4-27-10 HKNB - http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/nb1/10/1aprag.htm regular meeting agenda. Board of Water Supply's proposed Baseyard at Koko Head District Park Special Meeting Minutes and Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board letter.
 4-19-10 City plans for park land raise concern. Base yard wrong for Hawaii Kai site, critics contend. The city wants to establish a Board of Water Supply base yard in East Honolulu, but one potential site is raising community concerns.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100419/BUSINESS/4190313/City+plans+for+park+land+raise+concern
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3-11-10 - Hawaii Kai Street Lights get Thumbs Up
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12128772
11-3-09 http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11439597
East Oahu residents concerned about boating safety Posted: Nov 03, 2009 9:51 PM Updated: Nov 03, 2009 10:45 PM Featured Videos East Oahu residents concerned about boating safety Deane Gonzalez Connect with us! By Mari-Ela David - bio | email
EAST OAHU (HAWAII NEWS NOW) - The East Oahu community is trying to learn from a boating tragedy that killed a young diver at Maunalua Bay last month.
They held a town hall meeting Tuesday night.
One solution residents brought up was to have the Coast Guard patrol Maunalua Bay and/or set up a neighborhood watch program to monitor activity in the waters.
The town hall meeting was at Hahaione Elementary's cafeteria. Among those there were Keahi Lum's family, including his mom. They listened as residents shared with DLNR and elected officials their safety concerns. One diver says he nearly died after a boat smashed into his.
"Well basically someone tried to murder me. It's that simple," said Deane Gonzalez, a Hawaii Kai resident. "Me and my dive partner. My dive boat was cut loose while we were 60 feet under water while we were in Maunalua Bay diving."
17-year-old Lum died October 4th while diving off China Walls with two friends. A boat struck the Farrington High School student, injured another diver, the third was not hurt.
Some say one problem is that Hawaii doesn't require a license to operate a boat, so you end up with inexperienced boaters in the water.
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KOKO CRATER STABLES NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT - WE NEED THIS ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY
 The director of the City’s Enterprise Services, Sid Quintal, has made a last minute call for “inspection” of the stables. The KCS has been compliant with all the demands from the Enterprise services office, even these impromptu inspections . For further information, please call the stable manager, Dr. Emogene Yoshimura @ 949-2421 or 256-1317 OR her legal representative, Eric Seitz @ 533-7434.
SEPTEMBER - 9-16-07 - LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE TO BAN SHARK TOURS http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/21185/40/
August 2009
UPDATE - September 21, 2009 - City alters plans for lighting projects - http://bit.ly/iuunv Honolulu Adv.
http://www.kitv.com/video/20439896/index.html
 Noticed the lighting work on Lunalilo Home Road? click here for flyer - read/print questions The initial reason for this project was to replace the corroded conduit for the street lights. For “safety” reasons, we are going to get three new lights for every current light from Kalanianaole Hwy. all the way to Hawaii Kai Drive near the skateboard park. Hawaii Kai Drive (starting at Kalanianaole Hwy.) is in the planning stages for increased lighting, and Kuliouou may be after that.
TURN DOWN NEW HAWAII KAI LIGHTS - HAWAII EDITORIALS - Full Story: Honolulu Star-Bulletin
http://www.midweek.com/content/zones/east_news_article/confusion_on_lighting_upgrades/ MIDWEEK
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http://www.kitv.com/video/20439896/index.html
 Here’s what the city told us about five months after the project started: The city is replacing street lights on Lunalilo Home Road for $2.4M. (Honolulu Star Bulletin, May 27, 2009, Newswatch item.). Since then, community members have been asking questions and have learned that these lights will be pretty much the same as the old ones – same wattage, same pole height, etc.
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AUGUST 2009 - SAFEWATERS FOR HAWAII / www.safewatersforhawaii.com
Shark Report from Town Hall Meeting - click here/shark report
Proposed TV reality Show based on Shark Tours in Hawai'i. Please take a moment to email the A. Smith & Company Productions letting them know you do not support this type of television series for Hawai’i. Shark tours are unsafe for our ocean community members, it’s wrong for our ocean environment and it’s culturally insensitive to our Hawaiian community. Below are few updates from Safe Waters for Hawai.
1) You might have recently heard about, or read about, a proposed reality TV show on sharks tours in Hawai. We hope you do not support this type of production that promotes shark tours and shark tour related activities in Hawai. You can read about it by clicking the link below.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006424.html
We ask that you please email the A. Smith & Co. Productions, who are producing the program, and ask them to not to go forward with production of this reality series.
A. Smith & Co. Productions email: direct email: Katie Srednicki - ksrednicki@asmithco.com - A. Smith Co. 818-432-2900 - info@asmithco.com
2) Mahalo to the community in Maui and the Kihei Canoe Club who are working with their City Council and Councilmember Nishiki to pass an ordinance banning shark tours and shark tour activities in Maui County (Maui, Moloka and Lana). We will keep you updated on when our neighbors on Maui need all of our help with testimony for their City Council.
3) The illegal feeding of sharks in Hawai continues. At the Safe Waters of Hawai website there is a new movie posted of sharks being fed during a tour on June 20th, 2009. Our community is waiting for DLNR and NOAA to enforce the law.
Please cc: Governor Lingle, DLNR Laura Thielen and NOAA on your email.
governor.lingle@hawaii.govGovernor Lingle
Laura.Thielen@hawaii.govLaura Thielen
Alvin.Katekaru@noaa.govNOAA Fishery
Community Organizations & Individuals Supporting the Efforts of Safe Waters for Hawai'i (email us if your community organization or club wants to add their name to our growing list)
Ka Iwi Coalition - Save our Surf - Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation - Hawai`i State Bodysurfing Association - Livable Hawai Kai Hui - Malama Maunalua - Hawai Kai Boating Club - Halau No'eau Kahelemauna - Kulana Huli Honua - Betty Kanuha Foundation, Hawai - North Shore Canoe Club - Manu o ke Kai Canoe Club North Shore - Hawaiian Canoe Club, Maui - Kihei Canoe Club, Maui - Anuenue Canoe Club - Waikiki Beach Boys Canoe Club - Hui Nalu Canoe Club - Kamehameha Canoe Club - Kumulokahi Canoe Club - Koa Kai Canoe Club - Waimanalo Canoe Club - Windward Canoe Club - Kailua Canoe Club - Kawaikini Canoe Club, Kaua - Hawai'i Military Surfing Organization - Surfrider Foundation, O'ahu Chapter - Hawai Kai Neighborhood Board - Kuli'ou'ou Kalani-Iki Neighborhood Board - Hina I Ka Malama Hawaiian Immersion Moloka High School - Kuhai Halau O Kahealani Pa Olapa Kahiko - Makana Aloha Group, California - Oswald Stender, Trustee Office of Hawaiian Affairs - Walter Heen, Trustee Office of Hawaiian Affairs - Dr. Carlos Andrade, Director Center for Hawaiian Studies UH Manoa - Ben Cayetano, Former Governor of the State of Hawai (in 2002 Governor Cayetano signed the law prohibiting feeding sharks in State Waters) - Humane Society of the United States
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