The Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) is planning to make repairs to the open channel and box culvert portions of the drainage structure along the Ewa (western) boundary of the Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park and the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).  The Office of Planning, Coastal Zone Management Program will hold a public hearing on this project on May 6, 2008 beginning at 9:30 a.m.  The hearing will be held at 235 S. Beretania Street (Leiopapa a. Kamehameha Building), Suite 600.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony, written or oral, regarding the consistency or inconsistency of the request with the Special Management Area (SMA) guidelines in Chapter 15-150, Hawaii Administrative Rules, which govern special management areas and shoreline areas within community development districts.

All interested persons are invited to attend.  Those desiring to testify may register before the start of the hearing at the hearing site.  Testifiers are encouraged to submit a copy of the testimony in writing.  Written testimony alone should be submitted before or at the time of public hearing to be included in the findings of the hearing and for consideration in the assessment of the request.  Testimony may be mailed to the Office of Planning, P.O. Box 2359, Honolulu, Hawaii 96804, delivered to the place above, or faxed to 587-2824.

For persons requesting special accommodations due to disabilities, please contact the Office of Planning at 587-2840 or submit a written request to its mailing address above at least 10 days before the scheduled hearing.

For more information on the project, contact Stephen Miyamoto, HCDA Project Engineer, at 587-8168.

PUBLIC HEARING FACTS:

DATE:                        May 6, 2008

TIME:                         9:30 a.m.

PLACE:                       235 S. Beretania St., (Leiopapa A Kamehameha Building), Suite 600

FILE NO.:                   SMA/08-1

APPLICATION:            Special Management Area (SMA) Use Approval

APPLICANT:                State of Hawaii, Hawaii Community Development Authority

AGENT:                       Kimura International

LOCATION:                 Kakaako Community Development District

TAX MAP KEY NO.:       2-1-06: 08 (por.) and 2-1-06: 09 (por.)

REQUEST:                   Repairs to open channel and box culvert portions of drainage structure along western (Ewa) boundary of Kakaako Waterfront Park
                                   and John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).