BILL 65 Ewa Development Plan Community Amendments
Ewa Development Plan Amendments Suggested from
Previous EDP Community Meetings
1.
There should be NO BIOLAB allowed in Ewa under
the Ewa Development Plan. The planned Level 3 Bio Lab will work with some of
the most dangerous viruses in the world. There should be no deadly diseases
brought into Ewa for experimentation on live animals. The proposed Level 3 Bio
Lab will be built in very close proximity to a child day-care center and many
very large nearby home rental developments and Hawaiian Homelands developments.
Beyond them in close proximity are elementary, junior and senior schools with
thousands of students.
2.
DHHL DeBartolo Shopping Center Compliance With
Ewa Development Plan. The DHHL DeBartolo Shopping Center project, proposed as
the second largest in the State of Hawaii with two large hotels and a massive
parking structure, needs to be re-examined by DHHL and conformed to the intent
of the Ewa Development Plan. Public hearings are needed along with meetings with
DHHL administration to encourage compliance with the EDP. The State and City
governments should arrange land swaps with DHHL in the central Kapolei business
district so that DHHL can achieve their revenue goals while also being in
compliance with the EDP.
3.
No desalination plant in EDP. The concept of
Hawaiian ahupua'a sustainability and the Konohiki system should be the guiding
policy with no desalination plant in the Ewa Development Plan. New development
in the Ewa Plains should cease when there is the clear warning that natural
aquifer water resources are being maximized. Without a wise guiding water
supply policy based upon centuries of observation and knowledge the Ewa Plains
are doomed to a future landscape that is vastly over built, over crowded and
over polluted with exhausted water resources and ever higher public and private
maintenance fees.
4.
Requirement that before any new schools in the
Ewa Development Plan can be constructed with air-conditioning that all current
schools be provided with air-conditioning first.
5.
Ewa Village Master Plan Needs To Be Completed. Recommend
a Special Cultural and Historical Preservation District be established in
Kalaeloa / 'Ewa to include: Ewa Field battlefield, the Hawaiian archeological
features, the OR & L Railway, the
three (3) 'Ewa Historic Villages (Renton, Tenney and Varona), the plantation
Manager's Mansion and the old grave yard and have all of these sites placed on
the National Historic Register.
6.
East West connector road- no Hoopili/Dr Horton development allowed
until that road is built first and completed, from Kualaka`i Parkway to Aawa
Drive.
7.
The Critical Need To Preserve Top Grade
Irrigation Ready Food Sustainability Farmland. The State of Hawaii Department
of Agriculture has confirmed that a majority of the Ho'opili lands slated for
development are classified as "A" or "B" grade, or
"prime" lands under the state's agricultural land grading system.
8.
Ewa Historic & Cultural Resources. This area
was known as Kanehili and encompasses Hawaiian trails, habitation sites, burial
sites and traditional cultural practice areas. Leina a ka Uhane (spiritual
leaping off place back to the homeland of Tahiti) – wahi pana (sacred place)
which was in the very recent April 2012 HART TCP (Traditional Cultural Place)
Survey Report.
9.
Preservation of Special Ewa Plains Historic
Heritage Trails. Recognize that there still are very special Ewa Historic
Trails, first identified on Western maps in 1825 with coordination with the
State of Hawaii “Na Ala Hele” Hawaii Trail and Access Program to begin the
geographic information system registration of the Ewa Plains trails into the
State’s historic trails inventory.
10.
HCDA Kalaeloa Coordination with City Ewa
Development Plan. HCDA should conform to the Ewa Development Plan and not allow
Spot Zoning projects which may not be compatible with the adjacent Ewa
communities and commerical/industrial areas.
11.
Kapolei Business District. Build the downtown
business district in Kapolei proper defined by boundaries of Kalaeloa Boulevard
to the west and Ft. Barrett Road to the east parallel between Kapolei Parkway
and Farrington Highway.
12.
Ewa Plains Karst Water System. The Ewa Plains is
composed of a major ancient coral reef Karst fresh water system with important
hydrological and geological features that requires special mitigations, as well
as possible land development hazards. This Ewa Plains underground Karst water
system is documented by the US Geological Survey, US Fish & Wildlife,
University of Hawaii’s SOEST and Coastal Geology programs, State Water Board
and Honolulu City and County commissioned hydrology studies. Restored Ewa
Plains sinkholes have been documented to show that native Hawaiian shrimp will
naturally appear without restocking due to the interconnected below ground
water flow.
13.
North South Rd. Kualaka`i Parkway should
terminate at Roosevelt Road and Coral Sea Road becomes main arterial
thoroughfare to the Ewa shore and as second access route for Haseko
development.
14.
Move Urban Growth Boundary. Move Urban Growth
Boundary south to Mango Tree Blvd - East
to Ft Weaver- and West to Kualaka`i Parkway to ensure preservation of important
high quality agricultural lands.
15.
Ewa Transportation. Change from
"should" to "shall" in 4.1.6 GENERAL POLICIES. Adequate
capacity for peak-hour H-1 freeway commuting is agreed to be Level of Service
D. The H-1 freeway has been at E for
years, and will be at F by 2030—with Rail and without Ho’opili. The ‘Ewa Neighborhood Board approved of
changing “should” to “shall” in all of these statements. Provide adequate
capacity for major peak-hour commuting to work in the Primary Urban Center.
Adequate capacity for major peak-hour commuting shall be the national standard:
Level of Service D. (Although the share of residents who will both live and
work in Ewa is projected to increase from 17% in 1990 to 44% by 2020, a
majority of residents will still commute to jobs outside the region.)
