REP PWPC 009 01/21/1997 1996-1998

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~ REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DATE: January 21, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 80 PLACE: Councilroom 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. 80 and attached Bill No. 29, reports as follows: The purpose of Bill No. 29 ~s to amend Chapter 24, Article 10 to allow removal of the parking meters along Kekuanaoa Street between Kilauea Avenue and Honu Street and conversion of this area to unmetered two hour parking stalls. Communication No. 80 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K. Kiyosaki, dated December 27, 1996, which transmits Bill No. 29 to the Council for its consideration. In Communication No. 80, the Chief Engineer states that the parking meters along Kekuanaoa Street aze not cost effective because usage and consequently revenues, are low. She further states that businesses in the immediate area had no objections to this proposal. Bill No. 29 was considered byYour Committee at its January 21, 1997 meeting. In addition to the information contained in Communication No. 80, the Committee also considered testimony from Mr. Richard Nishimura of the County of Hawaii's Department of Public Works' Traffic Division. Mr. Nishimura stated that because several of these stalls will be designated `no parking zones', traffic congestion in the azea will lessen. No testimony in opposition to this bill was offered. Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 29 and recommends that it pass first reading. lc/cd AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted YAGONG X COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS YNOLDS X CHUNG X ~ ~ EITHEAD-TODD X DOMINIC YAGON , C ~I RAY X 9 SANTANGELO X PW&PC REP RT NO. SMITI I X ARAKAKI F.O.A9 X ADOPTED: FEB 0 7 1pg7