997 that transmits Bill No. 70 to the Council for its consideration. The Communication indicates that the Department of Public Works received a request to convert the area fronting the Paradise Preschool along Lehua Street to a passenger loading zone. Your Committee wnsidered Bill No. 70 at its April 7 5, 1997 meeting. At the meeting Your Committee also considered a letter from Laura Lea Ferreira, owner of the Paradise Preschool, that expresses support for Bill No. 70. (Communication No. 235.0])