HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 023 03/18/1997 1996-1998 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.
Pubiic Works and Parks Committee Report
Communication No. 190
Page Two
During discussion, Council Member Joe Reynolds and Council Member Curtis Tyler expressed
concern about the effect that this measure would have upon the already limited supply of public
parking in the area.
After consideration of all of the above, Your Committee reports that it is in accord with the
purpose and intent of Bill No. 58 and recommends that it pass first reading.
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