HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP AWEEMC 008 2019/09/03 2018-2020 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,WATER,
ENERGY,AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DATE: September 3, 2019 Re: Comm.No. 353/Bill No. 88
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 11:32 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo,Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Agriculture, Water, Energy, and Environmental Management(AWEEM),to
which was referred Bill No. 88,reports as follows:
Bill No. 88,transmitted by Council Member Villegas via Communication No. 353 dated
July 5, 2019, is a proposed amendment relating to the definition of"public property".
Discussion was on the importance of the definition change to include real property, owned by the
State of Hawaii and Federal Government relating to the removal of abandoned vehicles.
William Kucharski, Director of the Department of Environmental Management(DEM) shared
that when Council passed Bill 154,Draft 2, allowing DEM to tow abandoned vehicles from
private property,the definition was inadvertently edited to read "public property means all real
property owned by the County",when the intention of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 290-1 includes
the verbiage of public highway or other public property or private lands. Therefore,Bill No. 88
clarifies this definition by adding"or State of Hawaii, or the Federal government"to Section
20-31 of the County Code.
On July 23, 2019, Director Kucharski noted that the verbiage amendment should not add any
additional cost burden to the County, since it was a task already being performed by DEM.
Additionally, Corporation Counsel Joseph Kamelamela then confirmed the requirement to obtain
the recommendation of said bill by the Environmental Management Commission(EMC).
Communication 353.1 from Director Kucharski dated July 25, 2019 provided his support of Bill
No. 88. Communication 353.2 from Richard Bennett, Chair of the Environmental Management
Commission dated July 24, 2019 noted a unanimous recommendation of the adoption of Bill No.
88 by the commission.
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Your Committee on Agriculture, Water, Energy, and Environmental Management is in accord
with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 88, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
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DAVID x COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, WATER,
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