REP PWPRC 067 01/03/2012 2010-2012

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE DATE: January 3, 2012 Comm. No.128.113/Bill No. 270 Draft 5 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i TIME: 1:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation, to which was referred Bill 270, Draft 5, reports as follows: Bill No. 270 Draft 5, transmitted by Council Member Brittany Smart, via Communication No. 128.113, dated December 6, 2011. The State Building Code Council has reviewed and proposed the adoption of the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) with amendments. Repeals Chapter 5 of the Hawai`i County Code (Building) and replaces it with a new Chapter 5. The legislative history of this Bill 270 Draft 5, is as follows: Postponed: September 9, 2010 (Council mtg.) Recommitted to PWPRC: March 16, 2011 (Council mtg.) Postponed: May 16, 2011 (PWPRC mtg.) Recommends approval: June 14, 2011 (PWPRC-22) First Rdg: July 7, 2011 (Council mtg.) Second Rdg: July 22, 2011 (Council mtg.) Reconsidered: August 17, 2011 (Council mtg.) Postponed: September 21, 2011 (Council mtg.) Held Over: October 5, 2011 (Council mtg.) Postponed: October 19, 2011 (Council mtg.) Recommitted to PWPRC: November 2, 2011(Council mtg.) Postponed: December 6 and 20, 2011 Bill 270 was amended with Communication No. 128.114 and Communication 128.117 and forwarded to Council. There was also some discussion that was presented in Your Committee meeting today, from Gary Chock of the Structural Engineers Association of Hawai`i. Mr. Chock expressed his concerns with some of the suggested amendments and offered a rationale for why Hawai`i had to be identified in the "Windborne Debris" section. Department of Public Works Director Warren H. W. Lee spoke on behalf of the communication and recommended leaving in language suggested by Mr. Chock, to allow for the option of(not the requirement of) a"safe room" in a partially open structure. PWPRC-67