REP PWPC 026 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. 1407 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:36 p_m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 1407, reports as follows: Communication No. 1407 is an information sheet for sidewalk use permits submitted by the Hilo Woman's Club in support of their request for a sidewalk use permit. The sidewalk use permit requested is for the purpose of allowing the placement of a 24" x 30" sandwich board sign on the sidewalk in front of their "Pink Elephant Thrift Shop." The Shop is located at 216 Kamehameha Avenue. Your Committee on Human Services and Public Works first considered this matter at its October 17, 1996 meeting when it elected to defer discussion because the applicant was not present. Communication 1407 was again discussed at Your Committee's November 13, 1996 meeting. During this meeting, Mrs. Marlene Lundquist, of the Hilo Woman's Club, clarified that the sign would be located off the pedestrian sidewalk, upon a graveled area in front of the Shop that was intended for landscaping purposes. Your Committee recommended approval of this sidewalk permit application in Committee Report No. 157, subject to the condition that comments from the Downtown Improvement Association (DIA) be received by the Council prior to granting final Council approval. Mrs. Lundquist subsequently submitted a letter to Your Committee, Communication No. 25, received on December 1Q 1996, which enclosed photographs of the gravel area next to the sidewalk where the applicant planned to place the sandwich boazd sign. During its meeting on December 18, 1996, the Council reiterated its desire for input by the DIA and referred this matter back to Committee for further discussion.