HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 025 06/07/1999 1998-2000 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: June 7, 1999 RE: COMM. NO. 312 /RESOLUTION NO. 95-99
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 8:35 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication
No. 312, and attached Resolution No. 95-99, reports as follows:
The purpose of Resolution No. 95-99 is to adopt the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan for streets and sidewalks.
Communication No. 312 is from Corporation Counsel Richard D. Wurdeman, dated
May 26, 1999, transmitting Resolution No. 95-99 requesting that it be referred to the
appropriate committee for the Council's review and consideration.
Mr. Norman Olson, County of Hawaii ADA Coordinator informed Your Committee
about the Settlement Agreement Release and Order filed in Alexa Russell, et a1. Vs.
County of Hawaii, which requires the County to adopt aSelf-Evaluation and Transition
Plan by July 2, 1999. Mr. Olson then introduced Mr. Earl Matsuoka of W ikon
Okamoto & Associates, who informed Your Committee about the process of the self-
evaluation assessment from the planning and engineering standpoint. Mr. Matsuoka
then introduced Mr. Bill Hecker, ADA Consultant, who then provided Your Committee
with a presentation on the final conclusion of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan for streets and sidewalks for the County of Hawaii.
Your Committee noted that the Department of Pazks & Recreation should be replaced
with the Department of Public Works in the last "BE IT RESOLVED" paragraph.
Committee on Public Works & Parks
June 7, 1999
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Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 95-99, as amended
to Drafr 2, and recommends its adoption.
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