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.oJ�S`I,OF ay, COUNTY OF HAWAII ¢i .',=''�/ '1 STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 732 18 A RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TQ MAKE RECOVERING THOSE SECTIONS OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 132 THAT WERE INUNDATED WITH LAVA FROM THE MAY 3,2018 VOLCANIC ERUPTION A TOP PRIORITY IN PUNA'S RECOVERY EFFORTS, AND COMMENCE PLANNING THE FUNDING AND ROUTING OF A REPLACEMENT ROAD AND IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTS OF AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. WHEREAS,the volcanic eruption in Puna that started May3, 2018, has resulted in the P loss of a significant number of miles of both public and private roadways; and WHEREAS, approximately 3 miles of County Highway 132, which provides the primary access to much of Kapoho, from Lava Tree State monument to Cape Kumukahi was covered by lava from the May 3rd eruption; and WHEREAS, in early May 2018, the County paved a ten-foot wide asphalt strip of the previously graveled 3.8 miles of Government Beach Road from the Hawaiian Shores Recreational Estates terminus at the privately-owned Papio Street, which has a 40-foot right-of- way, to the remnant of County Highway 137 built across the 1960 lava flow; and WHEREAS, the paving of Government Beach Road, which is narrow and winding, was completed to accommodate access for the Kapoho area residents and businesses given the direction taken by the May 3rd lava event; and WHEREAS, the recently paved section of Government Beach Road is part of the Old King's Highway and has always been deemed an emergency access road by the County; and WHEREAS, the initial quarter mile of Government Beach Road no longer follows the original road right-of-way due to cliff subsidence into the ocean and the entire section known as Honolulu Landing is fully within the tsunami zone, making it unsafe as an emergency route during high surf events, such as hurricanes and tsunamis; and