Mayor's Third Supplementary Emergency Proclamation for COVID-19

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WHEREAS, on March 21, 2020, the Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi issued the Second Supplementary Proclamation issuing an Order that all persons coming into the State of Hawaiʻi shall be subject to a period of self-quarantine; and WHEREAS, on March 23, 2020, the Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi issued the Third Supplementary Proclamation issuing an Order stating “All persons in the State Must Stay at Home or in Their Place of Residence” with exceptions for essential business or operations; and WHEREAS, on March 24, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi issued the Second Supplementary Emergency Proclamation issuing further orders for response to COVID-19, the suspension of meetings and hearings and postponement of permit deadlines and automatic approvals; and WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily injury to residents of Hawaiʻi Island, and the need for government agencies and representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide financial and other immediate services to our island residents, a state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapter 127A Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, and Chapter 7, Hawaiʻi County Code; and WHEREAS, Section 127A-13(b)(1) Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes provides that during a state of emergency the Mayor may relieve hardship and inequities or obstruction to public health, safety or welfare found by the Mayor to exist in the laws of the county and to result from the operations of federal programs or measures, may suspend county laws in whole or in part; and WHEREAS, to aid in the prevention of spreading the COVID-19 virus the use of single-use plastic bags for the transport of food and other material should be allowed and the County of Hawaiʻi’s Plastic Bag Reduction Chapter 14 Article 20, Hawaiʻi County Code, would hamper this effort; and WHEREAS, there is a need to clarify the Second Supplementary Emergency Proclamation’s order number 2 Permit Deadlines and Automatic Approvals that the Hawaiʻi County Code Chapter 19 Section 19-91 Appeal filing deadline of April 9 is not suspended due to the negative effect it will have on the certification of values and the budgetary process. 2