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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PWIRC 03/08/2007 2006-2008 Brenda Ford Stacy K. Higa, Member Charr x~ ,¢'.I~ ~''••l~r.~ Pete Hoffmann, Member ''w Donald Ikeda, Member Bob Jacobson, Member Dominic Yagong ~ Emily I. Naeole, Member Vice Chair o:'d~'"~ K. Angel Pilago, Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 'a _ 4`h Session r-, n~ DATE: March 8, 2007 (Thursday) PLACE: Ben Franklin Building - 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"d Floor Hilo, Hawaii _ TIME: 4:00 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 191: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY (Bill 59) CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (authorizes the Public Works Director to reduce speed limits in residential and business districts to a minimum of 15 miles per hour) From Public Works Director Bruce McClure, dated February 12, 2007, transmitting the above bill. This bill authorizes the Director of Public Works to approve the reduction of the 25 mph maximum speed limit in five mile per hour increments in residential and business districts to a minimum of I S miles per hour for any subdivision being developed under Chapter 23 of the Hawaii County Code. The Director may reduce speed limits under this section when topographical, geometric and/or physical conditions result in limited sight-distances, vehicle operating restrictions and/or other engineering safety factors that warrant such a reduction. Comm. 212: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT AND QUITCLAIM OF (Res. 84-07) THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I'S INTEREST IN ROAD PARCELS "A," "B," "C," "D," "E" AND "F," SITUATED AT KAPUA, DISTRICT OF SOUTH KONA, COUNTY AND STATE OF HAWAII, TO ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER KAPUA ORCHARD ESTATES. LLC From Assistant Corporation Counsel Gerald Takase, dated February 20, 2007, transmitting the above resolution. Serving the Interests of the People of Our /s/and Hawui'i County is an Equa[ Opportunity Provider and Employer PWIRC-4 Page 2 March 8, 2007 ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations to attend this meeting should call 961-8245 by March 5, 2007. Persons using TDDs may ca11961-8521. Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available at the County Clerk's Office, 333 Kilauea Ave., Hilo; the Office of the Mayor, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103, Kailua-Kona; the Kona Councilmembers' Office, Kailua Trade Center, 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua-Kona; and at the Waimea Council Members' Office at the Holomua Center, 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5, Waimea, Hawaii. For further information, please call 961-8245. VideoconferencinQ is available at the following locations: • Kona Council Office at the Kailua Trade Center; and • Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center. If for technical reasons the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Submitting Testimony: Those persons wishing to testify in person or by videoconference must register with the County Clerk's staff. Those testifying in person and submitting written testimony at the meeting in Hilo should bring seventeen (17) copies of the testimony for distribution at the meeting. Those testifying by videoconference from the Kona or Waimea Council Offices, should bring one copy of the testimony. Those persons unable to testify in person or by videoconference may submit testimony (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii, 96720, (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912, or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit a separate testimony for each item. For testimonies received via e-mail or fax, copies will be made and distributed at the meeting when transmitted in a timely manner. In any case, both oral and written testimony will be made a part of the public record. Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaii County Code}. A lobbyist means "any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials." {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawaii County Code}. Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 333 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, Hawaii 96720. Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television -Channel 52: Finance Committee meeting - Tuesday, March 13 & 20, 2007, at 8:30 p.m.; Planning and Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations Committee meetings- Thursdays, March IS & 22, 2007, at 8:30 p.m.; and all three Committee meetings -Sunday, March 25, 2007, at 10:30 a.m.