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NORTH SHORE

Kaunala plan completes EIS

A final Environmental Impact Statement for the Kaunala Beach Estate project near Sunset Beach has found that the project, for 29 residential lots in a gated community, will have no significant adverse impacts.

North Shore residents have objected to the project at Kaunala, near the popular Velzyland surfing break, saying the city intended to build a park there, but did not move to purchase it when it was offered for sale. The project will displace some of those residents.

The environmental statement identified several unresolved issues, including the displacement of residents, development of the shoreline park and visual impacts of the project.

Consultant Wilson Oka-moto & Associates Inc. prepared the statement for Kaunala Beach Estate.The plan is before the city Department of Planning and Permitting.

If the department director recommends approval, the City Council's zoning committee must approve a special management permit before sending the plan to the full council for consideration.

HONOLULU

Police seek leads to gun

Honolulu police are seeking the public's help in finding the gun used in a 1975 murder.

Detectives said they believe that the gun was discarded by former Kane'ohe Marine Delmar Edmonds, who recently was charged with killing Dawn Bustamante, 13, in Kailua in March 1975.

Police describe the weapon that they are looking for as a silver handgun, either a .357 magnum or .38 caliber. Detectives say that the weapon may have a pearl or white-colored handle.

They ask that anyone who may have bought or otherwise acquired a gun fitting the description in the mid-1970s call police.

Edmonds, who was arrested in Indiana last month, is expected to be extradited to Hawai'i within two months for trial.

EAST HONOLULU

Vision session is postponed

The East Honolulu Vision Team has postponed its meeting until 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Hawai'i Kai Public Library.

The meeting had been scheduled for tonight, but had to be changed because of a conflict.

Water main bids sought

The Board of Water Supply plans to replace an eight- inch water main and fire hydrants from Wai'alae Avenue to Center Street and Koko Head Avenue.

Bids are being sought from contractors on the project, which is expected to cost $1.6 million and take about one year to complete. After the water main is replaced, portions of the roadway will be repaved.

LEEWARD

Breakwater to be reviewed

A public hearing on plans to build a breakwater and add 5,000 cubic yards of sand to Mauna Lahilahi Beach Park will be held at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Makaha Valley Community Park.

Makaha Surfside residents have been working with city officials since 1995 to reduce the erosion problem in the area. The ocean has eroded land makai of the 454-unit condominium within four feet of the property line since 1972, when the condominiums were built. The park has lost an estimated 35,000 square feet of land valued at $750,000.

The $800,000 project also includes a proposal for a program to monitor the shoreline, structure, biology, archaeology and water quality in the area for as long as four years. The project has been awarded to Namba Construction Co.

The city filed a finding of no significant impact on the project last month, clearing the way for two final permit applications, one with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the other with the Army Corps of Engineers, before proceeding with the breakwater.

Following public hearings, the DLNR's land division will present its findings to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, which will decide whether to issue the city a conservation district use permit.

For more information, call Sam Lemmo at 587-0381.

Kapolei park parking limited

Parking at Kapolei Regional Park will be discussed at the Makakilo/Kap- olei/Honokai Hale neighborhood meeting at 7:30 tonight in the Campbell Estate Building, Laulima Room.

Residents have said there is not enough parking when several youth soccer games are in progress, and street parking is not always safe with construction in the neighborhood.

The board also will discuss capital improvement projects for the area and hear a Hawaiian Electric Co. plan for a new fuel pipeline.