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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWIRC 044 04/30/2002 2000-2002 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DATE: April 30, 2002 RE: Communication No. 594/Resolution No. 203-02 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:07 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. 594, and attached Resolution No. 203-02, reports as follows: Communication No. 594 dated April I5, 2002, is from Deputy Corporation Counsel Lincoln S. T. Ashida, transmitting for Council's review and consideration, Resolution No. 203-02, authorizing the partial release of a drainage easement on property owned by Mauna Kea Agribusiness, Co., Inc. TMK: (3) 9-6-12:portion 12. Resolution 203-02 explains that the County of Hawaii is the "easement holder" of a drainage easement over TMK 9-6-12:12, Parcel 6, which is owned by Mauna Kea Agribusiness. T'he release of this portion of drainage easement to the State of Hawaii is a requisite of the Pa'au'au Stream Bridge emergency replacement project. The replacement of the Pa'au~au Stream Bridge in Iliokoloa, Ka`u, will be conducted by the State of Hawaii's Department of Transportation, Highways Division and is being funded under Federal Aid Project No. ER-12 (3). Upon completion of the project, the State of Hawaii will turn over Parcel 6 to the County of Hawaii for drainage purposes. A warranty claim deed and the further delineation of the parcel, Exhibit "A", are also attached to the resolution. Communication No. 594 from Deputy Corporation Counsel Lincoln S. T. Ashida, transmits for Council's consideration the above referenced resolution and a copy of the authorization for partial release of the drainage easement. [n this letter, Mr. Ashida explains the partial release is necessary because the State of i-dawai' i requires clear title as part of the bridge replacement project. Furthermore according to Mr. Ashida, the State intends to convey Parcel 6, the site of the project, over to the county upon completion. At this meeting, representatives from the Public Works Department and the Office of the Corporation Counsel clarified the County's role in the flood project and the questions relating to the partial easement release and the State's intention to convey the parcel back to the County. Mr. Ronald Matsumura, Department of Public Works, Land Surveyor IV, informed Committee Members that the bridge replacement is one part of a larger flood control project for the Ka`u area. He also states that maintaining the flood project will fall to the County not to the State. Consequently, the parcel will need to be conveyed to the County upon completion. After much discussion, Members of the Committee amended the fourth "Whereas" clause of the resolution to read as follows: WHEREAS, upon completion of the said Bridge Replacement project, the State of Hawaii intends to turn over free of charge, Parcel 6 to the County of Hawaii for drainage purposes; and Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations is in accordance with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 203, as amended to Draft 2, and recommends its adoption. ctd AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted, ARAKAKI X COIVIIVIITTEE ON PUBLIC 9~VORICS ~i CHUNG X IIVTEItGOVERNIVIEIVTAL RELATIONS ELARIONOFF X JACOBSON X LEITHEAD-TODD X Leningrad Elarionof~ i-Ir 112 PlslccHlo x 44 SAFARIK X PW&IRC REPORT NO. TYLER X ADOPTED: .~IJN ~ ~n(17 YAGONG X