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--------------- ---------------- ....-.-- '. . . COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 87 97 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE WAIVER OF PARKING METER FEES WHEREAS, the Downtown Improvement Association (D.I.A.) Parking Committee has been meeting for several years to discuss downtown Hilo's parking problems and to find solutions to those problems; and WHEREAS, the D.I.A Parking Committee has identified the abuse of short term metered stalls and the inadequate enforcement of those abuses as two specific areas that need improvement; and WHEREAS, at its October 29, 1996 meeting the D.I.A. Parking Committee decided that a practical and economical temporary solution would be to provide free parking in the stalls bounded'by Kamehameha Avenue, Bayfront Highway and the Mooheau Bus Terminal; and WHEREAS, providing free parking in this area provides an incentive for people who need to remain downtown for an extended period of time, such as employees of downtown businesses, not to abuse the short term stall regulations; and WHEREAS, eliminating these stalls from the list of those that need parking meter regulation also provides the appropriate enforcement official more time to enforce other metered stalls; and WHEREAS, the Council provided free parking at this location for a six month trial period which will end on May 3 1, 1997, and WHEREAS, the DIA has stated that the trial period has been a success and requests that the free parking be extended to allow for furthur evaluation of the effects of this effort. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAW Ail that it dispenses with the enforcement of Chapter 24, Section 24-216, of the Hawaii County Code 1983, for a six-month period beginning at 8 a.m. on June 1, 1997, and ending at 4:00 p.m on December 31, 1997 for all the metered parking stalls bounded by Kamehameha Avenue, Bayfront Highway and thy Mooheau Bus Ter~inal.