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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
PARKS AND RECREATION
DATE: July 6, 2017 Re: Comm. No. 334/Bill No. 50
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawai`i
TIME: 1:43 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation, to which was referred Bill 50, reports
as follows:
Bill 50, transmitted by Public Works Director Frank De Marco, via Communication 334, dated
June 19, 2017, amends Chapter 5, "Building," and Chapter 27, "Flood Control," of the Hawai`i County
Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended),to comply with the.National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
regulations. A revised Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Hawai`i County will become effective on
September 29, 2017. A March 29, 2017 Letter of Final Determination(LFD) requires the adoption or
amendment of floodplain regulations within 6 months, or Hawaii County would be suspended from the
NFIP, which would make flood insurance and Federal disaster assistance unavailable.
Questions about what the revisions of the regulations would do and how that would affect homeowners
were asked by most of the council members. Deputy Director Allen Simeon and DPW engineer
Bryce Hamada were present to answer specific questions. Most of the changes were minor or clerical.
Agricultural buildings exempt from building permits will remain exempt, however, they must check to
see if they are in a flood plain. All participants agreed this measure should move forward.
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation is in accord with the purpose and intent of
Bill No. 50, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
EOFF x PARKS AND RECREATION
KANUHA X
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X
POINDEXTER x ►i. ER RUGGLES, CHAIR
RICHARDS X PWPRC REPORT NO.: 14
RUGGLES X ADOPTED: JUL 1 8 2017