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Committee advances acceptance of four sewer easements in Honolulu
Summary
A City Council committee voted to report out for full-council approval four sewer easements submitted by the Department of Design and Construction; technical capacity questions were deferred to Environmental Services and the committee requested follow-up information.
The Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology voted Wednesday to report to the full council a recommendation to accept four sewer easements and related dedication documents submitted by the Department of Design and Construction.
Aaron Sakamoto, with the Department of Design and Construction, told the committee that the department "submitted for your consideration, dedication documents for 4 sewer easements in the ward area, and we're asking for your acceptance and approval." Sakamoto said the easements are being created for sewer lines and were granted to the city at no cost.
Members pressed DDC on why the easements were needed and whether they reflect additional residential development. Sakamoto said the easements are necessary for sewer capacity but deferred detailed capacity questions to the Department of Environmental Services, offering to coordinate having that department appear at a future meeting to answer technical questions.
Committee members also asked where dedication records are kept and whether the city will upload easement locations into GIS. DDC said it processes dedication paperwork and submits records to relevant departments and to Budget and Fiscal Services (the current property inventory holder); DDC noted the property inventory function will move to a Department of Housing and Land Management and said the Department of Information Technology is developing a city property GIS expected later this year.
The chair recommended the document be reported out for council approval; hearing no objections, the committee ordered it reported out to the full council.
The committee did not receive oral testimony on the item; written testimony was noted but not read aloud. The council committee action forwards the matter to the full council, which will consider final adoption.
