Makaha Sub-District
Meeting Minutes

NOTES FROM MEETING NO. 1 WITH MAKAHA WORKING GROUP

The meeting was held Wednesday, November 15, 2000 at 7:00 PM at the Arts and Crafts Room, Wai`anae District Park. Nineteen community members attended this meeting. The City's planning team was represented by David Bills of Gray, Hong, Bills and Bruce Tsuchida of Townscape, Inc.

1. General Issues



1. Will emergency routes be wide enough for buses and emergency vehicles?



1. (Ans: generally, yes, with minimum paved width of 20 feet.)
   



2. Will emergency routes be open all the time or closed except for emergency events?



1. (Ans: we will have to determine this on a case-by-case basis.)
   



3. Farrington Highway problems in Makaha are really only caused by:



1. (a) major events/traffic at Wai`anae High School, and



2. (b) sand washing up onto the highway in the area of the intersection with Makaha Valley Road.
   



4. Should use existing roads as much as possible. New roads will cost a lot of money!



5. Need to ask: how often will emergency situations arise?



6. Need to prioritize emergency routes and implement higher priorities first.



7. How long will the environmental clearance process take? Is there a way to do environmental clearances for Makaha area emergency roads only, so Makaha projects don't have to wait for environmental clearances for more complex emergency roads in other areas of the Coast?



8. "Fight for H-4!"



2. Discussion of Specific Routes (generally moving north to south)



1. DOT Section - Needed. Would be open all the time = "new" section of Farrington Highway.



2. Alts A and B connecting Water St. with Kili Drive - Both alternatives would have to cross Makaha Stream. Expensive bridge would be required. Really no benefit. Existing roads can provide bypass routes for people living here. Conclusion: drop these routes from further consideration.



3. Huipu Drive new section of road - Not needed. Drop from further consideration.



4. Kaulawaha Road Extension to connect to Maiuu Road - There is an existing easement here wide enough to construct a 2-lane road. Consider also continuing new road beyond Maiuu to connect with section of Kaulawaha Road to the south. This connection would mean that Mahinaau Road would not be needed for emergency access.



5. Mahinaau Road is a private road. Problems: no streetlights, used as drug dealers' hangout, already used as a bypass route. (Note: we did not discuss issues relating to "emergency use" of private roads.)



6. New Roadway on Kung Estate Land - This roadway would cost a lot to implement. Alternate idea: use existing Ala Akau and Ala Hema streets. Would need only a short length of new road to connect these two streets. (Note: We did not discuss one shortcoming of this concept - that Ala Hema comes back down to Farrington Highway, whereas the "new road" through Kung Estate Land connects with existing roads and then with Wai`anae Valley Road about 2,000 feet mauka of Farrington. So, for example, if Farrington were blocked at Kaupuni Channel (just south of the Community Building), the Ala Akau/Ala Hema route would not provide an emergency route for Makaha Valley residents desiring to access points to the south. Possible solution: extend Ala Hema to connect with Wai`anae Valley Road.)

Next Meeting of the Makaha Working Group: Thursday, December 21^st at 7:00 PM, same location. (Wai`anae District Park - Arts and Crafts Room)

The Planning Team also agreed to give a presentation of preliminary maps to the Makaha Ahupua`a Community Association on December 14 at the Makaha Community Park.*

*The date has since been changed to January 11, 2001.

NOTES FROM MEETING NO. 2 WITH MAKAHA SUB-DISTRICT

The meeting was held Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 7:00 PM at the Wai`anae District Park, Arts and Crafts Room. Ten community members attended this meeting. David Bills of Gray, Hong, Bills and Hilarie Keehne of Townscape, Inc represented the City's planning team.

1. General Issues - Community response



1. Primary emphasis of the emergency access roads is for accidents and infrastructure interruptions.



2. Will route studies include budgets and cost analysis? Yes.



1. Will cost for necessary land acquisition be included? Yes.



3. Can the community readdress issues and selected routes after studies are completed? Yes, all proposed routes are still only alternatives and will require more decision-making.



2. Discussion of Specific Routes (generally moving north to south)



1. All alternatives for Makaha shall remain on the map for further study.



2. What is occurring at the fist section of Makaha near the beach?



1. This is a State DOT project. This study will find out what the State is working on. If the State drops this proposed route it has the possibility of being added to this emergency access route system.



3. Next Meeting
   The Makaha Sub-district does not require a third meeting in this phase. Community members will be informed of the next General Public Meeting possibly planned for the end of January.

NOTES FROM COMMUNITY MEETING #10 WITH THE MAKAHA AHUPUA`A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Betty Waller, President of the Association, had invited the consultant to speak at their regular monthly meeting. Bruce Tsuchida, President of Townscape, Inc., represented the consultant team. Fifteen community members were present.

Mr. Tsuchida summarized the emergency route planning to date, using two maps as visual aids. Community members had the following comments and questions:

1. Will the planners meet with neighborhood groups for specific smaller neighborhoods? (Ans: For the next General Meeting, we will send notices to all families that live on a street that may be used for emergency access.)



2. Need to take extra care for streets where there are a lot of children playing.



3. Will the City purchase (some of) the Kung Family Estate lands? (Ans: Acquisition is a possibility.)



4. Resolving a workable emergency route for Nanakuli is THE KEY to the whole program.



5. Issue: will emergency routes be open only in times of emergency, or will they become permanent new roadways? Related issues: privacy, safety, dumping, speeding, drugs. AND WHO DECIDES - the people who live on a particular street/emergency route, or the whole community? (Ans: we are trying to develop a plan that will benefit the community while being acceptable to specific neighborhoods.)



6. Lighting needed for most of these proposed emergency routes.



7. Where will funding come from? State and federal funding too?



8. Important not to "fracture" the community - best to respect the privacy of people who live on private roads.



9. Need a second, alternate route near the coast - NOT a "second highway", but an alternate way of moving up and down the coast.



10. Important to move ahead with this program and start implementing specific routes NOW.



11. Notices for the next general meeting should be put in the local papers.