HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 763 Draft 01 2006-2008COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. X763 08
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPT TO
INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS REGARDING THEIR PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO CHAPTER 10 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE RELATING TO EROSION AND
SEDIMENTATION CONTROL BY HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE SIX
MOKU LAND DIVISIONS OF HAWAII ISLAND.
WHEREAS, flooding can be a natural occurrence from rainfall, but flooding events can
be increased in quantity and magnitude by poor land use decisions, inappropriate grubbing, pin-
to-pin grading, removal of rain and cloud forest, diversion of water courses, and blockage of
water courses with debris; and
WHEREAS, the administration of Hawaii County has drafted and presented to the
Hawaii County Council a potential amendment to chapter 10 of the Hawaii County Code; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works committed more than nine months ago to
hold public meetings for public input and has been under a court order to amend chapter 10 for
more than three years; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works has failed to hold a single public meeting
on chapter 10, yet the Department of Public Works submitted an amendment to chapter ] 0; and
WHEREAS, multiple severe flooding events have occurred due to watercourse diversion
and/or blockage, development, and lack of enforcement of existing sections of chapter 10; now;
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
before the County Council considers the administration's amendment of chapter 10, the
Department of Public Works shall hold public meetings in the moku of Hilo, Puna, Ka`u, Kona,
Kohala, and Hamakua to obtain public input on community concerns regarding erosion,
sedimentation, flooding, and the administration's proposed amendments to chapter 10.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk shall forward certified copies of
this resolution to the Honorable Mayor Harry Kim and to the Director of the Department of '.
Public Works.
Dated at Kona , Hawaii, this 22nd day of October , 2008:
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII "'
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated [o the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County ofHawai`ion October 22. 2008
ATTEST:
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ROLL CALL VOTE
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HIGA X
HOFFMANN X
IKEDA X
IACOBSON g
NAEOLE X
PILAGO X
YAGONG g
YOSHIMOTO X
8 0 1 0
Reference: 1480.2/PWIRC -98
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