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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br /> DATE: April 10, 2018 Re: Comm. No. 843/Res. No. 556-18 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 10:49 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 556-18, reports as follows: <br /> Resolution 556-18, transmitted by Finance Director Deanna Sako, via Communication No. 843 <br /> dated March 21, 2018, authorizes the Office of the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the <br /> United States Department of the Army, pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes Section 46-7, for <br /> the County of Hawai`i to share costs for a Waiakea-Palai Flood Risk Management Feasibility <br /> Study. <br /> This resolution authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement that would replace the existing <br /> study with a new study to be funded under the Continuing Authorities Program with no <br /> additional funding required for the current fiscal year. <br /> • <br /> Council Member Aaron Chung stated he is in favor of this resolution but has rarely come across <br /> an open-ended resolution where the County is sharing costs. Allan Simeon, Acting Director of <br /> Public Works, explained that Public Works has an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers <br /> (Army Corp) for the feasibility phase study which is comparable to an environmental and <br /> planning stage similar to Continuing Authorities Program (CAP)projects. The Army Corp and <br /> the County have agreed that the Army Corp would do this study to determine alternatives that <br /> reduce risks and increase life safety within watershed areas. Going back to 2002, the total cost <br /> is about $3 million of which fifty percent has already been paid by the County for both the Palai <br /> Stream Study and the Waiakea Study. <br /> Mr. Simeon stated that in 2012, when an amendment was done for the Palai and Waiakea <br /> projects, it was dealt with collectively instead of separately. Mr. Simeon stated he spoke with <br /> the Army Corp and they are not expecting any more money from the County for this phase of <br /> the project. He also commented that after this phase is completed, it will be at the design and <br /> implementation stage, at which time it will require another agreement to proceed into the design <br /> stage. <br /> FC Report No. 102 <br />