HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 086 02/03/1998 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: February 3, 1998 RE: COMM. NO. 578 /RESOLUTION NO. 222-98
PLACE: Council room
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 578,
reports as follows:
Communication No. 578 is a letter from Randy Rohner, President, Hilo Downtown
Improvement Association, dated November 7, 1997, requesting for the removal of parking
meters makai of Kamehameha Avenue parking lot and athree-month moratorium on all parking
meter fees throughout downtown Hilo.
On December 2, 1997, Your Committee discussed the concerns regarding the lack of generated
revenues from the pazking meters, and the job positions of the three employees (mainly for the
two meter mechanics) as it was mentioned by Mr. Richazd Nishimura, Traffic Division.
Communication No. 578,01, is a letter from Paul T. Ochi, Parking Meter Section Supervisor,
dated November 25, 1997, commenting on the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association's
(DIA) request for the removal of parking meters makai of Kamehameha Avenue parking lot and
a three-month moratorium on all parking meter fees throughout downtown Hilo. He also
recommends that the County look into constructing a parking complex in the area on Kilauea
Avenue just makai side of Western Store and possibly a second level to the mauka side of the
Hilo Armory parking lot. He states utilizing both these areas for parking would greatly improve
the downtown parking situation.
In response, Councilmember Dominic Yagong, transmitted Resolution No. 222-98 via
Communication No. 578.02, dated January 22, 1998. The purpose of Resolution No. 222-98 is
to authorize a three month moratorium waiver of all parking meter fees as a pilot project to
assess business activity for the duration of the moratorium in downtown Hilo. The moratorium
is also conditioned upon the submittal of a downtown Hilo business activity assessment and
comparison between the periods of March 1, 1997 through May 3l, 1997 and March I, ] 998
through May 31, 1998.
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February 3, 1998
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Mr. Richazd Nishimura, of the Traffic Division, assured Committee members that all staff
members would be reassigned should the moratorium be deemed successful. It was clarified that
there will be no enforcement of any time periods in the pazking metered stalls when the
resolution is adopted.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 222-98, and
recommends its adoption.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted
YAGONG X COI~IITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS
REYNOLDS X
CHUNG X ~ ' u~^^~---
LEI'cHEAD-TODD X DOMINIC YAGO
RAY X ~ 86
SANTANGELO X PW&PC REP ~ O.
SMITH X ADOPTED: FEIi ~ 199A
ARAKAKI E.O.M X