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<br /> RESOLUTION NO. 746 20
<br /> A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE HAWAII ISLAND VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.
<br /> WHEREAS, Vision Zero is a comprehensive strategy to eliminate all traffic deaths and
<br /> severe injuries while promoting safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the fundamental message of Vision Zero is that all traffic deaths are
<br /> preventable and unacceptable; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Council on October 19, 2011, pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes
<br /> Section 264-20.5, approved Resolution No. 171-11, Draft 2, adopting a "Complete Streets"
<br /> policy, in support of safe mobility for all roadway users in Hawai`i County; and
<br /> WHEREAS, Mayor Harry Kim issued a proclamation on February 1, 2019, adopting the
<br /> goal of Vision Zero to eliminate traffic deaths on Hawai`i Island, and establishing a Vision Zero
<br /> Safety Task Force to develop a Hawaii Island Vision Zero Action Plan; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Council approved Resolution No. 38-19 on February 20, 2019, adopting
<br /> the goals, strategies, and policies of Vision Zero, and supporting the development of a Hawai`i
<br /> Island Vision Zero Action Plan; and
<br /> WHEREAS, Governor David Ige on June 25, 2019, approved Act 134, which
<br /> established Hawai`i Revised Statutes Section 286-7.5, requiring the Hawai`i Department of
<br /> Transportation and the counties to "adopt a Vision Zero policy that seeks to prevent and
<br /> ultimately eliminate all traffic fatalities through a combination of engineering, enforcement,
<br /> education, and emergency response strategies that focus on equity"; and
<br /> WHEREAS, Act 134 also required the Hawai`i Highway Safety Council, in
<br /> collaboration with each of the county traffic or highway safety councils, to develop an action
<br /> plan to reduce traffic fatalities to zero, and to submit a final report to the Legislature no later than
<br /> twenty days prior to the convening of the 2021 regular session; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the County's Vision Zero Safety Task Force met in 2019 and 2020,
<br /> engaging representatives from the Blue Zones Project, the Liquor Commission, the Mayor's
<br /> Active Living Advisory Committee, Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawai`i (PATH), the
<br /> Department of Education, the Department of Health, the Department of Transportation, the
<br /> University of Hawai`i, the Hawai`i County Council, the Fire Department, the Department of
<br /> Information Technology, the Liquor Department, the Mass Transit Agency, the Planning
<br /> Department, the Police Department, and the Department of Public Works; and
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