HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-05-31 - Lava Supplemental Mandatory Evacuation OrderHarty Kim
Mayor
Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Barbara Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
920 Ululani Street • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720-3958
(808) 935-0031 • Fax (808) 935-6460
TO: Office of the County Clerk
FROM: Talmadge Magno Civil
- DATE: May 31, 2018
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Talmadge J. Magno
Civil Defense Administrator
COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF HAWAI°I
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SUBJECT: Transmittal of the Lava Supplemental Mandatory Evacuation Order,
dated May 31 2018.
This is a transmittal of the Emergency Proclamation issued by the Mayor for Lava Supplemental
Mandatory Evacuation Order dated May 31, 2018 to the County Clerk, who is the custodian of
records
Received by:
Print Name:
Date:
Hawai'i County is an equal opportunity provider and employer
Harry Kim
Mayor
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Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
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25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553
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(808).323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides.for the
establishment of County organizations for emergency management and disaster relief
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, the United State Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaii Volcano
Observatory (HVO), at this time cannot project an end date to this eruptive event and
continue to issue warnings; and
WHEREAS, Section 127A -13(b)(4) of Hawaii Revised Statutes authorizes
additional powers of the Mayor during a state of emergency including, but not limited to,
the authority to direct and control the mandatory evacuation of the civilian population;
and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to supplement my. Proclamation of May 3,
2018 with a Mandatory Evacuation Order due to the continuous unstable volcanic
nature of the fissure eruptions in Leilani Estates now posing an imminent danger to
property and bodily injury risk to residents and emergency responders involved in
rescue missions in the areas identified below.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Harry Kim, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby
proclaim and declare that a state of emergency continues to exist, and that in order to
provide for the health, safety, welfare and protection of residents and emergency
responders in the affected area, I hereby issue an ORDER requiring the mandatory
evacuation of all civilians from all that area of Leilani Estates subdivision, including and
East of Pomaikai Street, as specifically highlighted and delineated in the map attached
hereto, and any subsequent amendments thereto as deemed necessary.
This Order is effective at 12°11)6 p.m. this 31th day of May 2018. All persons have
twenty-four (24) hours from the effective date and time of this Order to evacuate the .
mandatory evacuation area.
Persons remaining in the mandatory evacuation area beyond the effective date
and time of this Order do so at their own risk with the knowledge that emergency
responders may not respond.
Persons in violation of this order are subject to arrest and liability for any
recovery costs associated with rescue operations in the mandatory evacuation area.
This mandatory evacuation shall continue thereon for 60 days or until further act
by this office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of
the County of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this VIday of in Hilo,
Hawaii.
Harry Kim
Mayor
County of Hawaii
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Mayor
Wil Okabe
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Barbara Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
920 Ululani Street • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720-3958
(808) 935-0031 • Fax (808) 935-6460
TO: Office of the County Clerk
FROM: Talmadge Magno Civil
- DATE: May 31, 2018
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Talmadge J. Magno
Civil Defense Administrator
COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF HAWAII
RECEIVED
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SUBJECT: Transmittal of the Lava Supplemental Mandatory Evacuation Order,
dated May 31 2018.
This is a transmittal of the Emergency Proclamation issued by the Mayor for Lava Supplemental
Mandatory Evacuation Order dated May 31, 2018 to the County Clerk, who is the custodian of
records
Received by:
Print Name:
Date:
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Hawai'i County is an equal opportunity provider and employer