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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARKS AND RECREATION
DATE: August 4, 2009 Re: Comm. No. 448/Bill 115
PLACE: Councilroom
Ben Franklin Bdg., 2nd Floor
333 Kilauea Avenue
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 12:00 pm
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Safety and Parks and Recreation, to which was referred
Communication 448 and Bill 115, reports as follows:
Bill 115, transmitted by Council Member Brenda Ford, via Communication No. 448, dated
July 22, 2009 seeks to amend chapter 15 of the Hawaii County Code by adding an article that
would provide for the establishment and regulation of County dog parks.
Ten public testifiers spoke in support of this bill, and at least three stated they were part of a
group called "Let Us Run Our Dogs."
The Director of Parks & Recreation Bob Fitzgerald testified that establishment and further
definition of the dog parks would be in the hands of public organizations as there is no budget for
enacting or enforcement of the Bill. He expressed his support for the bill and reported there is
island-wide interest in establishing dog parks.
Many questions about enforcement were discussed by your Committee. Deputy Corporation
Counsel Renee Schoen appeared to answer questions on the bill.
Your Committee on Public Safety and Parks and Recreation is in accord with the purpose and
intent of the Bill 115 and recommends passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted,
ENRIQUES X
FORD X COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
GREENwELL X AND PARKS AND RECREATION
HOFFMANN X
IKEDA X
NAEOLE X
ONISHI X G N 7DOPTED: S, CHAI
YAGONG X ; RC REPO NO. 14
YOSHIMOTO X AUG 1 9 2009