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REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS <br />DATE: February 3, 2009 <br />PLACE: Ben Franklin Building, 2"d Floor <br />333 Kilauea Avenue <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />TIME: 10:30 a.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Re: Comm. No. 78Bill 14 <br />Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred <br />Communication No. 78, regarding Bill 14, reports as follows: <br />Bill 14, transmitted by Director of Public Works, Warren H.W. Lee, via Communication No. 78, <br />dated December 10, 2008 amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 5, Section 24-280, <br />Schedule 28 (No parking at anytime), paragraph (f) Kona, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />edition, as amended), by adding the following, to be appropriately numbered and to read as follows: <br />" ~ Manawale`a Street, both sides." <br />There was no testimony from the public on this proposed bill. <br />Committee Chair Brenda J. Ford relinquished her seat to Council Member Dominic Yagong. <br />Vice Chair Kelly Greenwell was absent and excused for this meeting. <br />Traffic Division Chief Ron Thiel appeared before your Committee. Mr. Thiel commented that <br />Manawale`a Street is a total of 4,000 feet long and has been built and part of the La`iopua <br />Connector Road Project (Portions of Keanalehu Drive and Manawale`a Street). The makai portion <br />of Manawale`a Street is about three-thousand feet and its lowest region that extends through <br />Deparhnent of Hawaiian Home Lands is about to be completed In addition, Mr. Thiel stated he <br />would like these traffic code amendments in place prior to the opening of this road project. <br />Furthermore Mr. Thiel's comments extended to proposed Bill 15 and 16. <br />In response to "how many spaces will be lost due to the elimination of parking on Manawale`a <br />Street" by Mr. Yagong, Mr. Thiel commented that potentially 47 spaces will be removed. In <br />addition, Mr. Thiel stated over 60 potential spaces are available on Kealaka`a Street and additional <br />parking at several complexes in the area for the displaced vehicle car owners. <br />PWIRC RPT NO. 7 ' <br />