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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND MASS TRANSIT
DATE: January 19, 2021
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 1:00 P.M.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Comm. No. 55/Res. No. 29-21
Your Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit, to which was referred Resolution No. 29-21,
reports as follows:
Resolution No. 29-21, introduced by Committee Chair Susan L. K. Lee Loy at the request of the
Administration, and transmitted via Communication No. 55 dated December 30, 20205 by Director of
Public Works Steven Ikaika Rodenhurst, authorizes entering into a right -of -entry agreement with the
University of Hawaii for certain lands to repair damage to existing drainage facilities as a result of
heavy flooding.
The subject parcels, 2-4-001:167 and 2-4-056:017, include the main campus of the University of
Hawaii at Hilo.
Director Rodenhurst and Kyle Honda of the Engineering Division came forward to represent the
department.
Mr. Honda explained that the resolution allows the creation of a right -of -entry agreement with the State
so that the Army Corps of Engineers can go in and do repair work on Hurricane Lane -related flood
damage from 2018.
Committee Member Tim Richards sought and received clarification that the resolution satisfies an
intergovernmental procedural requirement.
The resolution is required for the right -of -entry pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7:
"§46-7 Agreements with federal government; use of funds. The governing body or
the planning commission or department of the various counties, with the consent of the
council, may enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding
any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with the federal government or any other
public body or bodies respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted
to it by law and furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection
with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to the powers." (Emphasis added).
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Chair Lee Loy thanked Mr. Honda for working with her staff for producing a well -organized resolution
that included an Exhibit A, featuring labeled satellite imagery of the subject parcels.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 29-21, and recommends its
adoption.
PS
Respectfully submitted,
AYES NOES ABS EX
CHUNG
X
DAVID
X
INABA
X
"NEALI'l-KLEINFELDER
X
KIERKIEWICZ
X
KIMBALL
X
LEE LOY
X
RICHARDS
X
VILLEGAS
X
Respectfully submitted,