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National Credit Union Administration Kamehameha Schools 1851 MKT-K Scholars Recuitment Campaign 2019 North Shore News, BW 1/4-page (3-5/16”w x 4-7/8”h) Insertion date: March 27, 2019 March 27, 2019 www.northshorenews.com Page 5 Councilmember Heidi Tsuneyoshi Serving You in District 2 Aloha, In an effort to address safety issues along Ke Ala Pupukea bike path, I met with members of the administration, including Department of Parks and Recreation director Michele Nekota, as well as members of the North Shore Outdoor Circle to discuss solutions. We toured the bike path together and viewed areas of concern such as low hanging tree limbs, improper planting of invasive species, BLOOD DRIVE and tree roots that are lifting the pavement. As the Sunday, March 24, 2019 meeting concluded Director Nekota was made aware 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. of all the issues and we will be working to address Bloodmobile at 1450 S. Beretania St. (Next to Foodland) them expeditiously. For an appointment email [email protected] Abandoned vehicles, or AVs, have become a major or call 808-944-2886. Walk-ins also welcomed. issue in not only the North Shore, but throughout my entire district. Because of rural characteristics and relatively isolated location of much of District 2, it has become a prime area for dumping AVs. All along the shoulders of Kamehameha Highway you will find an enormous amount of cars and trucks that have been either stripped for parts, set on fire, or both. I wanted to recognize and thank the Department of Customer Services for their efforts in removing abandoned vehicles in a timely manner. As of March 11th, after submitting a request for removal of 20 abandoned or derelict vehicles a little more than a month ago, my office determined that 14 have been removed. While my office accounts and reports the abandoned vehicles we find, I would like to ask for your help by contacting my office when you see an AV. This would go a long way to helping rid our communities of these blights. You may also fill out the online form for AVs at: http:// www.honolulu.gov/csdavcomplaints/. Finally, I wanted to give an update on Resolution 19-20, which requests the Governor to declare a state of emergency for Kamehameha Highway from Kahalu‘u to Laniakea due to the extensive shoreline erosion. Originally the resolution requested for the emergency declaration to be applied from Kahalu‘u to Sunset Beach, but after speaking with community members, it became apparent that the amendment needed to be made to extend the request to Laniakea. The resolution was adopted unanimously and I am in the process of meeting with state and federal officials to determine the next course of action. As always, please do not hesitate to contact my office at 768-5002 if you have any questions or concerns I can be of assistance with. Page 6 www.northshorenews.com March 27, 2019 March 27, 2019 www.northshorenews.com Page 7 expired decades ago, yet they have still not Senator completed the required environmental studies and permit conditions. A&B lost a long, contentious Gil Riviere legal battle against East Maui residents, Native Hawaiians and environmentalists in January 2016, Serving Oahu’s North and then immediately went to the legislature for a law Windward Shores to foil the court decision. In so doing, they have drawn into the controversy other entities such as Land and Water KIUC and smaller farmers and ranchers. Should the state allow industrial solar energy There will be no harm done if the three-year development on our best agricultural lands? I most moratorium of 2016 is allowed to expire. A&B closed passionately say No. its sugar plantation and its successor, Mahi Pono, Several years ago, when I served on the House has not yet developed its farm plan. They have Committee on Agriculture, we voted to allow solar enough water for now and have time to complete energy projects on agriculture lands rated C in the permit process. Upcountry Maui residents are soil quality. When I mentioned to the chair that I assured of continued water supply. The other water thought this might be a pretty good idea, he said he permit holders have never been challenged and they was comfortable with limited solar development on can continue business as usual while they complete C lands, but he worried that in the coming years, their permit applications. they would come after the prime ag lands, grades A Please do not hesitate to call or write if you have and B. That day has arrived. any opinions, questions or solutions that might HB593 would allow large scale industrial solar help me better represent you. My phone number is energy development on A grade land. Of the 1.8 586-7330. My email address is SenRiviere@capitol. million acres of land classified as agricultural in hawaii.gov. Follow us on FaceBook or online at Hawaii, there remain only 55,800 acres of Grade SenatorRiviere.com. Please visit us in Room 202 at A land, the highest quality and most valuable ag the Capitol; or let’s talk closer to home, maybe the land.