O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
LEEWARD
Landfill input cutoff Nov. 20
The city has again extended the deadline to submit public comment on the proposed expansion of the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill. Residents now have until Nov. 20 to submit written comments on the project.
This fourth extension of the deadline is partly because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and also at the request of a few groups planning to submit comments that have asked for more time, according to Herb Lee, a consultant representing the city.
The city released a revised draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the project in July and wants to expand the Kahe Valley landfill by 60.5 acres to provide space for O'ahu's rubbish though 2017. The landfill uses 86.5 acres at the 200-acre site and is expected to reach capacity next year.
Residents and area neighborhood boards have opposed the expansion.
Send comments to City and County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Services, 650 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96813. Include two extra copies of the comments, which will be forwarded for the consultant and the state Office of Environmental Quality Control.
For more information, call Lee at 262-3261, or go to www.opala.org to view the environmental impact statement.
EAST HONOLULU
Wai'alae board fills vacancies
Lucinda Pyles, Lester Fukuda and Sylvia Himeda have been named to the Wai'alae Kahala Neighborhood Board to fill three vacancies created when elected board members resigned.
Pyles will represent Kahala; Fukuda, the Wai'alae Nui area; and Himeda, the Black Point/ east Diamond Head area. The new board members will serve until May 2003.
Kaimuki forum set for Oct. 13
The Greater East Honolulu Community Alliance will present a Kaimuki business district parking forum Oct. 13 at the Kaimuki Recreation Center.
Residents, business owners and others are invited to talk about parking solutions and options, with a panel of parking experts and community development specialists in attendance.
The meeting will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Enter the recreation center on 11th Avenue.
Niu Valley school due air conditioner
Niu Valley Middle School will get a new air-conditioning unit in one of its buildings after the state awards a bid to a contractor.
The work includes replacing the existing air-conditioning unit, doing the electrical work and fixing the window around the unit. The work is expected to cost $50,000 to $100,000. Bids will be opened Oct. 25.
WINDWARD
Lomi lomi seminar Nov. 9
Native Hawaiian practitioner Keonaona Neilson will lead a lomi lomi workshop to help people take control of their health in a two-day seminar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 9 and 10 at the Waimanalo Health Center.
Participants will learn Hawaiian massage and can earn a certification by attending a three-part series, which begins Nov. 9. Tuition for the two-day seminar is $200. Classes are limited to 30 people.
For more information, call 259-7948, Ext. 103.
CENTRAL
Booklines buys Mililani site
Booklines Hawai'i, a distributor of books, music, videos, stationery and souvenirs about Hawai'i, has purchased a four-acre parcel from Castle & Cooke Properties Inc. in the Mililani Technology Park and will move its headquarters to the site next year.
Booklines operates from a cluster of warehouses in the Waipio Gentry Business Park and expects to open its new 50,000-square-foot warehouse next spring. About 10,000 square feet of the structure, located on the corner of Kahelu Avenue and Pali'i Street, will be used for office space.
"We decided to move to Mililani Tech Park because it is conveniently located and the surrounding environment is ideal for our employees," said Jeff Swartz, president of Booklines.
About 100 employees will be relocated.
Booklines was established in 1992 and has 5,000 accounts worldwide including retail stores, hotels and military exchanges. Booklines distributes products from the University of Hawai'i Press, Kamehameha Schools Press, Mutual Publishing and Panini Records.
