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Hawaii County committee sends Bill 10 for department review, postpones vote to Feb. 18
Summary
The committee moved to request analysis from the police chief and public works director on Bill 10, which would allow specified commercial special activity permits on a stretch of Anakēokalole Highway in Kona; members then voted to postpone final consideration to Feb. 18.
The Hawaii County Council Policy Committee voted to send Bill 10 to the public works director and the police chief for analysis and postponed final consideration to the committee meeting on Feb. 18.
Bill 10, introduced by Councilmember Inaba, would amend Chapter 22, Article 3, Division 2, Section 22-3.3.2 of the Hawaii County Code (1983, 2016 edition, as amended) to allow authorized commercial activities on a portion of Anakēokalole Highway in Kona between Palani Road and Kealakehe Parkway. Councilmembers voted 8–0 to refer the bill to the two departments for recommendation and later recorded 8 ayes to postpone the item to Feb. 18; one councilmember, Connolly Lee Klinefelder, was absent on the record.
During discussion, Councilmember Inaba moved to forward the bill to the public works director and the police chief for their respective recommendations before further action. He then moved to postpone the bill to the Feb. 18 committee meeting. Councilmember Kimball asked who should submit the formal request for department review when drafting such legislation; Inaba said his office would submit the request, so responses would return to the drafter. No departmental testimony or detailed analyses were presented at the meeting.
The committee recorded the referrals and the postponement as formal committee direction; no final ordinance adoption or council-level vote occurred at this meeting.
Clarifying details disclosed during the item included the code section targeted for amendment (Chapter 22, Article 3, Division 2, Section 22-3.3.2) and the specific corridor identified in the motion (Anakēokalole Highway between Palani Road and Kealakehe Parkway). The motion to request departmental recommendations was approved by voice vote with a recorded tally of eight ayes; the subsequent motion to postpone to Feb. 18 was approved with the same tally.
The committee will revisit Bill 10 at its Feb. 18 meeting after receiving department feedback and any additional materials.
