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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0421.012 2008-2010 Mailing Address: (Former County Building) 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 Phone: (808) 961-8272 Fax: (808) 961-8912 Email: jyoshimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us J YOSHIMOTO Chair & Presiding Officer Council District 3 HA W AI'I COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTY OF HAWAI'I Business Address: 333 KIlauea Ave., 2nd FIr. Ben Franklin Building Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 r-...' ~..~ c';> cO .-, '(5 l~ CD rn . . --0 1'.....,. ; r,') MEMORANDUM ,.... -.... , . :::> ::3 TO: Members of the Hawai'i County Council f..... j...... \ \ I FROM: J Yoshimoto, Council Chair J>E September 24, 2009 fi>....... G) i:h) DATE: SUBJECT: Attaching "Exhibit A" to Resolution No. 206-09, Draft 2 Resolution No. 206-09, Draft 2, urges our State Legislature to support and provide State funding for the highest priority capital improvement projects in the County of Hawai'i. Although this resolution provides a list of priority projects, it does not provide any pertinent details on the projects that will help our Legislators to understand why these projects are important to our districts, where they are located, or how much they are projected to cost. I would like to propose that we attach "Exhibit A" to the resolution and amend the sixth "WHEREAS" clause to reflect this change. The proposed amendment is illustrated via Ramseyer format to read as follows: "WHEREAS, this priority list. as shown in detail in "Exhibit A" will be sent to our Legislators for the 2010 Legislative Session; and" I would also like to amend the "BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED" clause to include "the Honorable" before each title. The proposed amendment is illustrated via Ramseyer format to read as follows: "BE IT FIN ALL Y RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, the Honorable Senate Vice President Russell S. Kokubun, the Honorable House Speaker Calvin K.Y. Say, the Honorable Ways and Means Committee Chair Donna Mercado Kim, the Honorable Finance Committee Chair Marcus R. Oshiro, the Honorable Senator Josh Green, the Honorable Senator Dwight Y. Takamine, the Honorable Representative Jerry L. Chang, the Honorable Representative Cindy Evans, the Honorable Representative Faye Hanohano, Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Comm. No. (/. 2. ~ 1:2.- Ref. To: ""PiPl' ........ Ref. Data SEP 2 ~ . r- Members of the Hawai'i County Council September 24, 2009 Page 2 the Honorable Representative Robert N. Herkes, the Honorable Representative Mark Nakashima, the Honorable Representative Clift Tsuji, and the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi." JY/dwe Attachments A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAW AI'I STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE ST ATE FUNDING FOR THE HIGHEST PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY OF HAW AI'I WHEREAS, the statewide unemployment rate for May 2009 was 7 A percent with Hawai'i County's unemployment the highest at lOA percent; and WHEREAS, funding capital improvement projects will help to stimulate the Big Island economy at a time when it is most needed; and WHEREAS, the Hawai' i County Council has created a list of capital improvement projects throughout the Big Island that are in need of funding; and WHEREAS, the Hawai'i County Council feels that the most effective way to gain the support of our Legislators is to submit one priority list as a unified Council rather than nine separate lists from each district; and WHEREAS, the capital improvementprojects are ranked by priority as follows: 1. Laupilhoehoe Point Access Road Improvement 2. Puna Makai Alternate Route (PMAR) 3. La'aloa Street Extension (Kailua-Kona) ,. ~ 4. South Kona Police Station ~Captain Cook) 5. Kapi'olani Street Extension 6. Hilo Bayfront Trails 7. Waikoloa Gymnasium 8. Waimea District Park 9. Ke6kea Beach Pavilion 10. Waimea Trails and Greenways 11. Nil'illehu Fire Station; and WHEREAS, this priority list, as shown in detail in "Exhibit A," will be sent to our Legislators for the 2010 Legislative Session; and . WHEREAS, each Council Member is responsible for providing documentation (e.g., plans and designs, maps, costs, etc.) of their district project upon request by our State Legislative delegation; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAW AI'I that the Hawai'i County Council respectfully requests the Hawai'i State Legislature to support and provide State funding for the priority projects listed above. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, the Honorable Senate Vice President Russell S. Kokubun, the Honorable House Speaker Calvin K.Y. Say, the Honorable Ways and Means Committee Chair Donna Mercado Kim, the Honorable Finance Committee Chair Marcus R. Oshiro, the Honorable Senator Josh Green, the Honorable Senator Dwight Y. Takamine, the Honorable Representative Jerry L. Chang, the Honorable Representative Cindy Evans, the Honorable Representative Faye Hanohano, the Honorable Representative Robert N. Herkes, the Honorable Representative Mark Nakashima, the Honorable Representative Clift Tsuji, and the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi. 2 EXHIBIT A Request for State Funding for lIawai'i County's Highest Priority Capital Improvement Projects Submitted By Project Description Tax Map Benefits Cost , I.:,. Key(s) District(s) Guy Emiques Na'alehu Fire Station: 3-1-6: 97 & 99 6 Brenda Ford La'aloa Street Extension: 7&8 South Kona Police Station: 7 Kelly Greenwell Pete Hoffmann Waikoloa Gymnasium: 9 " Waimea District Park: 9 Ke6kea Beach Pavilion: 9 Waimea Trails and Greenways: 9 Donald Ikeda Kapi'olani Street Extension: The UHH is 2&4 expanding its campus along an area designated as the Kapi'olani Street Extension. This roadway will serve as a connector road for the university area and Mohouli Street. It will allow safe traverse to and from UHH, Hospice of Hawai' i, Kamana elderly housing project, residential areas, as well as child care, military and church facilities. Emily I. Naeole Dennis "Fresh" Hilo Bavfront Trails: 4 Onishi Dominic Yagong Laupahoehoe Point Access Road 1 Improvement: J Yoshimoto Puna Makai Alternate Route (PMAR): To 3,4 & 5 $1.5 li1illion conduct an Environmental Impact Statement (planning) and Preliminary Engineering Report (ElS/PER) to identify alignment and design criteria for PMAR between Nanawale Estates and Hilo with particular emphasis on identification of a corridor alignment through Hawaiian Paradise Park that presents the least adverse impact on existing developed lots. PMAR will reduce the number of miles driven by commuters, provide an alternate and shorter evacuation route for Puna Makai, and help to reduce traffic congestion in the area. " 2