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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PWPRC 01/03/2012 2010-2012 ACTIONS Fred BlasPete Hoffmann, Member Donald Ikeda, ChairMember Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, Member K. Angel Pilago, Member Brenda Ford Brittany Smart, Member Dominic Yagong, Vice-ChairMember J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘ICOUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS AND RECREATION nd 22 Session DATE: January 3, 2012 (Tuesday) PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni St. Hilo, Hawai‘i TIME: 1:00 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 1:00 p.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA REFERRAL(S) Comm. 508: NOMINATION OF MR. CALEB CHURCHILL TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE From Mayor Billy Kenoi, dated December 12, 2011, requesting the Council’s review and favorable recommendation of the above nomination. RECOMMENDS THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. CALEB CHURCHILL: Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Onishi, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Blas - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Ikeda and Pilago - 2. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer PWPRC-22 Page 2 January 3, 2012 Comm. 509: NOMINATION OF MR. MINORU HANATO TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE From Mayor Billy Kenoi, dated December 12, 2011, requesting the Council’s review and favorable recommendation of the above nomination. RECOMMENDS THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. MINORU HANATO: Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Onishi, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Blas - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Ikeda and Pilago - 2. Comm. 510: NOMINATION OF MR. DELBERT NISHIMOTO TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE From Mayor Billy Kenoi, dated December 12, 2011, requesting the Council’s review and favorable recommendation of the above nomination. RECOMMENDS THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. DELBERT NISHIMOTO: Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Onishi, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Blas - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Ikeda and Pilago - 2. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Comm. 467: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 5 OF THE (Bill 143) HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PARKING From Public Works Director Warren H. W. Lee, dated November 18, 2011, transmitting the above bill. Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 5, Section 24-280, Schedule 28 (No parking at anytime), subsection (c) (South Hilo), to be appropriately numbered and to read as follows: “ [(5) Aupuni Street, both sides, for a distance of two hundred feet from its intersection with Kīlauea Avenue.] (5) Aupuni Street, northwest side, from a point one thousand one hundred seventy-eight feet southeast of Pauahi Street to Kīlauea Avenue. (6) Aupuni Street, northeast side, from a point one thousand one hundred twenty feet northwest of Kīlauea Avenue and extending two hundred sixty-seven feet in the northwesterly direction. (7) Aupuni Street, northeast side, from a point one thousand five hundred sixty-two feet northwest of Kīlauea Avenue to Pauahi Street. [(6)](8) Aupuni Street, [makai] southeast side, [for a distance of one hundred feet] from a point six hundred sixty-two feet [on each side of the intersection of Aupuni Street with the County Building road] northeast of Kīlauea Avenue and extending two hundred forty-five feet in the northwesterly direction. PWPRC-22 Page 3 January 3, 2012 [(7) Aupuni Street, mauka-Hāmākua (Kaiko‘o Mall) side, from the driveway located four hundred fifty feet north of the intersection with Kīlauea Avenue and extending five hundred feet around the curve to the driveway across from the State Building.] [(8)](9) Aupuni Street, southwest side, from [a point two hundred forty feet southeast of] Pauahi Street and extending [sixty-six] two hundred thirty-five feet in the southeasterly direction. (10) Aupuni Street, southwest side, from a point three hundred one feet southeast of Pauahi Street and extending two hundred eighty-two feet in the southeasterly direction. (11) Aupuni Street, southwest side, from a point seven hundred seven feet southeast of Pauahi Street and extending four hundred thirty-five feet in the southeasterly direction.” The amendments are necessary to update the Hawai‘i County Code to match existing conditions. Recommends passage of Bill 143 on first reading: Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Onishi, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Blas - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Ikeda and Pilago - 2. Bill 270 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 5 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (Draft 5): (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), TO BE REPLACED BY A NEW CHAPTER 5, Comm. 128.113 RELATING TO BUILDING (2008-2010) From Council Member Brittany Smart, dated December 6, 2011, transmitting Bill 270, Draft 5. The State Building Code Council has reviewed and proposed the adoption of the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) with amendments. Repeals Chapter 5 of the Hawai‘i County Code (Building) and replaces it with a new Chapter 5. Postponed: September 9, 2010 (Council mtg.) Recommitted to PWPRC: March 16, 2011 (Council mtg.) Postponed: May 16, 2011 (PWPRC mtg.) Recommends approval: June 14, 2011 (PWPRC-22) First Rdg.: July 7, 2011 (Council mtg.) Second Rdg: July 22, 2011 (Council mtg.) Reconsidered: August 17, 2011 (Council mtg.) Postponed: September 21, 2011 (Council mtg.) Held Over: October 5, 2011 (Council mtg.) Postponed: October 19, 2011 (Council mtg.) Recommitted to PWPRC: November 2, 2011(Council mtg.) Postponed: December 6 and 20, 2011 Recommends passage of Bill 270, as amended (to Draft 6), on first reading: Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Onishi, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Blas - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Ikeda and Pilago - 2. ;and PWPRC-22 Page 4 January 3, 2012 Comm. 128.114 From Chairperson Dominic Yagong, dated December 12, 2011, transmitting a proposed amendment to Bill No. 270, Draft 5, relating to Section 5. ADJOURNMENT - 2:05 p.m. The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by December 29, 2011. Relay users please call 711-961-8245 to contact our office. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (hereinafter “HRS”) §92-3.5, the Hawai‘i County Council will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Council Members will be present at the following location(s):  Council Room, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401  Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A If audio stream is lost between Hilo and Kona for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. Public Attendance via Videoconference is also available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m. or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed:  Pāhoa Council Office, Pāhoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pāhoa Village Road, Room 304  Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5 fourteen (14) Submitting Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring copies for before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk’s Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720; (2) by Please submit separate facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. testimony for each item. 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