REP FC 120 2014/01/07 (2012-2014)

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: January 7, 2014 Re: Comm. No. 571/Bill No. 166 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i TIME: 2:30 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 166, reports as follows: Bill No. 166, transmitted by Council Member Greggor Ilagan, via Communication No. 571 dated December 12, 2013, amends Ordinance No. 13-66, as amended, relating to public improvements and financing thereof for the fiscal year July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. The amendment is as follows: PARKS AND RECREATION Hawaiian Paradise Park, Community Park $300,000 (110.599.5590.79) Funds for this appropriation increase shall be provided from: General Obligation Bonds, Capital Projects Fund - Fund Balance $300,000 and/or Other Sources The proposed bill adds the Parks and Recreation Hawaiian Paradise Park, Community Park project for $300,000 to the Capital Budget. Funds would be used for site investigation, master planning and preliminary design. Council Member Ilagan spoke in support of Bill No. 166. On behalf of his constituents, he stated that the two closest County park facilities available to the community are nine miles either way of Paradise Park. One is a park in Pahoa, where some constituents may have to cross the intersection of Maku`u Drive and Highway 130, considered to be one of three most dangerous intersections according to the State Highways report; and, the other, a park in Kea'au which is in the opposite direction. Mr. Ilagan provided that there are approximately 8,800 lots in Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision with a population of over 12,000 people. He stressed that the children of Puna need a safe place to gather instead of playing on the substandard dirt roads of Hawaiian Paradise Park. Council Member Kern also spoke in support of Bill No. 166 and noted that Hawaiian Paradise Park is the second largest subdivision in the U.S. FC Report No. 120