Communication Number 2017-10 South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee - September Minutes

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Communication no. 2017-10 Minutes of the SKTSC Meeting - 9/12/2017 The meeting was called to order at 4:04 PM Officers present: James Hustace Minutes of the August meeting were approved with a motion by David Tarnas and a 2nd from Ken Block. Vote was unanimous. Announcements from the Chair: 1. Feedback from the Community Priorities Survey allowed for the SKTSC mailing list to grow by another 200 recipients. 2. SKTSC recently commented on the Waimea Town Center Plan as proposed by Parker Ranch to the County of Hawaii. The submitted letter was built from comments and concerns heard at past SKTSC meetings, and from emails that were received during the comment period from community members. Comment period ended on 9/7/17. Treasurer's Report: 1. Nothing new to report. 2. Marianne reported a balance of $157.45 at the August meeting. Subcommittee Reports: County: 1. Chair reported: a. Mana Road to Mud Lane: Project is going out to bid in November or even sooner. Project timeline is from Spring 2018 to Fall 2019. Federal government is covering 80% of the costs ($19.5 million). Hawaii County will be responsible for the remaining costs. i. Concern from James Kong that the road may be built solely on the input from surveyors, and without the visitation from engineers. The road would not be accurately built, and just designed and installed without consideration of the surrounding lands. Concerned about flooding of the roads and homes along the corridor if the road were to be built poorly. b. Iona Court to Mana Road: Shoulders and striping work should be happening in late 2017. c. Speed humps on Puako Beach Drive: Two installed on the north side. i. David Tarnas stated that residents still plan on installing speed cameras to catch motorists that are ignoring signs and other safety measures. d. Shoulder paving near Canada France Hawaii and Waimea Elementary School: Establishing a school zone. Lights, flags, safer shoulders, etc. Not sure about striping plan at this point. Work to begin in September.