HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWIRC 040 03/07/2002 2000-2002 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS &
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DATE: March 7, 2002 RE: COMMUNICATION NO. 518/BILL NO. 175
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 9:08 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred
Communication No. 518 and attached Bill No. 175 reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 175 is to amend Chapter 24 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition),
relating to Vehicles and Traffic by adding a stop intersection on Hi`iaka Street at Hale Ali`i Street and
'Ainahua Alanui Street in the Kuhio Village Subdivision, South Kohala.
Communication No. S l 8, dated February 7. 2002, is from Deputy Director Ronald Ueoka, Department of
Public Works, transmitting Bill No. 175 for the Council's review and consideration. In his letter,
Mr. Ueoka states that this proposal, if adopted by the County Council, will require motorists traveling
along Hi`iaka Street to stop at the Hale Ali`i/`Ainahua Street intersection. In addition, l~tr. Ueoka reports
that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (manager and owner of these streets) concur with the
improvements as proposed. A letter dated December 13, 2001, from Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands, West Hawaii District Office Supervisor James Du Pont confirming their position is attached to
Communication No. 518.
During Committee discussion, Your Chair explained to Members of the Committee that these roads were
not new roads, but rather pre-existing ones. It was also requested that the Department of Public Works
include appropriate diacriticals in future transmittal letters to the Council. No further discussion occurred
Your Committee is in accordance with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 175 and recommends that it pass
first reading.
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