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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND <br /> PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE <br /> DATE: April 16, 2013 Re: Comm. No. 223/Bill No. 58 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Kona, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 1:10 p.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation, to which was referred Bill No. 58 <br /> reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 58, transmitted by Public Works Director Warren H. Lee, via Communication No. 223 <br /> dated March 15, 2013, amends Chapter 14, Article 9, Section 14-55 (Tables), of the Hawai`i <br /> County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended)by deleting the Operations Restrictions for LED <br /> fixtures with less than two percent blue light content and traffic color compliant. <br /> The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow for the use of Class II LED fixtures within all <br /> private and public right-of-ways. <br /> Your committee received testimony in support of this measure from Ms. Susan Fischer who <br /> represented the North Kohala Community Development Plan. <br /> Your Committee finds that replacing Low Pressure Sodium fixtures with LED fixtures with less <br /> that 2%blue light content and traffic color compliant will significantly improve traffic safety <br /> conditions for motorists and emergency responders. These fixtures with a Spectral Power <br /> Distribution have a low blue content which reduces light pollution and is ideal for astronomical <br /> studies. Further, LED street lights cost less to operate and maintain and is estimated to produce <br /> an annual savings of over $275,000. <br /> Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation is in accord with the purpose and <br /> intent of Bill No. 58, and recommends its passage on first reading. <br /> jc <br /> AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted, <br /> EOFF X <br /> FORD x COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND <br /> ILAGAN x PARKS AND RECREATION <br /> KANUHA X <br /> KERN X <br /> ONISHI X <br /> POINDEXTER X RU KANUHA, CHAP <br /> WILLE X PWPRC REPOT NO.: 17 <br /> YOSHIMOTO x ADOPTED: mAY 0 1 2a13 <br />