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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
PARKS AND RECREATION
DATE: November 19, 2018 Re: Comm. No. 1157/Res. No. 748-18
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i
TIME: 1:34 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 Res. No. 748-18,
reports as follows:
Resolution No. 748-18, transmitted by Council Member Eileen O'Hara, via Communication 1157 dated
October 26, 2018, is a resolution authorizing the temporary closure of Leilani Avenue pursuant to
Chapter 24, Article 7, Division 3, Section 24-153.3(b)of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition,
as amended).
The Council of the County of Hawai`i by resolution, in consultation with the Chief of Police, the Civil
Defense Administrator, and the Director of the Department of Public Works, may authorize the
temporary closure of a County-owned "roadway stub-out, dead-end and/or other road terminus to be
barricaded", if the flow of traffic or public access is not affected, adjacent landowners are provided with
written notification by the requesting agency, and when the closure is necessary to prevent loitering,
littering, and other illegal activities
Leilani Avenue is a County road that has been blocked by the 2018 lava flow, and which as a result has
become a"dead end" road, providing access only to private property located within the Leilani Estates
Subdivision, and will remain a"dead end" road until such time as the road may be rebuilt. There were
many testifiers on this resolution. Corporation Counsel Joseph Kamelamela said the statute cited in the
resolution was not applicable to the situation at Leilani Estates.
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation is not in accord with the purpose and intent
of Resolution No. 748-18 and forwards it to Council with a negative recommendation.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
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DAVID x COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
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RICHARDS X PWPRC REPORT NO.: 54
RUGGLES X ADOPTED: DEC 1 9 2018