REP PWPC 131 10/06/1998 1996-1998

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DATE: October 6, 1998 RE: COMM. NO. 994/ BILL NO. 301 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. 994 and attached Bill No. 301, reports as follows: The purpose of Bill No. 301 is to amend Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 3, Section 24-275, Schedule 23 (Bus stop locations), subsection (e) Kohala, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), by establishing a bus stop along Mamalahoa Highway, (Route 190), fronting the Waimea Elementary and Intermediate School to be in operation on school days. Bill No. 301 would amend Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 3, Section 24-275, Schedule 23 (Bus stop locations), subsection (e) Kohala, of the Hawaii County Code 1483 (1995 Edition) by adding the following: Mamalahoa Highway, Route I90, south side, beginning from a point one hundred thirty feet east of the school driveway and extending two hundred fifty feet in the easterly direction from 7:00 a.m. to_8:00 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on school days. Communication No. 994 is a letter from Deputy Chief Engineer Jiro A. Sumada, dated September 17, 1998, which transmits Bill No. 301 to the Council for its review and consideration. Mr. Sumada stated that the Chief of Police has established a temporary bus stop along Mamalahoa Highway, (Route 190), fronting the Waimea Elementary and Intermediate School. However, the County Code allows the authority of the Chief of Police to extend for only ninety days. The proposed Bill No. 301 would continue the designated bus stop until the Deparhnent of Education constructs more internal circulation roads with appropriate bus loading and unloading zones.