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V 0 W" t COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII tJo•:Xi MO4. ��\ 7rt OF.Nt,i RESOLUTION NO. 478 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE SOUTHERN ROADWAY STUB-OUT OF KA`EKA STREET IN THE DISTRICT OF NORTH KONA, COUNTY AND STATE OF HAWAII. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24-153.3, Subsection(b) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), "the Council by resolution, in consultation with the chief of police and the director of public works, may authorize the temporary closure of a roadway stub- out, dead-end and/or road terminus...", subject to certain conditions; and WHEREAS, Ka`eka Street is a County road that extends north and south from Manawalea Street in the district of North Kona, County and State of Hawaii, and is depicted and attached hereto as Exhibit"A"; and WHEREAS, residents of Lei Kupuna and Lei `Ghana at Kamakana Villages have complained that the roadway stub-out at the south end of Ka`eka Street provides unlimited access to convenient and unrestricted areas for activities that compromise public safety, including loitering, littering, consumption of alcohol, and other illegal activities; and WHEREAS, closure of the southern roadway stub-out of Ka`eka Street would not affect the flow of traffic or public access, and adjacent landowners are in support of the same and have been provided with written notification regarding the purpose and need for this temporary closure, which notification letter is attached hereto as Exhibit`B"; and WHEREAS, the Chief of Police and the Department of Public Works have been notified and have expressed approval of the temporary closure of the southern roadway stub-out of Ka`eka Street, which notification letter is attached hereto as Exhibit"C"; and WHEREAS, in order to reduce acts of loitering, littering, and illegal consumption of alcohol, and to promote a safer and cleaner community that can be fully enjoyed and embraced by its residents, the County Council finds that the southern roadway stub-out of Ka`eka Street should be temporarily closed and barricaded; now, therefore,