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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, July 15, 2001

O'ahu briefs

Advertiser Staff

CENTRAL

Army welcomes new officer

Col. John D. Gardner assumed duties last week as the 25th Infantry Division (Light) and U.S. Army, Hawai'i assistant division commander for support.

Gardner replaces Brig. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, who left the division in May.


LEEWARD

City to explain landfill plan

The city will have an informational open house tomorrow to answer questions about its proposed expansion of the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill.

The city recently released its revised draft environmental impact statement for the expansion, but in the face of more concerns from the public, has extended the public comment period to Aug. 7 and scheduled the open house.

At the session, the public will have a chance to talk one on one with people knowledgeable about alternative technology, alternate sites, operations, scheduling, recycling/H-power and any other issues of concern.

The open house will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kapolei Hale, 1000 Uluohia St., Kapolei.


WINDWARD

Castle High work ongoing

Castle High School is undergoing a number of construction projects this summer, according to school officials, including a rerouting of its water lines at a cost of $100,000.

The school, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, is also replacing flooring in three buildings and several individual classrooms.

The administration building is closed, and office workers are operating out of the library while the flooring project is under way.

Telecommunication wiring also is being installed.

All projects are expected to be complete by Aug. 27, when the school opens for the fall semester.

Because of the ongoing projects, the school has offered a modified summer-school program.


Residents fight to save seawall

Lanikai residential owners have applied for an after-the-fact shoreline setback variance to retain a seawall that is protecting their property from erosion.

The property at 1450 Mokulua Drive has an existing concrete rubble masonry seawall that was built without a permit before 1984, according to the Office of Environmental Quality Control.

Since 1966, the property has lost about 6,317 square-feet to erosion as the shoreline receded about 95 feet landward. The applicant, who acquired the land last year, is proposing to maintain the wall to prevent further property loss and to protect the existing dwell-ing from destruction.

On Oct. 11, 2000, the state certified the shoreline at the bottom of the concrete sloop of the wall. Most of the wall is seaward of the certified shoreline dated 1984. This portion of the wall may be within the State Conservation District.

The owners are seeking a special management area permit and a conservation district use permit. They have submitted a draft environmental assessment and are seeking comments, which are due Aug. 7.

Send copies of comments to consultant John Lindelow, P.O. Box 61449, Honolulu, HI 96839; and to the city Department of Planning and Permitting, 650 S. King St., 7th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813, attention Ardis Shaw-Kim.