SUBJECT: PUBLIC ACCESS - OPEN SPACE MEETING
SOURCE: LEANORA KAIAOKAMALIE LKaiaokamalie@kauai.hawaii.gov
POSTED: 6 May 2005 - 7:30am HST
Lihue Meeting scheduled for May 11th
kapu sign (Hawaiian equivalent of "taboo") often used by non-Hawaiians with deeds
The next meeting of the Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Preservation Fund Commission will be held on Wednesday, May 11th from 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Room 2a & 2b, 4444 Rice Street, Lihue HI 96766 The agenda will include a staff report regarding comments received on the final draft of The Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resourses Preservation Fund Commission's 2005 Report to the Kauai County Council, Including Recommendations for Priority (2005 Rpeort to Council). In addition, the agenda will review the final draft of the 2005 Report to Council and any new business. for more information contact: Leanora
P.D. Kaiaokamalie phone:
808 241-6677 |
SUBJECT: PUBLIC ACCESS - OPEN SPACE MEETING
Lihue Meeting scheduled for February 23rd
POSTED: 21 February 2005 - 7:45pm HST
SOURCE: LEANORA KAIAOKAMALIE LKaiaokamalie@kauai.hawaii.gov
Salt Pond Beach sunset Christmas Eve 2001
The next meeting of the Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Preservation Fund Commission will be held on Wednesday, February 23 from 9:00am to 2:00pm at the Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Room 2a & 2b, 4444 Rice Street, Lihue HI 96766 The agenda will include communications from County Council Chair Kaipo Asing regarding relocation of beach access to Kaupea Beach ("Secret Beach" in Kilauea, Kauai. There will also be a presentation by Rhoda Libre of the Kauai Westside Watershed Council to update the Commission on Hanapepe-Eleele Development Plan Projects. After these communications there will be the discussion of new business. for more information contact: Leanora
P.D. Kaiaokamalie phone: 808
241-6677 |
SUBJECT: PUBLIC ACCESS - OPEN SPACE MEETING
SOURCE: JUAN WILSON juanwilson@mac.com
POSTED: 27 January 2005 - 10:00am HST
Lihue Meeting invites public comment
PMRF
airport on westside of Kauai on Mana Plain
by Juan Wilson published 27 January 2005 The Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Preservation Fund (PAOSNRFC) Commission met at the Lihue Civic Center and invited public comments and suggestions on priorities for 2005. Scott Derickson, of the State Department of Planning spoke about federal funding of projects that would be applicable to the goals of the PAOSNRFC. He said Federal Funds are becoming available to protect shorelines through Coastal & Estuary Land Conservation Program (CELCP). The
CELCP is recent law. The final guidelines
were developed by NOAA in June 2003.
States must develop a planning process
and must delevop plans. There will
be competition at the federal level
between states for the funds. It
is not enough to just to buy land
and obtain easements. The management
over time of coastal land is the
key issue that will be reviewed. Also speaking at the PAOSNRFC was Chipper Wichman, Director of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens in Lawaikai. Chipper made a presentation on preserving Lawaikai. He does not want an eastside dedicated public access into Lawaikai, even though this has been a priority by some planners. He asks that the NTBG be allowed to continue limited pubic access. With the development of Kukuiula (see article) and thousands of new residents, a dedicated public access could overwhelm Lawaikai and the efforts of NTBG. Lawaikai is one of few honu nesting sites left on island. Honu are sensitive to vegetation. The native plant species are critical to turtle nesting. Human beach activity damages fragile beach conditions. Even suntan oil left in the sand can be a problem. Even
Chipper expressed being torn between
public access and preservation.
Chipper added that it is his opinion that the coffee fields to the west on McBryde property will likely be developed and that west side access to Lawaikai will be an issue as well. He asked the PAOSNRFC to imagine a time in the future when there might be no natural beach settings left on the south shore of Kauai and honu would no longer breed on our island. I, Juan Wilson, made a short presentation on gaining access to the shoreline now restricted by the Pecific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). I submitted the following letter as a suggestion on priorities for the PAOSNRFC.
The next meeting of the Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Preservation Fund Commission will be held on Wednesday, 9 February 2005 from 8:00am to12:00pm at the Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Room 2a & 2b, 4444 Rice Street, Lihue HI 96766 for more information contact: Leanora
P.D. Kaiaokamalie phone:
808 241-6677 |
SUBJECT: PUBLIC ACCESS - OPEN SPACE MEETING
SOURCE: LEANORA KAIAOKAMALIE LKaiaokamalie@kauai.hawaii.gov
POSTED: 20 January 2005 - 12:30pm HST
Lihue Meeting scheduled for January 26
Sunset over Salt Pond Beach Park by Juan Wilson
The next meeting of the Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Preservation Fund Commission will be held on Wednesday, January 26 from 8:00am to12:00pm at the Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Room 2a & 2b, 4444 Rice Street, Lihue HI 96766 The agenda will include information presented by Scott Derrickson, of the State Office of Planning, about the Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation Program. There will also be a discussion of the results of staff research and further narrowing of priority list for 2005 projects. for more information contact: Leanora
P.D. Kaiaokamalie phone:
808 241-6677 A presentation by Josh Stanbro, of the Trust for Public Land, regarding Hawaii initiatives and opportunities for partnership will be made at the regularly scheduled Commission Meeting on 9 February 2005 For an article
about the last Public Access meeting click here |
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