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    • 2012 APA Innovation in Sustaining Places Award
    • 2012 Historic Preservation Commendation
    • 2011 APA Environment/Preservation Award
    • 2011 Historic Preservation Commendation
    • 2011 Pualu Award for Culture & Heritage
    • 2010 APA Environment/Preservation Award
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Outreach and Support

Outreach, Support for Projects

We believe that outreach and support efforts are important activities. We work to include differing constituencies by first helping them to understand what the project is and then receiving their support for the project.

Following are summaries of outreach activities, as well as awards to projects we have been involved with:

ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program

The ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program was unanimously approved by the Hawaiian Homes Commission. In addition to the support noted below, an Advisory Group, selected and administered by Hoʻokuleana LLC, provided support and feedback for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program. Letters and Statements of Support for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program were received from:

Native Hawaiian Entities:
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Aliʻi Chapter
Kahea Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance
Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club of Kona
Bishop Museum

Environmental:
The Nature Conservancy
Hawaiʻi Audubon Society
Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi
The Trust for Public Lands
Big Island Invasive Species Committee

Federal:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Army – Pōhakuloa Training Area

Land Trusts:
Kamehameha Schools
Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust
Queen Emma Land Company

Business:
Hawaiʻi Island Economic Development Board
Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce
Hawaiʻi Forest Industry Association

University:
University of Hawaiʻi, CTAHR
University of Hawaiʻi, NREM
University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo-CAFNRM

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Waikīkī Kauhale O Ho‘okipa

We are working with Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NaHHA) with the Waikīkī – Kauhale O Hoʻokipa Scenic Byway (recognizing ‘roads that tell stories.”)  Although many of the sites and structures of Waikīkī from the ancient times are long gone, many of these pre-contact Hawaiian places, environment, people, history and culture still convey the sense of earlier importance through continued use of original place names for areas, streets, surf sites, symbols, etc and other references to these people, places and times.  Though gone, they are not forgotten and continue to express the ways of the past.  Letters and Statements of Support for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program were received from:

Native Hawaiian Entities:
Queen Emma Land
Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust
Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust Board
‘Iolani Palace

Government:
State Senate & House Resolution
C&C Council Resolution
State Dept. of Transportation
C&C Transportation Services
Waikiki Neighborhood Board

Associations:
Waikiki Improvement Association
Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association

Visitor Industry:
Starwood Hotels
Pleasant Holidays
Chaminade University
E Noa Corporation
Alaska Airlines
Avis Budget Group
Ilima Hotel
Mauna Lani Resort

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Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast

Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast was designated the state’s second Hawaiʻi Scenic Byway. A Local Byway Committee was involved in the review and recommendations for the Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast.  Letters and Statements of Support for the Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast were received from:

Government:
Commendation from Mayor Billy Kenoi
Department of Research & Development

Native Hawaiian Entities:
Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Moku O Kona
Betty C. Kanuha Foundation, Inc.
Ahuʻena Heiau, Inc.
Kamehameha Investment Corporation

Community Groups:
Local Byway Committee
Kona Outdoor Circle
Daughters of Hawaiʻi

Business:
Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Keauhou Resort
King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel
Destination Kona Coast


Thirty Meter Telescope

The Thirty Meter Telescope permitting process includes an Environmental Impact Statement and Conservation District Use Permit processing. The following is a summary of some of the individuals and organizations, among many, that provided statements of support for the Thirty Meter Telescope:

Native Hawaiian Entities:
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
State Assn. of Hawaiian Civic Clubs
Kahu Ku Mauna
Numerous Individuals

Labor:
Hawaiʻi Carpenters Union, Local 745
Hawaiʻi Operating Engineers Local 3
Plumbers and Fitters, Local 675
Hawaiʻi Local Labor Union #368

Community:
Numerous from across the State

Government:
Mayor Billy Kenoi
Department of Research & Development

Business:
Pacific Resource Partnership
Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce
Hawaiʻi Island Economic Development Board
Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce
Japanese Chamber of Commerce

University:
University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa
University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo
Office of Mauna Kea Management


ʻOʻoma Beachside Village

American Planning Association-Hawaiʻi Chapter awarded PBR Hawaiʻi and ʻOʻoma Beachside Village with the 2009 Outstanding Planning Award. Community outreach included working with the ʻOʻoma Beachside Village Citizen Advisory Committee, the broader community and Hui O Na Kupuna (a native Hawaiian cultural group.) The following is a summary of Letters and Statements of Support received from:

Native Hawaiian Entities:
Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Moku O Hawaiʻi
Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club-Kona
Bobby Lindsey (OHA Trustee)
Several Lineal Descendents

Labor:
Hawaii Operating Engineers Local 3, District 17
Hawaii Local Labor Union #368

Community:
Numerous individuals from the community
ʻOʻoma Citizen Advisory Committee

Government:
Hawaiʻi County Planning Department
Office of Planning
Former Mayor Harry Kim

Business:
Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce
Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce
Hawaiʻi Island Economic Development Board
Japanese Chamber of Commerce

University:
Hawaiʻi-Sea Grant College Program
Center for Smart Building & Community Design

Filed Under: Services

Permitting and Entitlement

Processing Permits through the Department of Land and Natural Resources, including:

  • Conservation District Use Application
  • Habitat Conservation Plans
  • Shoreline Permitting
  • Encroachment Issues

Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) Processing

This application is necessary for applying for for land use(s) within the State of Hawaii Conservation District.  CUDA processing we have been involved in include:

ʻOʻoma Beachside Village

Hoʻokuleana LLC prepared and processed a CDUA for shoreline protection issues, including an interim preservation plan associated with that project.

Hoʻokuleana interacted and worked with Hawaiʻi county and state administrations and various department personnel, assisted in interacting and working with the public groups and provided assistance, review and recommendations on related public processes and documentation.

Community outreach included working with the ʻOʻoma Beachside Village Citizen Advisory Committee and Hui O Na Kupuna (a native Hawaiian cultural group.)

Thirty Meter Telescope

Hoʻokuleana LLC provided assistance, review and recommendations on related public processes and documentation including, the CDUA process , permitting, site utilization, natural resource concerns and cultural resource concerns.

Hoʻokuleana LLC additionally, interacted and worked with Hawaiʻi county and state administrations and various department personnel with county and state government and provided assistance in interacting and working with the public and certain environmental groups, native Hawaiian groups, neighbors and other organizations.

Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)

Kaloko Makai Dryland Forest Preserve

The Kaloko Makai Dryland Forest Preserve Habitat Conservation Plan addresses anticipated impacts to state and federal threatened, endangered and listed species from the construction of the Kaloko Makai development at Kaloko and Kohanaiki, North Kona, Hawaiʻi pursuant to Chapter 195D, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS 195D).

Hoʻokuleana LLC is working with the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DLNR-DOFAW) and the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWSon development of a HCP as well as mitigation measures to achieve a net benefit for the listed species being disturbed.

Shoreline Permitting

Local building and planning departments require that improvements are not placed too close to the coast, so setbacks from the certified shoreline are imposed on improvements.  Shorelines are “certified” for County setback purposes.  Certified shorelines do not determine ownership; they serve as reference points in determining where improvements may be placed.

Some people inadvertently (and, unfortunately, some covertly) do things in the shoreline area without a permit; permits are required for work in this area.  A prior owner may have done something, but the liability and responsibility to correct it ends up with the present owner.

Peter Young and Jennifer Barra were in the thick of things on these issues while at DLNR, some of Hoʻokuleana LLC’s consulting work has included helping people correct (eliminate and/or subsequently permit) encroachments (walls, rocks, docks, vegetation, etc) beyond the shoreline and private property owner’s boundary line.

Possible shoreline issues include issues with seawalls; other issues of concern are the obvious placement of rocks within the wash of the waves – vegetation encroaching below a property line is a related concern.  Each of these requires a permit.

Hoʻokuleana LLC feel strongly that it is important to correct past errors, not ignore them (even if they were pre-existing when an owner bought.)  Likewise, people should get a permit for any work near the shoreline area.  Hoʻokuleana LLC is willing to help people through the process of getting a permit to do something new or to correct prior mistakes.

Encroachment Issues

Processing Permits through the Counties, including:

  • Subdivision
  • Zoning
  • Implementation of Community Development Plans
  • Land use permitting

Filed Under: Services

Planning

Master planning, as well as component plans i.e. habitat restoration plans, habitat conservation plans, sustainability plans, market and marketing strategies,etc.

Planning projects Hoʻokuleana LLC have been involved in, include:

ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program – Preparation of Master Plan and Implementation Work Plan

The ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program is DHHL’s long‐range planning document geared to restore and protect approximately 56,000‐acres of native Hawaiian forest on Mauna Kea that is ecologically, culturally and economically self‐sustaining for the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, its beneficiaries and the community.

ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program – Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA)

As part of the Environmental Assessment preparation process, a separate Cultural Impact Assessment was prepared for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program.  The scope of work for the Cultural Impact Assessment included examination of cultural and historical resources, with the specific purpose of identifying traditional Hawaiian activities as may be indicated in the historic or oral history records; a review of previous archaeological work and the identification and description of cultural resources, practices, and beliefs associated with ʻĀina Mauna; and consultation and interviews with knowledgeable parties regarding traditional cultural practices, present and/or past uses of the area.

Waikīkī – Kauhale O Hoʻokipa Scenic Byway – Preparation of Nomination, Application and Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

Hawaiian with surfboard and Diamond Head in the background-(WC)-c. 1890-450Waikīkī – Kauhale O Hoʻokipa Scenic Byway runs through the core of Waikīkī. Literally, ‘Waikīkī – Kauhale O Hoʻokipa’ translates to ‘Waikīkī – Home of Hospitality.’ But, this context of “Home” can expand and also represent the community of Waikīkī. Through the telling of stories of Waikīkī (and a goal of the establishment of a Scenic Byway (and dream of NaHHA founder, George Kanahele,)) we help to restore Hawaiianness to Waikīkī in a positive, productive and respectful way. The sense of place of Waikīkī lies within these stories, under the overarching contexts of “Aloha” and “Hoʻokipa” (Hospitality.)

Holo Holo Kōloa Scenic Byway – Preparation of Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

Holo Holo Kōloa Scenic Byway is situated on the South Shore of the island of Kauaʻi in the State of Hawaiʻi (in the historic Old Kōloa Town, running down and through the Poʻipū Beach resort area.)  The focus of interest along the Holo Holo Kōloa corridor is the region‘s history and the role this area played in helping to shape Hawaiʻi‘s socio-economic past, present and future.  As noted in the book The Kauaʻi Album, “The history of Kōloa is in many ways Hawai‘i’s history in microcosm.”  The Holo Holo Kōloa Corridor Management Plan (CMP) is a guide to call attention to and protect the area’s significant historic, archaeological, cultural, natural, scenic and recreational resources.

Royal_Footsteps_Map-Nov2010Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast – Preparation of Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

The Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast was designated as the state’s second Hawaiʻi Scenic Byway, completing a voluntary, cooperative effort to define a vision for the future of this significant, historic roadway and its surrounding landscape.  The designated corridor extends the entire length of Aliʻi Drive, encompassing numerous places and sites that retain archaeological, historic and cultural importance.

Hōʻea Agricultural Park – Preparation of Master Plan and Management Strategy

Hōʻea Agricultural Park is a private agricultural park situated at Upolu Point in North Kohala.  The vision of the Hōʻea Agricultural Park Plan is the development and management of the agricultural park as a diversified, collaborative, sustainable system, that provides land access and farming opportunities for multiple small farmers whose production, marketing and education activities support local food availability, that is economically viable, environmentally sound and provides value for all participants – the North Kohala community, farmers, collaborators and Hawaiʻi County residents.

Filed Under: Services

Environmental Review

Environmental Assessment (EA)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Preparation and Assistance, etc.

Thirty Meter Telescope – Assistance in EIS Preparation and Review

Hoʻokuleana LLC served on the review team for the draft and final environmental impact statement prepared for the Thirty Meter Telescope.  In addition, Hoʻokuleana LLC is assisting to provide assistance, review and recommendations on related public processes and documentation (including, but not limited to, various stages of EIS preparation/response/ revision, permitting, site utilization, natural resource concerns and cultural resource concerns.)

ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program – Environmental Assessment

The ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program is DHHL’s long‐range planning document geared to restore and protect approximately 56,000‐acres of native Hawaiian forest on Mauna Kea that is ecologically, culturally and economically self‐sustaining for the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, its beneficiaries and the community.  EA actions and analysis include:

  • Native Forest Restoration and Sustainable Koa Forestry
  • Invasive Plant Control and Remnant Invasive Species Eradication
  • Non‐Native Wildlife Control and Management (i.e. ungulates)
  • Road System, Fencing, Water Systems etc.
  • Research and Community Outreach
  • Cultural Impact Assessment

ʻOʻoma Beachside Village – Assistance in EIS Preparation and Review

New Picture (12)ʻOʻoma Beachside Village is proposed as a diverse coastal residential community, designed as a walkable, interconnected, environmentally-conscious, mixed-use community with diverse housing options.  Hoʻokuleana LLC assisted in the preparation and review of the EIS for the project.  In addition, Peter Young served as the landowner representative for the ʻOʻoma project and participated on the core review team for the EIS preparation and review.  Peter Young provided assistance, review and recommendations on related public processes and documentation including, various stages of EIS and permitting.

Kapaʻa Highlands II – EA Preparation and Review & Preparation of Sustainability Plan

Kapaʻa Highlands II, on the island of Kauaʻi, is a proposed development of a mix of single-family and multi-family residential, market and affordable rate homes. The development seeks to fill the housing needs of Kapaʻa within the Urban Center of the district.  Situated in close proximity to schools and commercial areas, Kapaʻa Highlands II is proposed to be a sustainable community that preserves the rural character of Kapaʻa while meeting its growing housing needs.

The Kapaʻa Highlands II Sustainability Plan is a comprehensive set of goals, strategies and actions focused on improving environmental quality, economic strength and social benefit within the Kapaʻa Highlands II project, as well as the broader community.  The Plan serves as a roadmap guiding Kapaʻa Highlands II toward a more sustainable future, with implementation of actions through a comprehensive, inclusive stakeholder process.

Kaloko Makai – EIS Preparation and Review

Kaloko Makai is a compact mixed-use community offering a wide range of housing types and affordability, and a variety of businesses and employment opportunities, focused around an initial urgent care facility and with land available for a new regional hospital.  Kaloko Makai has been identified as a TOD designated in the Kona CDP.

 

Filed Under: Services

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