O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
WINDWARD
Pounders likely to be expanded
The city could add as many as four Windward beach-front parcels to its park department if negotiations and condemnations are successful.
Recently at the recommendation of City Council member Steve Holmes, the city has initiated negotiations with a private land-owner to purchase property adjacent to La'ie Beach Park, commonly known as Pounders.
The tax map key for the property is 5-5001:51.
The vacant lot bordering the Kane'ohe side of the beach park is about three acres and has been for sale, said Holmes. Pounders is about 4.5 acres.
"If acquired, this contiguous parcel would enhance the existing beach park and its ability to provide recreational access for the public," said Holmes, Windward representative.
Holmes also requested that the city proceed with condemnation to obtain three lots in Punalu'u that belong to Kamehameha Schools. The city has tried to negotiate a land swap for the properties for about six years but has been unable to reach an equitable exchange, he said.
The lots are across the street from Kaluanui subdivision, Holmes said. The tax map keys for the properties are 5-3-009: 20, 44 and 46. Parcels 20 and 46 are adjacent to each other and 44 is three parcels north of the other two. The lots are too narrow to build and be able to meet the required setbacks. Parcels 44 and 46 are vacant and 20 has a boarded-up home.
Model airplane contest Sunday
Teams of radio-controlled aircraft will challenge one another in a contest to build and fly a model plane in 45 minutes beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday at Kawai Nui Model Airpark on Quarry Road in Kailua.
The Aloha State Radio Control Club is sponsoring the event and will give each team the same materials to build their model. No one will know what the materials are, so no prior preparation can be done.
The event is free and open to the public.
LEEWARD
Army to haul derelict vehicle
An Army crew will remove an abandoned vehicle left to rust along the Leeward shoreline near Kaena Point at about 10 a.m. today.
Soldiers from the 17th Corps Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light) and U.S. Army Hawai'i will remove the vehicle about a quarter-mile from the end of the paved road at Keawa'ula Beach. The soldiers will use a hoist and lift the car onto a flatbed truck.
"The soldiers are here to do our part in keeping the island clean," maintenance officer Capt. Charlie Slosson said. "We are committed in preserving the environment with our neighbors on the Leeward Coast."
CENTRAL
Church bazaar at Waipahu
The Waipahu United Church of Christ will hold its annual bazaar from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Mokuola Street church across from the public library.
The bazaar will feature a white elephant sale, huli-huli chicken and a plant sale. For more information, call 677-3317.
HONOLULU
Water board OKs contracts
The Board of Water Supply has awarded six contracts for new projects, totaling just more than $3.7 million, Manager and Chief Engineer Clifford Jamile said.
They include $275,000 to Beylik Drilling to drill and case a monitor well in the upper Punchbowl area; $1.3 million to Okada Trucking to renovate part of the Kalihi corporation yard; $292,000 to Site Engineering to renovate electrical and mechanical equipment at the Punalu'u facility; $134,500 to Jas. W. Glover Ltd. for work on filters at Waipahu Well 1; $275,000 to Nakai Electrical for electrical work at Makaha Well 1; and $1.4 million to M&M Tanks to repair Glover Tunnel, Mauna Olu Reservoir and the transmission line between them.
