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<br /> <br /> <br /> REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND <br /> INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS <br /> <br /> DATE: September 15, 2009 Re: Comm. No. 509/13111 140 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Ben Franklin Bldg, 2°a Floor <br /> 333 Kilauea Ave. <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> TIME: 1:40 p.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> <br /> Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred <br /> Communication No. 509 and Bill 140, reports as follows: <br /> Bill 140, transmitted by Director of Public Works Warren H.W. Lee, via Communication <br /> No. 509, dated August 25, 2009, amends Chapter 24, article 7, division 2, section 24-149 <br /> (Maximum speed limit), of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) by having <br /> the following inserted and the subsequent subsections renumbered appropriately: <br /> <br /> "(1) Twenty miles per hour. <br /> In any school zone, the beginning of which is demarcated by a <br /> school speed limit sign supplemented with a flashing speed limit <br /> sign beacon, and the end of which is demarcated by an end school <br /> zone or standard speed limit sign." <br /> There was no testimony from the public on this proposed bill. <br /> <br /> Traffic Division Chief Ron Thiel appeared before Your Committee. Mr. Thiel commented that this <br /> amendment's purpose is to reduce the speed limit in certain school zones to minimize risk to school <br /> children. These proposed modifications is an effort to enhance driver awareness of the Kealakehe <br /> Elementary school zone; and mitigate the increase in traffic due to the recent openings of Manawalea <br /> Street and Keanalehu Drive and consequential connection to Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway. <br /> Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations is in accord with the purpose and <br /> intent of Bill 140 and recommends passage at first reading. <br /> <br /> dkr <br /> AYES NOES A&E Ex Respectfully submitted, <br /> ENRIQUES x <br /> FORD x COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND <br /> GREENWELL x INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS <br /> HOFFMANN x <br /> IKEDA x <br /> NAEOLE x <br /> ONISHI x BRENDA J. FORD, CHAIR <br /> YAGONG x PWIRC REPORT NO. 44 <br /> YOSHIMOTO x ADOPTED:OCT O ? 2909 <br /> ~ <br />