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RESOLUTION NO. 2G2 2:1
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING TO ASSESS THE
FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.
WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Senate of the Thirty-First Legislature adopted Senate
Resolution No. 28, S.D. I(attached hereto as "Exhibit A"), calling for establishment of a
metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the County of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, MPOs are responsible for developing solutions to regional transportation
issues in urbanized areas with a population of at least 50,000 people; and
WHEREAS, according to the 2020 United States Census Bureau, the population of
the County of Hawaii is 200,269; and
WHEREAS,the MPO consists of a policy board responsible for making decisions
based off of cooperative and comprehensive transportation planning processes, and
organization staff to support and provide technical resources to the policy board; and
WHEREAS, MPOs are established to serve as a conduit for collaboration among
communities and government agencies and to direct federal funds toward projects that
increase access to opportunity and prosperity through improved multimodal pedestrian,
bicycle, and transit options; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii County has many challenges facing its transportation
infrastructure and connectivity given its growing population and topography, which can be
substantially addressed with the monetary and technical assistance that metropolitan planning
organizations qualify for; now,therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
the Department of Planning provide an assessment report for establishing a metropolitan
planning organization for Hawaii Island.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should Hawaii Island be deemed eligible,the
Department of Planning work with entities across jurisdictions to identify appropriate roles
and create necessary partnerships amongst County, State, and Federal agencies to administer
and staff a metropolitan planning organization.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the metropolitan planning organization would
oversee a Policy Board, Technical Advisory Committee, and Citizen Advisory Committee,
and shall report to the Council anticipated costs, expenses, and resources for support.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that metropolitan planning organizations will
provide the County access to certain federal funding around continuous and comprehensive
transportation and mobility planning which will require cooperation with the County
Department of Finance, Department of Public Works, Department of Planning, Mass Transit
Agency, and the State of Hawai`i Department of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should Hawai`i Island be deemed eligible, the
Hawai`i State Legislature is urged to provide funding support to for the Department of
Planning to conduct a feasibility study.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Planning shall provide a
progress report on the development of a feasibility study to the County Council six months
after notification of eligibility is received.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Dru Kanuha, Hawai'i State Senator; the Honorable Mitchell D.
Roth, Mayor; Lee E. Lord, Managing Director; Zendo Kern, Planning Director; Deanna Sako,
Finance Director; Ikaika Rodenhurst, Director of Public Works; John Andoh, Interim Mass
Transit Administrator; and Jade Butay, Director of the Hawai`i Department of Transportation.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 8th day of December , 2021.
INTRODUCED BY:
CO IL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i • AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawaii on December 8, 2021
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL X
ATTEST: LEE LOY X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
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THE SENATE 28
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021S . R. NOR
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URGING THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO UTILIZE THE DATA RESULTING FROM
THE 2020 UNITED STATES CENSUS TO ESTABLISH, IF ALLOWABLE, A
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR THE COUNTY OF
HAWAI`I.
1 WHEREAS, the 2020 United States Census, once the results
2 become available, will provide critical data that lawmakers,
3 business owners, and many others may use to provide daily
4 services, products, and support for communities across the
5 nation; and
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7 WHEREAS, metropolitan planning organizations were
8 established to serve as a forum for collaboration among local
9 communities and government agencies and to direct federal funds
10 toward projects that increase access to opportunity and
11 prosperity through improved multimodal pedestrian, bicycle, and
12 transit options; and
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14 WHEREAS, the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization is a
15 federally mandated government agency formed in 2016 by the State
16 of Hawaii and County of Maui to facilitate the continuing,
17 cooperative, and comprehensive planning for federally funded or
18 regionally significant transportation systems on the island of
19 Maui with adequate and informed representation from the state
20 and county; and
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22 WHEREAS, according to the United States Census Bureau
23 estimates from 2017, the population of the County of Maui in
24 2016 was 165, 384 , surpassing the federal threshold of fifty
25 thousand people needed to be considered an urbanized area; and
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27 WHEREAS, according to the same United States Census Bureau
28 estimates, the population of the County of Hawaii in 2016 was
29 198, 691, well surpassing the population of the County of Maui in
30 2016 and the federal threshold needed to be considered an
31 urbanized area; and
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EXHIBIT A
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1 WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the policy board of
2 the metropolitan planning organization to make decisions that
3 are the result of the continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive
4 transportation planning process and the organization' s staff to
5 support and provide technical resources to the policy board; and
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7 WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii does not have a metropolitan
8 planning organization; now, therefore,
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10 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first
11 Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021,
12 that the County of Hawaii is urged to utilize the data reported
13 from the 2020 United States Census to establish, if allowable, a
14 metropolitan planning organization for the County of Hawai`i.; and
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16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
17 Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the County of Hawaii
18 and Councilmembers of the County of Hawaii.
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