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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DATE: September 15, 2009 Re: Comm. No. 509/13111 140
PLACE: Council Chambers
Ben Franklin Bldg, 2°a Floor
333 Kilauea Ave.
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
TIME: 1:40 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred
Communication No. 509 and Bill 140, reports as follows:
Bill 140, transmitted by Director of Public Works Warren H.W. Lee, via Communication
No. 509, dated August 25, 2009, amends Chapter 24, article 7, division 2, section 24-149
(Maximum speed limit), of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) by having
the following inserted and the subsequent subsections renumbered appropriately:
"(1) Twenty miles per hour.
In any school zone, the beginning of which is demarcated by a
school speed limit sign supplemented with a flashing speed limit
sign beacon, and the end of which is demarcated by an end school
zone or standard speed limit sign."
There was no testimony from the public on this proposed bill.
Traffic Division Chief Ron Thiel appeared before Your Committee. Mr. Thiel commented that this
amendment's purpose is to reduce the speed limit in certain school zones to minimize risk to school
children. These proposed modifications is an effort to enhance driver awareness of the Kealakehe
Elementary school zone; and mitigate the increase in traffic due to the recent openings of Manawalea
Street and Keanalehu Drive and consequential connection to Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway.
Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations is in accord with the purpose and
intent of Bill 140 and recommends passage at first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E Ex Respectfully submitted,
ENRIQUES x
FORD x COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
GREENWELL x INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HOFFMANN x
IKEDA x
NAEOLE x
ONISHI x BRENDA J. FORD, CHAIR
YAGONG x PWIRC REPORT NO. 44
YOSHIMOTO x ADOPTED:OCT O ? 2909
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