HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 130 10/06/1998 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: October 6, 1998 RE: COMM. NO. 992/ BILL NO. 299
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 9:07 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 992
and attached Bill No. 299, reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 299 is to amend Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 5, Schedule 29
(Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets), to prohibit parking along Puo
Hulihuli Street on school days, in front of Kealakehe High School.
Bill No. 299 would amend Chapter 24, Article L0, Division 5, Section 281, Schedule 29
(Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets), subsection (f) Kona, of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (1995 Edition) by adding the following:
Puo Hulihuli Street, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on school days.
Communication No. 992 is a letter from Deputy Chief Engineer Jiro A. Sumach, dated
September 17, 1998, which transmits Bill No. 299 to the Council for its review and
consideration. According to Mr. Sumach, he received a request from Ms. Mary Beth Hilburn,
Vice-Principal of the Kealakehe High School, asking that parking be prohibited along Puo
Hulihuli Street on school days. The Department concurs with the intent of this measure to
improve overall traffic safety in the immediate area.
Communication No. 992.01 is from Chief Wayne G. Carvalho, dated September 28, 1998,
supporting the prohibition of parking at Puo Hulihuli Street fronting Kealakehe High School.
Chief Carvalho also states that adequate parking is available within the school's parking lots
to accommodate drivers picking up students after school.
Committee on Public Works & Parks
October 6, 1998
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Mr. Richard Nishimura informed Your Committee that Vice Principal Hilburn became
concerned because she noticed that the occupants of the parked vehicles in this azea were talking
to students and was highly concerned with the possibility of promotion of drugs.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 299 and recommends
that it pass first reading.
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