HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 102 2018/04/10 (2016-2018) REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: April 10, 2018 Re: Comm. No. 843/Res. No. 556-18
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawai`i
TIME: 10:49 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 556-18, reports as follows:
Resolution 556-18, transmitted by Finance Director Deanna Sako, via Communication No. 843
dated March 21, 2018, authorizes the Office of the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the
United States Department of the Army, pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes Section 46-7, for
the County of Hawai`i to share costs for a Waiakea-Palai Flood Risk Management Feasibility
Study.
This resolution authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement that would replace the existing
study with a new study to be funded under the Continuing Authorities Program with no
additional funding required for the current fiscal year.
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Council Member Aaron Chung stated he is in favor of this resolution but has rarely come across
an open-ended resolution where the County is sharing costs. Allan Simeon, Acting Director of
Public Works, explained that Public Works has an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers
(Army Corp) for the feasibility phase study which is comparable to an environmental and
planning stage similar to Continuing Authorities Program (CAP)projects. The Army Corp and
the County have agreed that the Army Corp would do this study to determine alternatives that
reduce risks and increase life safety within watershed areas. Going back to 2002, the total cost
is about $3 million of which fifty percent has already been paid by the County for both the Palai
Stream Study and the Waiakea Study.
Mr. Simeon stated that in 2012, when an amendment was done for the Palai and Waiakea
projects, it was dealt with collectively instead of separately. Mr. Simeon stated he spoke with
the Army Corp and they are not expecting any more money from the County for this phase of
the project. He also commented that after this phase is completed, it will be at the design and
implementation stage, at which time it will require another agreement to proceed into the design
stage.
FC Report No. 102
FC-102 Page 2 April 10, 2018
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Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 556-18,
and recommends its adoption.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID X COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
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KANUHA X
LEE LOY X 4110.11 -,/
O'HARA X 'iliI
POINDEXTER x MAILE DAVID, CHAIR
RICHARDS X FC REPORT NO.: 102
RUGGLES X ADOPTED: APR 2 5 2018