Planning for Ka Iwi's future

Key events dealing with the Ka Iwi shoreline:

• January 1996 — Gov. Ben Cayetano, in his State of the State address, called for a "string of pearls" state park system, to include Ka Iwi on O'ahu.

• October 1996 — The City Council voted unanimously to ask the Planning Commission and the city's top planning officer to put the proposed Ka Iwi Shoreline Park on planning maps for East O'ahu.

• Jan. 8, 1997 — Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris said he would put money in the city budget to help support the state's plan to preserve some of the Ka Iwi coastline by buying it.

• Jan. 29, 1997 — The City Council declared its unanimous opposition to a proposed settlement of various lawsuits against the city by the Bishop Estate (Kamehameha Schools) and other East Honolulu landowners in exchange for certain development rights.

• May 1, 1997 — The state Legislature approved $14 million to acquire property along the Ka Iwi shoreline.

• Aug. 22, 1997 — The state land board approved moving forward with the state's acquisition of Queen's Beach on the Ka Iwi shoreline.

• Aug. 28, 1997 — The O'ahu Metropolitan Planning Organization's policy committee voted to use $4.6 million in federal highway funds to help purchase the Ka Iwi shoreline property.

• Oct. 9, 1997 — Developer Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. filed a final environmental impact statement for a planned golf course at Queen's Beach.

• Jan. 30, 1998 — The state offered $11 million to buy Queen's Beach and adjoining land from Kamehameha Schools. The estate responded that the land was not for sale.

• Feb. 9, 1998 — The state undertakes condemnation proceedings that remain with the courts.