HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 268 10/16/2012 2010-2012 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: October 16, 2012 Re: Comm. No. 869/Bill No. 314
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kona, Hawai`i
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 314, reports as follows:
Bill No. 314, transmitted by Council Member Donald Ikeda via Communication No. 869, dated
September 26, 2012, amends Ordinance No. 12-87, as amended, relating to Public Improvements
and Financing thereof for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. This will appropriate
$450,000 for the Ponahawai Parking Lot Project. This project will provide for a parking lot near
the corner of Ponahawai and Kilauea Avenue, to accommodate retailers, employees, and their
shoppers in the area.
Traffic Division Chief Ron Thiel appeared before Your Committee. Mr. Thiel commented that
the Department of Public Works (DPW) is jointly working with the Department of Parks and
Recreation on this Ponahawai Parking Lot project. DPW is currently in the position to develop
this project, and Parks and Recreation will later maintain it. Council Member Donald Ikeda
commented that part of this parcel will be a staging area used by a private company and the other
portion will be used for a paved public parking lot for Downtown Hilo.
Council Member Dennis Onishi commented on berms to control flooding issues along this
parcel. It was also provided that the entire parcel is under the jurisdiction of Parks and
Recreation and only one-half of the parcel will be used for this project.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 314, and
recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted,
BLAS X
FORD X COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
HOFFMANN X
IKEDA X
ONISHI X
PILAGO X
SMART X BRENDA FORD, CHAIR
YAGONG X FC REPORT NO. 268
YOSHIMOTO x ADOPTED: NOV 0 9 2012