Honolulu City Council Policy Resolutions

01-37    

ESTABLISHING A POLICY ON THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE OAHU METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION=S POLICY COMMITTEE.

WHEREAS, pursuant to federal law, Chapter 279E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), establishes a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) to serve as an advisory body to the legislature and the appropriate county legislative body to provide for continuous, comprehensive and cooperative urban transportation planning for the county; and

WHEREAS, the only county to qualify for establishment of an MPO is the City and County of Honolulu; and

WHEREAS, the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO) is the MPO for the City and County of Honolulu, and its planning area includes the urbanized areas of Kailua, Kaneohe and Honolulu; and

WHEREAS, Section 279E-3, HRS, expressly provides for a 13-member policy committee for OMPO to guide the urban transportation planning process on Oahu and designates eight of its members as follows: 1) Director of the State Department of Transportation; 2) Director of the county department assigned responsibility for transportation planning; 3) three members of the State Senate to be appointed by the Senate President; and 4) three members of the State House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

WHEREAS, Section 279E, HRS, also provides that five OMPO policy committee members must be members of the legislative body of the appropriate county, but the statute is silent on the appointing authority for these members; and

WHEREAS, the Council wishes to establish a City policy on the appointing authority and membership of the five members of the City Council to the OMPO policy committee; now, therefore,

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