2018-05-30 - Lava Second Supplementary Emergency Proclamation

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Harry Kim Mayor ILTuu±1r of Paiinii`i Ma of flp Aztvor Wil Okabe Managing Director Barbara J. Kossow Deputy Managing Director 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 apo KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C • Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i 96740 (808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 LAJ C -"< SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides for the establishment of County organizations for emergency management and disaster relgf with the Mayor having direct responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County. WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles 1 and 2 of the Hawaii 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 WHEREAS, on May 3, 2018, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii and the Governor of the State of Hawaii issued respective Emergency Proclamations declaring states of emergency due to active lava erupting along the East Rift Zone in Lower Puna, County and State of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, on May 9, 2018, the Governor of the State of Hawaii issued a Supplementary Proclamation expanding the scope and application of his Proclamation in order to provide further emergency disaster relief by suspending additional sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes; and WHEREAS, on May 22, 2018, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii issued a Supplemental Emergency Proclamation suspending Section 19-47 of the Hawaii County Code relating to real property tax assessments for parcels in Leilani Estates, Lanipuna Gardens, Pohoiki Bay Estates or Kapoho Estates rendered uninhabitable and/or isolated due to the active lava eruption; and WHEREAS, the United State Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO), at this time cannot project an end date to this eruptive event and continues to issue warnings; and WHEREAS, a significant and potentially growing number of residents of Leilani Estates, Lanipuna Gardens, Pohoiki Bay Estates, Kapoho Estates, the greater Kapoho area, and nearby and surrounding areas have been displaced from their residences due to the active lava eruption either permanently or for an unknown duration, as one