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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE SOUTHERN ROADWAY STUB-OUT OF KAʻEKA STREET IN THE DISTRICT OF NORTH KONA, COUNTY AND STATE OF HAWAI‘I.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24-153.3, Subsection (b) of the Hawai‘i 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, Kaʻeka Street is a County road that extends north and south from Manawalea Street in the district of North Kona, County and State of Hawai‘i, and is depicted and attached hereto
as Exhibit “A”; and
WHEREAS, residents of Lei Kūpuna and Lei ‘Ohana at Kamakana Villages have complained that the roadway stub-out at the south end of Kaʻeka 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 Kaʻeka 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 Kaʻeka 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 Kaʻeka Street should be temporarily closed and barricaded; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that pursuant to Section 24-153.3 of the Hawai‘i County Code, the southern roadway stub-out of Kaʻeka Street shall be closed and
barricaded until such time as the council, by resolution, authorizes its reopening.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor, the Chief of the Hawai‘i Police Department, and the Director
of the Department of Public Works.
Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
_______________________________________
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
CHUNG
DAVID
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________.
INABA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
KIMBALL
ATTEST:
LEE LOY
RICHARDS
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.