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Twentieth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and
<br /> Twentieth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency
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<br /> WHEREAS, following issuance of the Traffic Declaration and Emergency Rules, the
<br /> County held public meetings,received comments from the community, responded to lawsuits,
<br /> clarified certain findings made in the Summary Report, and retained Haley & Aldrich to conduct
<br /> further geotechnical studies to recommend remediation measures necessary to improve the
<br /> dangers presented by the current condition of Waipi`o Valley Road.
<br /> WHEREAS, HRS §127A-14 authorizes the mayor to declare an emergency has occurred.
<br /> WHEREAS, HRS §127A-2 defines an emergency to include an occurrence which results
<br /> or may result in substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of
<br /> property.
<br /> WHEREAS, HRS §127A-14(c)vests the mayor with sole authority to judge the existence
<br /> of the danger, threat, or circumstances giving rise to a declaration of a state of emergency.
<br /> WHEREAS, effective September 19, 2022, a First Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of
<br /> Emergency was established for the Waipi`o Valley Road ("Declaration of Emergency").
<br /> WHEREAS, effective September 19, 2022, an Amended Traffic Zone Declaration was
<br /> established for the Waipi`o Valley Road ("Traffic Declaration").
<br /> WHEREAS, the Traffic Declaration and Declaration of Emergency have remained in
<br /> effect pursuant to the Second Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Second
<br /> Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency were established for the Waipi`o Valley Road
<br /> ("Second Amended Declarations"), effective November 14, 2022; Third Amended Traffic
<br /> Emergency Zone Declaration and Third Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency,
<br /> effective January 13, 2023; Fourth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Fourth
<br /> Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency, effective March 14, 2023; Fifth Amended
<br /> Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Fifth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency,
<br /> effective May 13, 2023; Sixth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Sixth Waipi`o
<br /> Valley Road Declaration of Emergency, effective July 12, 2023; Seventh Amended Traffic
<br /> Emergency Zone Declaration and Seventh Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency,
<br /> effective September 11, 2023; Eighth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration; Eighth
<br /> Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency, effective November 10, 2023; Nineth Amended
<br /> Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Nineth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of
<br /> Emergency, effective January 10, 2024; Tenth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration
<br /> and Tenth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency, effective March 10, 2024 and
<br /> Eleventh Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Eleventh Waipi`o Valley Road
<br /> Declaration of Emergency, effective May 10, 2024; Twelfth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone
<br /> Declaration and Twelfth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency, effective July 9, 2024;
<br /> Thirteenth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Thirteenth Waipi`o Valley Road
<br /> Declaration of Emergency, effective September 8, 2024; Fourteenth Amended Traffic
<br /> Emergency Zone Declaration and Fourteenth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency,
<br /> effective November 7, 2024; Fifteenth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and
<br /> Fifteenth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency, effective January 6, 2025; Sixteenth
<br /> Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Sixteenth Waipi`o Valley Road Declaration
<br /> of Emergency, effective March 7, 2025; Seventeenth Amended Traffic Emergency Zone
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