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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN PCIA 2024/06/04 (2022-2024)Policy Committee on Infrastructure and Assets 1I" Session Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii June 4, 2024 CALL TO The regular meeting of the Policy Committee on Infrastructure and Assets ORDER: was called to order at 11:11 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Hilo, by Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Chair Ms. Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Vice Chair Ms. Michelle M. Galimba, Member (came in later) Mr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Member Ms. Jean Kagiwada, Member Mr. Matt Kaneali`i-Kteinfelder, Member (came in later) Ms. Heather L. Kimball, Member Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Member Absent & Excused: Ms. Cindy Evans, Member STATEMENTS The Acting Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: The following individuals registered to speak and came forward when called by the Chair: Kahalekaiopuna Terry: Ramona Mendoza: Kevin Kushel: Maureen Fishleigh: Eileen O'Hara: Timothy Rowan: (representing Black Sands Property Owners Association) Bill 140 (Comm. 764), comment. Ball 140 (Comm. 764), in support. Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support, Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. PC1A-11 BILLS FOR ORDINANCES: Carrie Kowalski: (representing Black Sands Property Owners Association) Gilbert Hauanio: (representing Black Sands Road Maintenance) Jessica Wilkes: Amadeo Markoff. (representing Mainstreet Pahoa) Deana Kahookauiana: Ame 4, 2024 Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. Bill 140 (Comm. 764), in support. The Acting Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, Bills for Ordinances. Bill 140: AMENDS CHAPTER 20 OF THE HAWAPI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO SOLID WASTE FACILITIES Requires that all solid waste facilities used for the disposal, collection, and transfer of household waste be operated and open to the public at least two days per week. Reference: Comm. 764 Intr. by: Ms. Kierkiewicz Referred to the Environmental Management Director and Environmental Management Commission: March 19, 2024 ; and Comm. 764.23 : From Enviroim-iental Management Director Ramzi Mansour, dated May 2, 2024, transmitting the department's comments and recommendations. ; and Comm. 764.24: From Environmental Management Commission Chair Georjean Adams, dated April 25, 2024, transmitting the commission's comments and recommendations. Motion to Approve: Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to recommend passage of Bill 140 on first reading, Seconded by Mr. Inaba. CHR. LEE LOY: Ms. Kierkiewicz. Page 2 PCIA- I I June 4, 2024 MS. KIERKIEWICZ; Thank you, Chair. I just want to first start off by saying mahalo nui to everyone that took the time to submit testimony online, but also, who showed up in Pahoa and here in Hilo. I also know that we got started late. So, many of you have taken time off work to be here, and I just have to say I feel a little bit shame. Fin shame that you guys have to come here and basically beg for what is considered an essential service that is govermnent's responsibility. We provide things like Fire, Police, and Waste Management. And the fact that you guys are having to beg for an extra day just really breaks my heart, and goes against everything that the Roth Administration advocates for, which is creating a Hawaii Island where we can live, work, play, and thrive. How are you going to thrive if you only have one day of transfer station service? It's kind of hard. So, I would like to ask my colleagues to consider supporting this bill. I mentioned when it was first introduced that of all the transfer stations around Hawaii Island, it's unfortunate that Kalapana only has one. Other communities have three, other communities enjoy seven days a week. That is a luxury to be able to figure out when you're going to the transfer station. Many folks in the community of lower Puna have to decide and plan around because Saturday is the only day that's open. We can afford this. In taking a look at the last few years of the surplus within DEM's (Department of Environmental Management) budget with salary and wages and OCE (Other Current Expenses), we can find $100,000 to make this happen, I think it's really important to ensure that this is in the Code so that no other community should ever have to suffer with having less service. I will be introducing an amendment to increase it to three days a week and also to require or request for recycling services. In my meeting with Director Mansour, we had talked about ways in which we could potentially get an RFP (Request for Proposal) out for a local area non-profit to manage those recycling services. That way, the money can stay in the Puna community and support that community's needs. Looking forward to everyone's support for this, and mahalo again, community, for being here. Chair, I yield, CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. Kierkiewicz. Mr. Inaba. MR. INABA: Thank you, Council Member Kierkiewiez, for bringing this forward on behalf of your community. I think it's shameful that the community is having to deal with the conditions, and it is our community. We all take part in taking care, but it shouldn't be on the residents of Kalapana to be picking up trash that's left at the front of a transfer station because it's only open one day a week. I think that should almost be illegal, what the condition they're having to deal with. Yeah, I can't even put my words together. I'll be in support of three days per week if that is in fact brought forward at Council, I just want to point out, I'm reading through. There is a motion that was voted on at the Environmental Management Commission; 7 in favor, 0 opposed, for Page 3 PCIA- I I June 4, 2024 supporting the intent of this bill. As to the comments from the department, which are contained in a letter dated May 2"d, there's discussion about removing flexibility. This doesn't remove flexibility; this just requires that our community is getting the services that it needs. This bill doesn't say what days the transfer station has to be open; it's just guaranteeing that two days a week will be open. Further, I think some of the language in this letter talking about separation of powers is silly. We're only here because it has not been done. So, in full support of this. And thank you to the members of the community who came to share their mana`o, we can really experience and feel the frustration. Thank you, Chair, I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Inaba. Anyone else? Ms. Kagiwada. MS. KAGIWADA: Thank you. I'm wondering if Director Mansour could come forward, please. I understand from this letter that, as my colleague just mentioned, you feel like this would inhibit your flexibility and that you're concerned about separation of powers. I guess I just want to try to understand this is clearly a need, clearly an issue of equity, and clearly something the County should be doing. What has stopped you from coming up with a solution for this issue? Can you just give us a little, short understanding of why this has not been dealt with in any way and why it had to come to this to be legislated? Because I would prefer it not be done this way, but I really want to understand why you have not been able to support this community in this way that seems totally like a regular ask? So, could you just explain briefly what's going on here? (Note: At this time, Enviromnental Management Director Ramzi Mansour came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MR. MANSOUR: Good morning, Ramzi Mansour, Director for DEM. It's a great question. A lot of our communities also require waste reduction, diversion, recycling. So, you have the two spectrums of the scale. We have more collection takes away from waste reduction. So that the constant of —we went back and looked at the record from 2013, prior to COVID (Coronavirus disease), until 2024. That side has always been averaging about 400 tons a year. It goes back to 2013. So, we have the record, I don't know if we have shared it with you, but we would be more than happy to share the record with you. Over the last 11 years, we had the same amount of tonnage. Therefore, having it one day, three days, you still have the same amount that the cost of labor and what have you increases. So, the forces during COVID was reallocated to do more stuff within the safety issues and retaining the equipment during some of the down time. In addition, what triggered the wait, as I mentioned earlier, we hired a consultant to do the current operational analysis. The whole idea was wait until we get the analysis to understand the current system, the whole system; how it's Page 4 PCIA- I 1 .tune 4, 2024 going to work, what we're going to create policies and procedures to help the department and the County to move forward with a better, more efficient way to do it. As I mentioned earlier, we're the only County that doesn't have a curb -side collection. Curb -side collection is a one -day service. This type of law would kind of tie our hands with technology changes, operational changes. We need to implement. We need to start to reduce, reuse, recycle, One landfill, it conies at a very high cost. The idea of controlling the human behavior of illegal dumping, to me, that's a behavioral issue. It's not a County department issue. Unfortunately, we've seen it all over the County. Ocean View, for example, I just got pictures yesterday even though we added more days under former County Council, Maile David. But the human behavior is something that's hard to change, and fortunately, we just hired an Educational Officer. Hopefully, with more education to tell people that destroying the island by behaving irresponsibly, throwing your garbage, allowing bacteria to come in, it's unacceptable. MS. KAGIWADA: Okay, are you saying that you are in the process right now of doing this analysis? MR. MANSOUR: Yes. MS. KAGIWADA: When is it going to be done? MR. MANSOUR: We anticipate completion by October, end of this year. We came before you and the consultant presented the scope and they've been working on it since the beginning of this year. MS. KAGIWADA: Okay. But even if it comes in October, nothing is going to really change as far as doing curb -side recycling or something right after that. It's still going to take time to do that. In the meanwhile, these people are suffering. You can hear all the testimony. You can see that it's just not fair, right? Isn't there something that can be done to give some relief? MR. MANSOUR: Yes. MS. KAGIWADA: I don't quite understand why nothing has been done and it had to come to the Council Member putting a bill to make this a law. MR. MANSOUR: Because again, there are two issues of the spectrum. Even EMC (Environmental Management Commission) and the department believe in the intent, but the way the vehicle that was used to drive that intent, that's what we object. Page 5 PCIA-] 1 June 4, 2024 MS. KAGIWADA: But you're not doing anything about it right now. So if you were doing something, then maybe the bill wouldn't be needed. MR. MANSOUR: That's what I'm saying, we said the study is taking place. If you want to make the decision to make it a law prior to the study, putting the cart in front of the horse — MS. KAGIWADA: No, not make it a law, just give them another day of the transfer station right now. MR. MANSOUR: Wait, and we met with Council Member Kierkiewicz, and we met with her, and my staff and we could work that. We talked about the pilot. We could have the additional day now, but we need to make sure —we need to collect the data for that additional day to become a pilot program and trying to move the current staff to offset that additional day within what we have. We talked about it and we're willing to do it, staff is willing to do it, just to get us to the study and see what we're going to do or to the next budget year to have a better number to use. MS. KAGIWADA: Okay, I hear what you're saying. I don't love supporting this, but I think I need to because this sounds like it's not getting done without it. Unfortunately, this is the way we have to do it if you're not going to get it done. So, I'll be supporting this. Thank you. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. Kagiwada. Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Yeah, this one has got a history. The more I looked into this, yeah, this happened a long time ago. When did the cut backs occur? MR. MANSOUR: I believe probably 2018, right after —or 2016, I think. 2018 maybe. I remember, there was an article on the news, I went back and read it. MR. KANEALI`l-KLEINFELDER: Why was it cut back? MR. MANSOUR: I think because the road, during the eruption, there was no accessibility to that site, if I remember reading the article. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINI~ELDER: I heard something different, but I don't have any facts to back that up. So, I'll leave that one there. Ultimately, yeah, I kind of side with Ms. Kagiwada. I have had a lot of conversations with both you and your previous predecessor who ran DEM before you, on how to make this happen, and tried everything to two Half days to finding ways to put it in the budget and there's just a lot of push back on why we couldn't. And I always Page 6 PCIA- I I Jude 4, 2024 think about Mr. Billy Kenoi when he said, "If can, can." The more I've thought about this, Ms. Kierkiewicz found a way to do it. I'm going to support it today. All the other facilities are open three days a week if not more. This is the only one that's at one. If I'm wrong, correct me, but from what I can tell, this is the only that's open one day a week. MR. MANSOUR: That is correct. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINPELDER: Okay, and I understand the point to the tonnage, I think you're still going to find trash at the front gate, regardless of what you do. It happens at all of our facilities, it happens in the back of our communities, there's just certain people out there that throw their trash wherever they want to, So, you're still going to deal with those issues. But the two days a week, just provides a little bit of comfortableness to our community, and being able to dispose of trash. The big one I got from the community was if you're open on Saturday, that's the day when everyone goes to the beach, and they do their thing. So, not having any another day of the week, just one day a week when you may be busy, you're trying to do something else, cut your grass, If you're not able to get to the transfer station, you miss your opportunity, it's closed for the rest of the week, but having one other day in the middle of the week would be extremely helpful. Mr. Markoff spoke to environmental justice and social justice, and it's a big component of this. So, completely understand the thoughts of the department, I understand there's some financial requirements you're going to have to follow up on, as far as making sure we can afford it. But, for the people in Kalapana, this is a huge win, and I'll be supporting this today. I do appreciate your comments, Mr. Mansour, I would have liked to see this done a couple of years ago, and you and I spoke about it, and here we are. MR. MANSOUR: No, thank you. Like I said, there's two issues to this, is the legal aspect of it and how it was presented versus the intent. Our Corporation Counsel Deputy could talk about it more. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINI~ELDER: Okay, yes, please. (Note: At this time, Deputy Corporation Counsel Diana Mellon -Lacey came forward to address the members of the Committee) MS. MELLON-LACEY: Deputy Corporation Counsel, Diana Mellon -Lacey. Notwithstanding Mr. Inaba's comments that arguments regarding division of Page 7 PCIA- I hire 4, 2024 power in govermhent is silly around this issue, and I'm not demeaning the needs of people by saying this, but our Charter clearly states that the legislative powers and policy are with the Council; and the executive administration part of governi-rient is with the boots on the ground department udder the Mayor and under the Managing Director. And to pass laws to solve problems like this really erodes our legal system, which is based on a division of power. We don't want all the power in one side or the other because that leads to bad outcomes in government. I think that it was very heartening to hear what the community had to say and to hear their needs and also that discussions have taken place. I believe that those discussions and meeting of the minds to resolve the problem are far better than legislating a problem solution like this to enforce specific amounts of days or tinges, and I don't believe this has been funded in the new budget. You're looking for money from other places. If you've had surplus in the past, you may not this time. I think it's an important issue. I'm not, in any way, degrading that, but I think (Bill) 140 is the wrong way to go about it. Point of Order: MR. INABA: Point of order. Yeah, I just want to make sure that our discussions going on, especially as it relates to legal concerns, are based specifically on whether things are legal or illegal, not on whether things might or might not be the right vehicle or avenue to address an issue. So, for Corporation Counsel, as we work through our day, I would want us to be reminded. We get advised by Corporation Counsel for legal guidance and I want to make sure that the guidance is guide lined by just the legal concerns and not opinions on how things could or shouldn't be. Thank you. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Inaba. Mr. Kaneah'i-Kleinfelder, you have the floor. Questions directed to the administration and Corporation Counsel are asked to help formulate your decision on the bill. Have you formulated a decision on the bill? If you've gotten enough information from the administration and Corporation Counsel, would you care to yield the floor and give others to speak on this bill, or if you need more information, please ask those questions. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I have more questions. CHR. LEE LOY: Great. Thank you so much. Anyone else? We'll check over in Kona. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Chair, I didn't yield. CHR. LEE LOY: I'm sorry. Go ahead, Mr, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Chair. To your point, Ms, Mellon -Lacey, are there specific legal concerns regarding this bill? Page 8 PCIA-I I June 4, 2024 To Mr. Inaba's point of order, but what are your concerns legally with this bill, if any? MS. MELLON-LACEY: That it oversteps the authority of Council by legislating or attempting to legislate the operational aspects of govermnent and of the department. Also, that it is mandating something without a budget to meet it. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Interesting. So, willing to put that in favor that we can't move forward with this, or you're concerned about moving forward with it? MS. MELLON-LACEY: I believe that it violates the Charter if you move forward with it. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, Could I, perhaps, lean on our Corporation Counsel for her opinion? I need to know the answer to this before I can make a vote. I don't want to overstep anyone's —step on toes. Point of Order: MS. VILLEGAS: .rust a quick point of order, Chair. I'd just would ask that we all, more consciously, speak into our microphones, people are having a really hard time understanding.us. So, if we could just speak loudly and clearly, it would be helpfiil for everyone. Thank you. MR. KANEALI`l-KLEINFELDER Thank you. (Note: At this time, Corporation Counsel Elizabeth Strance came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MS. STRANCE: Good morning, Elizabeth Strance, Corporation Counsel. Could you repeat your question? MR. KANEALI`l-KLEINFELDER: Ms. Lacey has brought up concerns that the Council is overstepping its ability in different forms with this bill. I don't want to step on toes, she is Corporation Counsel for the department, but you are our Corporation Counsel head. So, I'm asking you, are we going out of bounds with this bill? Are there concerns that need to be addressed? This is information that we deed as a body to ensure that we don't overstep. MS. STRANCE: I haven't done the research on it. Deputy Mellon -Lacey has been advising the department. The concerns that she raises are separation of powers. Does this bill invade the executive authority of the County by legislating operations? The second legal issue she has raised is there is a legal principle against unfunded mandates, and that the bill has a financial impact that is not accompanied by a financial commitment to support it. If you're asking me for a written legal opinion, I would have to go research the issue and provide that Page 9 PC1A-1 ! June 4, 2024 written opinion. But, as a general statement, this body is a policy body, the administration is an executive body. Whether a law requiring specific hours of operations is a policy statement or an infringement upon executive authority is the legal issue that you're struggling with and the opinion that Ms. Mellon -Lacey is raising. If you'd like a written, legal opinion we'll do that. MR. KANEALI`l-KLEINFELDER: It would be good for this body to understand what the ramifications of this are and why we can or and cannot. That's straightforward. So, yes, please. Thank you. MS. STRANCE: Yeah, we can. Thank you. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. Will check over in Kona. Ms. Galimba? MS. GALIMBA: Thank you. I think I world also really appreciate that opinion. I do really care about separation of powers. So, I would really like to see that before making a decision, preferably. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. Galimba. Anyone back here? I'm going to go to Mr. Inaba. MR. INABA: Question for the department. Did you folks have this as a supplemental in your budget this year? MR. MANSOUR: I don't believe so. MR. INABA: Okay well that just goes to show, the fact that it's unfunded is a choice. We jest went through the whole budget process and the fact that not one time has it ever appeared as a priority for the administration. And again, I advocated against any additions to expenses for the department, for the administration as a whole, but the fact that we're going to pull this unfunded card, enough. I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Mr. Inaba. Ms. Kierkiewicz. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair, just to kind of wrap us up and take us home here, this was a tool of last resort. Did I want to introduce this bill? Absolutely not, but year over year, promises were made to look at improving the situation in Kalapana, and nothing materialized. Nothing materialized. So, it feels like an empty promise. It feels like a broken promise. So, I have to legislate. I don't want to, but I have to because past experience has shown me when Council Member Uneali`i-Kleinfelder asked, when I asked, nothing was done. No action Page 10 PCIA-I I June 4, 2024 was taken by this administration since the Mayor's town hall in Pahoa where a huge number of people expressed concern about having so little service that it's basically criminal. I've spoken to Director Nakagawa of Finance, and I asked her during budget, second reading, I said, "Should I be putting in an amendment, or is it possible for the department to use money that they have in their existing budget to pay for something like this and if there was a need to increase their budget, to do so midyear?" She said, "Yes, absolutely." I also asked, okay, let's take a look at trends over the last few years to see if there has been a surplus in OCE and Salary and Wages. Guess what? There has been, so we can pay for it, Nothing has stopped this administration from adding another day of service. You just haven't. So, I'm going to tell you to because guess what? That is the luxury of being a Council Member. It's setting the policy. It's telling departments what they must do. I'm sorry it has come to this, but this is where we are. Director Nakagawa, can you just confirm that what I've mentioned is true? That we in fact can use funding within DEM's current budget to finance this bill, an additional day or two of service, if the Council does pass this, and if they go beyond their current budget allotment that we can go in with the budget amendment mid -year? {Note: At this time, Finance Director Diane Nakagawa came forward to address the members of the Committee.} MS. NAKAGAWA: Yeah, we can work with the department to look at their current expenses. I know we did get a request to provide their trends for the last three years. If this is the decision that goes forward, we'll definitely work with the department to look at what additional funds may be needed and if needed, we'll come back to Council for that request. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay, sounds like we can get started then. Thank you. Looking for everyone's continued support. Chair, I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. Kierkiewicz. I'm going to go to Ms. Kimball because she hasn't spoken, but if we could start to wrap this up. CHR KIMBALL: Yeah, I'll be very brief because I think that the way that this is worded is important with respect to the legal question. And again, not an attorney, but I think that there is that line between when something is a policy and when something is a directive. If this language said Kalapana will be open two days a week, I think we would then venture into the realm of separation, of violating separation of powers. I believe that Council Member Kierkiewicz here is trying to set a policy that says at a minimum, all of our waste transfer stations are going to be open two days a week. Therefore, I don't feel like -----I'm looking at other parts of this chapter, Chapter 20, where the department is directed to do Page 1 i PCIA-I I June 4, 2024 certain policy things, and it is your duty to figure out how to do their. So, I would suggest that this is a policy amendment as is our ability to create. Secondly, with respect to the budget, I do see that there is a valid point to be made around unfunded mandate, however, the only mandate here is that all solid waste facilities will be open a minimum of two days a week. Which means if you guys have to evaluate some of the other locations and determine the ones that have three days, if they now should be two days in order to compensate for two days in Kalapana, that is your operational decision to make. Therefore, I don't necessarily think that this requires, although I'd be willing to consider it, Council Member Kierkiewicz, because we still have the ability to make after amendments. I don't think there's a requirement for a budget adjustment because we are making this policy decision, and it is up to the department how to use the fiords that they have to meet the requirements that we've provided in this policy statement. So, that's my take on the legal aspect. Again, I'm not an attorney. All due respect to our Corporation Counsels who are attorneys, but I see that fine line being a little bit more clear here about whether this is a policy or an executive branch. So, I'll be supporting. I yield. CHR. LEE LOY: Thanks, Ms. Kimball. I'm going to wrap us up and take it home. Listening to testimony, my colleagues, and the administration, I do think that this bill is brilliantly crafted, as Ms. Kimball stated. And to the point, I would actually support it going to three or even four because then it sets the floor at all of our transfer stations. This is a bell we can unring because if the department comes forward with all the other studies that they do, we can walk back to this section of the Code and take it back out, or tailor it so that it matches the study. But what I hear is a lot of frustration from the community and they want action. The maker of this bill has really sharpened the tip on this one and is making this actionable. So, for those reasons, I'm going to be in support of this bill. With that, we have a motion on the floor to forward Bill 140 to the Council with a favorable recommendation. All those in favor please say, "aye". Vote on Bill 140: The motion to recommend passage of Bill 140 on first (Approved) reading was carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Inaba, Kagiwada, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Villegas, and Chair Lee Loy — S. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Evans —1. Excused: None. Page 12 PC1A-11 June 4, 2024 Bill 165: AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10 OF THE HAWAPI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PARKING Changes the County Building parking lot located at 25 Aupuni Street in Hilo from a two-hour metered parking zone to a two-hour parking area. Reference: Comm.884 Intr. by: Ms. Evans Motion to Approve: Ms. Kimball moved to recommend passage of Bill 165 on first reading. Seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz. Vote on Motion to: Ms. Kimball moved to postpone Bill 165 to June 18, 2024. Postpone: Seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz and carried by the following (Approved) voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Kagiwada, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, V illegas, and Chair Lee Loy — 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Evans and Inaba — 2. Excused: None. Bill 167: AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 5, SECTION 24-284, SCHEDULE 32 OF THE HAWAPI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO TWO-HOUR PARKING AREAS Restricts parking in Marked stalls along Highway 240 between Kika Street and Ohelo Street in the Hamakua District to two hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, excluding any observed holiday. Reference: Comm.892 Intr. by: Ms. Lee Loy (B/R) Motion to Approve: Ms. Kimball moved to recommend passage of Bill 167 on first reading. Seconded by Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. CHR. LEE LOY: Ms. Kimball, I know this is in your district, if you would like to lead our discussion, please. CHR. KIMBALL: Yes, thank you. Just to be brief, this is the area in Honoka`a on Mamane Street, formally known as Mannane Street, Highway 240; the high school is right meat to it. I had a lot of concerns from the community because those students would park there all day, but across the street are doctors' offices, the library, lots of places that our kupuna use. So, I have talked with the principal and said, "Hey, you've got to let your kids know, they cannot park here all day Page 13 PCIA- I I June 4, 2024 long." And she's fully aware of the situation and we've had the support of all of the neighboring businesses to keep that parking there to two hours. We have the director here if there are any questions, but I think that hopefully, this is pretty straightforward and access to important activities and facilities are being curbed right now because of just some overuse of a spot. There are other places that can be utilized, but are a little farther away, but steps are good. I trope to have everyone's support. Thank you. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, Ms. Kimball. Anyone else? Comments? Mr, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Just wanted to mahalo Mr. Pause for being available today. Thank you. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you for that, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. Council Member Galimba, any questions? MS. GALIMBA: No, I'm good. Thank you so much, CHR. LEE LOY: Alright, we have a motion on the floor to forward Bill 167 to Council with a favorable recommendation. All those in favor please say "aye." Vote on Bill 167: The motion to recommend passage of Bill 167, on first (Approved reading was carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Mernbers Galimba, Kagiwada, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Villegas, and Chair Lee Loy — 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Evans and Inaba — 2. Excused: None, Page 14 PCIA- I I Juice 4, 2024 ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 12:16 p.m., Chair Lee Loy adjourned the MENT: meeting. CHR. LEE LOY: Thank you, everyone. Approved: Z an L. K. Lee (Date) Committee on Infras re and Assets SL/jm Page 15