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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PWPRC 04/03/2012 2010-2012 ACTIONSFred Blas Chair Brenda Ford T ice - Chair DATE: April 3, 2012 (Tuesday) PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai`i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai`i Comm. 630: (Bill 212) HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS AND RECREATION 27 Session Pete Hoffmann, Member Donald Ikeda, Member Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member K. Angel Pilago, Member Brittany Smart, Member Dominic Yagong, Member J Yoshimoto, Member TIME: 9:45 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 9:45 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA REFERRAL(S) AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 1, SECTION 24 -254 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO 20 MILE PER HOUR (MPH) LIMIT Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 1, Section 24 -254, Schedule 2 (20 mph limit), subsection (g), by adding a new item and renumbered as required: "( ) Government Beach Road from Papava Farms Road to its northwestern terminus." This amendment updates the Hawai`i County Code to match existing conditions and designates a 20 mph speed limit for a portion of Government Beach Road. RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 212 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Smart, Yoshimoto and Acting Chair Ford - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Blas and Yagong - 2. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hanrai '1 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer PWPRC -27 Page 2 April 3, 2012 Comm. 631: AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 1, SECTION 24 -256 OF THE HAWAII (Bill 213) COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO 30 MILE PER HOUR (MPH) LIMIT Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 1, Section 24 -256, Schedule 4 (30 mph limit), subsections (g)(2) and (g)(3), by revising existing items: ``(2) Kalapana Government Beach Road, from a point 2.35 miles north of the Kapoho Kumukahi intersection Pahoa- Kapoho Road to the Kaimu Pahoa Kapoho intersection Papaya Farms Road." and - (3) Kalapana - Kapoho Beach Road, from a point 2.35 miles south of the Kapoho Kumukahi intersection to the National Park boundary." These amendments updates the Hawai`i County Code to match existing conditions and designates a 20 mph speed limit for a portion of Government Beach Road. Comm. 632: (Bill 214) Comm. 633: (Bill 215) RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 213 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Smart, Yoshimoto and Acting Chair Ford - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Blas and Yagong - 2. AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 1, SECTION 24 -255 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO 25 MILE PER HOUR (MPH) LIMIT Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 1, Section 24 -255, Schedule 3 (25 mph limit), subsection (f), by adding a new item and renumbered as required: "() Ali`i Drive, from the property line between parcels 7-8-014:005 and 7 -8- 014:006 to Makole'a Street." This amendment lowers the speed limit to 25 mph in a high pedestrian area adjacent to Kahalu`u Beach Park. RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 214 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Smart, Yoshimoto and Acting Chair Ford - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Blas and Yagong - 2. AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 5 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PARKING Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 5, Section 24- 286.1, Schedule 34.1 (Angle parking permitted areas), subsection (c), by adding a new item and renumbered as required: "( ) Lanihuli Street, from the property line between parcels 2-2-021:025 and 2- 2- 021:043 to its western terminus, in the marked stalls." This amendment designates parking and no parking areas in an effort to provide adequate sight distance at three driveway locations in the area. RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 215 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Smart, Yoshimoto and Acting Chair Ford - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Blas and Yagong - 2. PWPRC -27 Comm. 634: (Bill 216) Comm. 635: (Bill 217) Comm. 636: (Bill 218) Page 3 April 3, 2012 AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 4 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO CROSSWALKS Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 4, Section 24 -276, Schedule 24 (Crosswalks), subsection (f), by adding a new item and renumbered as required: "() Ali`i Drive, eight hundred fifteen feet north of Makole`a Street." This amendment provides a marked crosswalk adjacent to a heavily used section of Kahalu`u Beach Park. RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 216 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Smart, Yoshimoto and Acting Chair Ford - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Blas and Yagong - 2. AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 1, SECTION 24 -256 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO 30 MILE PER HOUR (MPH) LIMIT Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 1, Section 24 -256, Schedule 4 (30 mph limit), subsection (0(1), by revising an existing item: "(1) Ali`i Drive, from Walua Road (vicinity of Kona Hilton Hotel) to Kamehameha III Road in Keauhou the property line between parcels 7-8-014:005 and 7 -8- 014:006." This amendment revises the existing 30 mph limit area along Ali`i Drive which is in a high pedestrian area adjacent to Kahalu`u Beach Park. RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 217 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Smart, Yoshimoto and Acting Chair Ford - 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Blas and Yagong - 2. AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 1, SECTION 24 -256 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO 30 MILE PER HOUR (MPH) LIMIT Amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 1, Section 24 -256, Schedule 4 (30 mph limit), subsection (f), by adding a new item and renumbered as required: "() Ali`i Drive, from Makole`a Street to Kamehameha III Road." This amendment revises the existing 30 mph limit area along Ali`i Drive which is in a high pedestrian area adjacent to Kahalu`u Beach Park. RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 218 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Acting Chair Ford - 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Blas - 1. PWPRC -27 ADJOURNMENT - 10:03 a.m. Page 4 April 3, 2012 The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-824 by March 29, 2012. 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, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401 • Kona Council Office, West Hawaii Civic Center, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole 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: • Pahoa Council Office, Pahoa Marketplace, 15 -2660 Pahoa Village Road, Room 304 • Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5 Copies of this agenda and item(s) listed on the agenda are available on the County Council -Clerk web page at http: / /www.hawaiicounty.gov /lb- council- committee /. For further information, please call 961-8245. Submitting Testimonv: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai`i. 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimonv c;co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. 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