Maunawili Community Association

Maunawili Community Association Minutes April 6, 2004

Maunawili Community Association Minutes April 6, 2004

Maunawili Community Association
Regular Meeting: April 6, 2004
Maunawili Valley Neighborhood Park Pavilion
Present: David Laeha (President); Dick Pendleton (Rep Pendleton’s office); Alfred Cheng (G.F.B.); Matt Heahlke (G.F.B.); Kelly Tomioka; Christine Tamaur; Clyde Tamaur; Vincent Fardal; Ed Gomes; Alani Apio (Comm. Pac.); Art Lambert (G.F.B.); Jim Corcoran (Director); Virginia Fine, (Director); Linda Ure (Secretary).
The meeting was called to order by Director Jim Corcoran at 7:15 p.m.
Minutes: March 2, 2004 were approved as corrected by unanimous vote.
Treasurers Report: 2003 Checking account Balance: December 21, 2003 was $5,871.22. Receipts for the 3 months ending March, 2004 were $40.00 for 4 households. Expenses were paid out for Halloween, 2003 in the amount of $110.36. The ending balance as of March 31, 2004 is $5,800.86.
Castle Junction Excavation Site and Maunawili Valley Dirt Dump Site—GBI: The HPU end of the site is loading behind the barricades in the designated project truck lane. Much of this soil is now going to Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii for new berms for their golf course and firing range. Kaneohe Ranch/Castle Foundation site permits by GBI for clearing the haul road across the Special Management Area have been issued at of March 29, 2004 and some soils are being transported to construct the haul road. It is anticipated the haul road will be completed by April 14 and hauling to begin to the high meadow in the absence of more rain. Work hours will be 24/7 on the excavation site at Castle Junction, however in the Maunawili Community site on the Kaneohe Ranch Castle Foundation land, the work will end at 10 pm with the exception of the first two nights, unless the community objects: Matt Heahlke can be reached at 478-3131 or 677-2660 for inquiries, or complaints about the project. As of May 1 the Shearwater, an endangered species begins its nesting season and all night work will cease at excavation and dump sites. An oversized postcard was sent to all 96734 postal patrons (some 16,000) to announce the hours and schedule of activities for the dirt excavation. Yes, there is an old water pipe exposed at the excavation site that belonged to an aged water tank that used to be on the top of the hill site. The cost of the awarded contract is $7.8 million, there will be 18,000 20-ton dump truck loads removed and 20% has been taken to other places than the Maunawili site (4,000 20-ton dump-truck loads) which leaves 80% of the dirt to be moved to Maunawili. The end of the contract project may be in Mid-July for the excavation, then finishing out the landscaping on the excavation site about Labor Day, weather permitting. The excavation site is to be sloped in a ration of 2:1 (or 33%) . The reference point for residents can be the current HECO electrical pole at the top of the hill, the slope will gently rise to that point. A meeting between 2 and 3 weeks ago was held with HPU, Department of Transportation, and Department Land and Natural Resources and the permitting to dump the dirt on the HPU site remains at the responsibility of the contractor to seek the permits that may take up to 180 days unless the State Government and the State Departments facilitate an abbreviated schedule. However, the Contractor is unwilling to prepare the permitting application or submit plans for the HPU or Teixeira sites as contractor’s development dollars have already been spent for the Maunawili site. The entire contract is 180 days and was to have begun January 12, 2004 to end July 13, 2004, however, the rain-day bonus days will extend that time somewhat more toward Labor Day. It was re-affirmed that the Kaneohe Ranch/Castle Foundation haul road behind the stables in the valley will be sloped to drain property with Best Management Practices with sediment basins and soil fences and, at the end of the project on the Kaneohe Ranch Castle Foundation site, the soils will be landscaped, the haul road removed to its original condition, and the guard rail at the highway will be replaced. To augment the haul road several culverts have been placed to level the haul road, and these too will be removed at the end of the project. The community remains concerned that development of the 71/2 acre site will follow by Kaneohe Ranch Castle Foundation, however, it is noted that this property is outside the urban boundary and is not authorized to be developed. The pot-holes in both Kal and Kam Highways are a great concern to residents that must traverse the routes with the inordinate number of heavy trucks connected to this project. Is the Contractor going to repair the road? The Contractor, GBI, is not required to repair the roads (Kal Highway and Kam Highway) as that is the responsibility of the State of Hawaii.
BWS: The Board of water Supply contract is for 270 day and is begin in early summer to place a duplicate (redundant) water line of 8 inch diameter parallel with the current main supplying Maunawili Estates Water Tank and community. Fire hydrants are to be installed according to City Code on Maunawili Loop during the project. This redundancy line will be to serve the water tank at the 500 foot level in Maunawili Estates. The Lease that ended for the farmers on the land adjacent to Maunawili Estates has ended and Weinberg HRT does have plans to subdivide this parcel and has request permission from Eric Crispin of the Department of Planning and Permitting. This land is zoned as AG2 and that zoning allows 25 2-acre lots which is located inside the urban boundary. It is restated that for this parcel to have water hook-up it will be required to connect to the Maunawili Valley 272 foot system. It is still hoped that the land under and surrounding the Headman home and the Queen’s Bath will be protected with Weinberg accepting responsibility for the Preservation Plan and that a caretaker for the land such as the Girl Scouts and or Boy Scouts might be coordinated with the landowner and the City of Honolulu. The Kailua Historical Foundation and the State of Hawaii Historical Preservation Department are still concerned that Weinberg/HRT has not completed the process required in the Preservation plan.
Ameron Kapaa Quarry – Kailua as a City Landfill Site: The Landfill meeting held at Kailua District Park by the City Council Committee on Public Works on March 31 was well attended (over 300 persons). Residents, businesses and concerned groups voiced strong opposition to placing a City Municipal Landfill at Ameron Kapaa Quarry- Kailua. The Maunawili Community Association sent a thirty page letter in March, 2004 to City Department of Environmental Services, Department of Planning and Permitting and elected and appointed officials of the State and the City detailing the historical importance of Kapaa Valley, the necessary protection of Kapa’a Stream, the Kawainui Marsh as well as the long, torturous history of previous landfills (garbage dumps) and their failures, fires, floods and landslides in Kapaa Valley along with their testimony opposing placing a Sanitary Waste (SW) symbol on the City’s Facilities Map so as to encumber funds to develop a municipal landfill at Ameron Kapaa Quarry – Kailua.
Adjournment: There being no further business of the board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. Submitted by Linda Ure, Secretary

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