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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE August 2, 2010 Re Comm No 889/Bill No 275 PLACE Councilroom TIME 8•29 p m Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No 275, reports as follows Bill No 275, transmitted by Finance Director Nancy Crawford, via Communication No. 889, dated July 20, 2010, amends Ordinance No 10 -60, as amended, the Capital Budget for the County of Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, by adding the following project. PUBLIC WORKS• Mamalahoa Bypass Mitigation Measures — County 110 399.5397 90 $1,000,000 Mamalahoa Bypass Mitigation Measures — Fair Share 110 399 5397 90 $ 243,000 Funds for this appropriation increase shall be provided from General Obligation Bonds, Capital Projects Fund — Fund Balance and /or Other Sources $1,000,000 Fair Share Contributions (Fund Balance — Designated) $ 243,000 These appropriations are needed to address community safety concerns with the anticipated increased traffic on Ali`i Drive and Haleki`i Street when the Mamalahoa Bypass is opened These concerns are primarily related to motorists speeding through a residential neighborhood and difficulties of residents accessing their driveways. Warren Lee, Director of the Department of Public Works, said this appropriation is needed to provide traffic signals at Ali`i Drive (Hualalai, Lunapule, Royal Poinciana and Kaleipapa), a pedestrian signal on Haleki`i, construct separate community pathway mauka on Ali`i Drive from Kamehameha Highway to Kaleiopapa, resolve right -of -way encroachments along Ali`i Drive, and upgrade traffic signals on Haleki`i and Mamalahoa Pursuant to Section 10 -6(d), Hawai`i County Charter, the Council may amend the Capital Budget for that year with a two- thirds vote. FC Rept. No 171