REP PWPC 023 03/18/1997 1996-1998

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DATE: March 18, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 190 . n. PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 136 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 190 and attached Bill No. 58, reports as follows: The purpose of Bill No. 58 is to amend Chapter 24, Article lQ Section 24-280, Schedule 28 to prohibit parking along Kaleiopapa Street in Kona. Parking would be prohibited along Kaleiopapa Street beginning at a point 4I0 feet north of Ehukai Street and extending 410 feet in the northerly direction. Communication No. 190 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K. Kiyosaki, dated February 26, 1997, which transmits Bill No. 58 to the Council for its consideration. In Communication No. ] 90, the Chief Engineer states that they received a request to prohibit parking along Kaleiopapa Street at its approach to the boat launch area from Mr. Steven Lim, Esq., who represents the Kamehameha Investment Corporation. This request, which was memorialized in Communication 190.01, states that the traffic and parking situation in the area has become both a safety and a management problem. In Communication No. 190 the Chief Engineer further states that this section of Kaleiopapa Street is narrow with irregular shoulders and that parked vehicles force pedestrians visiting the historical site to walk in the travelway. She proposes that prohibiting parking along this area will improve overall traffic safety. Mr. Steven Lim, who attended the meeting on behalf of the Kamehameha Investment Corporation, stated that during busy periods such as weekends, parked cars along the side of the road render the throughway so narrow that cars need to back-up in order to accommodate oncoming traffic. Testimony in support of the Bill was also offered by Mr. Richard Nishimura of the County of Hawaii's Department of Public Works Traffic Division.