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RESOLUTION NO. 20.6 09
(Draft 5)
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT
AND PROVIDE STATE FUNDING FOR THE HIGHEST PRIORITY CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.
WHEREAS, the statewide unemployment rate for May 2009 was 7.4 percent with
Hawaii County's unemployment the highest at 10.4 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 Hawaii County Council has created a list of capital improvement
projects throughout the Big Island that are in need of funding; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii 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 improvement projects are ranked by priority as follows:
1. Puna Makai Alternate Route
2. Laupahoehoe Point Access Road Improvement
3. Na`alehu Fire Station
4. South Kona Police Station
5. Kawailani Street Improvements (`Iwalani St. to Pohakulani St.)
6. Kapi`olani Street Extension
7. Waimea District Park
8. Kama`ili Road Paving Project; 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 HA W 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 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 Denny
Coffman, 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.
Dated at Hila, Hawai'i, this 4th day of November
,2009.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai'i
Hilo, Hawai'i
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai'i on November 4. 2009
ATTEST:
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CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES NOES ASS EX
ENRIQUES X
FORD X
GREENWELL X
HOFFMANN X
IKEDA X
NAEOLE X
ONISHI X
YAGONG X
YOSHIMOTO X
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Reference: C-421. 22jPWIRC-53
RESOLUTION NO. 206 09
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EXHIBIT A
Request for State Funding for Hawaii County's Highest Priority
Capital Improvement Projects
Submitted By Project Description Tax Map Benefits Cost
Key(s) District(s)
J Yoshimoto Puna Makai Alternate Route (PMAR): To 3, 4 & 5 $1.5 million
conduct an Environmental Impact Statement (planning)
and Preliminary Engineering Report
(EIS/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.
Dominic Yagong Laupahoehoe Point Access Road 3-6-02 & 04 1 $4 million
Improvement
Guy Enriques Na`alehu Fire Station 3-1-6: 97 & 99 6 $7.3 million
Brenda Ford South Kona Police Station 8-2-001:72 7 $5.085 M
($3.685 M
const.)
Dennis "Fresh" Kawailani Street Improvements (`Iwalani 2-4-15 & 19 3 & 4 $4 million
Onishi St. to Pohakulani St.)
Donald Ikeda Kapi`olani Street Extension: The UHH is 2-4-001: por. 2 & 4 $7 million
expanding its campus along an area 024; 2-4-
designated as the Kapi`olani Street 056:017 & por.
Extension. This roadway will serve as a 014
connector road for the university area and
Mohouli Street. It will allow safe traverse
to and from UHH, Hospice of Hawaii,
Kamana elderly housing project, residential
areas, as well as child care, military and
church facilities.
Pete Hoffmann Waimea District Park 6-7-001:025 9
Emily I. Naeole Kama`ili Road Paving Various Puna 5 $6 + million