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SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A,llawai`i Revised Statutes,as amended,provides for the
establishment of County organisations for disaster relief with a director in charge of each
political subdivision;and
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A,FIawai`i Revised Statutes and Chapter 7,Articles I and 2 of
the Ilawai'i County Code,establishes a Civil Defense Agency within the County of Hawaii and
prescribes its powers,duties,and responsibilities,and Section 13-23 of the Hawaii County
Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies;and
W 1IEREAS, on November 28,2022 at 3:02AM,I as Mayor of the County of Hawaii
issued an Emergency Proclamation declaring a state of emergency due to the active eruption of
Mauna Loa.
W fl1:Rl AS,the eruption began in.Moku"aweoweo,the summit caldera of Mauna Loa,
inside 1-lawai'i Volcanoes.National Park;and
WHEREAS,the eruption has since migrated into the Northeast Rift lone. There are
currently no active mandatory evacuations;and
I.-IREAS, dLie to the active eruption now confined to the Northeast Rift lone,the
previously opened evacuation shelters located at.Robert Herkes gym in Pahala(Ka'u gym)and at
the Kekuaokalani Gym it Kailua Park(Old A's)in Kona may be closed in the near future;
additional shelters may be opened if'necessary;and
WI-11;Rl:AS, :Section 127A-12(a)(5)(D),Hawaii Revised Statutes,provides that during
the emergeotcy period,the Mayor mayexercise the following powers pertaining to emergency
inanageltlent to direct or control as ntay be necessary for emergency management the conduct of
c:iv0 ns and the moveinent and cessation ofrnovernent of pedestrians and vehicular traffic
dming,,, befiore,arid rafter alerts, exercises,training emergencies,or disasters; and
WlllJ�EAS, Section 127'A-12(c)(12),, Ilawai'i Revised Statutes as amended,provides
that dtrricr t 0:e enlergCrlcy period, the Mayor may restrict the congregation of the public in
stnc,°.lwerl or&.H'n erotrs areas 01'Under dangerous conditions; and
t"ciooy ol`Hhwwu is an Equal t7pportonily hovido and t`rnlrluyer,
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WITFRY,AS, the eruption is visible From the [),in K,iel Inouye (DKI) fliglimay, which has
resulted ill a signitlealn,increase in spectators driving and parking
oil the DKI I lighway or on the
shoulder ot'llic DKI I lighwaN
NMI ER F'AS. most ofthe DKI I lighway between the sixteen inile marker (16 MM)arid
the thirty-one mile marker(31 MM)has, a irlaxitilum speed limit of'sixty(60) miles per hour, and
it lacks sufficient infrastructure such as crosswalks and necessary lighting to sa1*ClY st'stain the
increased amount of'pedestrians arriving in vehicles in the area and traversing the area on foot,
thereby creating unsafe road conditions.
"A71JERE'AS,based on these unsafe road conditions,on November 28,2022,at
pursuant to Sections 127A-25 and 291 C-1 11,HawaN Revised Statutes as amended, I issued
Emergency Rule 41 prohibiting all vehicles from stopping and/or or parking oil the DKI
Highway at any time between the sixteen mile marker(16 MM)and the thirty-one mile marker
(31 MM),except as permitted at designated parking lots;and
WIIEREAS, due to the eruption's continued activity,I have determined that it is
necessary to supplement and expand my Emergency Proclamation issued on November 28,2022,
at 3:02 a.m.related to updated eruption activity and spectator interest creating road hazards on
the DKI Highway;and
WHEREAS,the:danger of disaster is such magnitude to warrant protective action in
order to provide for the health, safety,welfare and protection of the people and pursuant to
Section 127A-I 3(b)(4), Ilawai'i Revised Statutes,the Mayor finds it necessary to take
appropriate actions to direct and control the mandatory evacuation of the civilian population.
NOW,THEREFORE,1,MITCHELL D.ROTH,Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do
hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency exists due to the threat of imminent
disaster on Hawai'i Island,effective November 28, 2022„_?;�tp.m.,Hawaii.
This ORDER is effective ate if p.m.,this 28"'day of November,2022.
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
County of]lawaii