HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 032 06/22/1999 1998-2000 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: June 22, 1999 RE: COMM. NO. 330/ BILL NO. 92
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred
Communication No. 330 and attached Bil] No. 92, reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 92 is to amend Chapter 24, Article 1 Q Division 5, by
establishing a no parking at anytime, between Kaiwiki Road to Haahea Road
on Wainaku Street.
Bill No. 92 would amend Chapter 24, Article 1 Q Division 5, Section 24-280,
Schedule 28 (no parking at anytime), subsection (f) Kona, of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (1995 Edition) is amending by adding the following to be
appropriately numbered and to read as follows:
Wainaku Street, Kaiwiki Road to Haaheo Road.
Communication No. 330 is a letter from Deputy Chief Engineer Jiro A.
Sumada, dated June 7, 1999, which transmits Bill No. 92 to the Council for its
review and consideration. Mr. Sumada states that Department of Public Works
received a request to authorize a no parking zone on the mauka side of
Wainaku Street because parked vehicles restrict sight distance for motorists
entering Wainaku Street from roads and driveways. Since the ongoing road
improvements along Wainaku Street has provided pedestrian walkways on
both sides of the roadway, Mr. Sumada recommends parking be eliminated on
both sides.
Committee on Public Works & Parks
June 22, 1999
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Communication No. 330.001 is from Police Chief Wayne G. Carvalho, dated
June 16, 1999, to Mr. Jiro A. Sumada, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Public
Works Department, stating that the Police Department has no objections to
authorize a no parking zone on the mauka side of Wainaku Street.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 92, and
recommends that it pass first reading.
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