Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 2, 1 February 2008 — Lāʻau Point EIS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Lāʻau Point EIS

The puhlie has until Feb. 22 to submit connnents on the new draft environmental impact statement for a proposed luxury development at Lā'au Point. Moloka'i Properties Ltd. released the more than 1,500page draft EIS on lan. 8, starting the 45-day connnent period. Moloka'i Properties is requesting the state Land Use Connnission reclassify about 1,400 acres of

land on Moloka'i from agricultural to rural so it ean develop 200 2-acre lots for luxury homes. The landowner rescinded its previous draft EIS in November after two days of emohonal testimony before the connnission. Supporters say the development — part of the Connnunity-Based Master Land Use Plan — will bring money, jobs and a return of lands; opponents say it will infringe upon the island's rural landscape and natural and cultural resources. Mail comments to: Moloka'i Properties Ltd., 745 Fort Street Mall, Suite 600, Honolulu, HI 96813. Copies should also be sent to the State Land Use Commission, P.O. Box 2359, Honolulu, HI 96804; and to the Office of Environmental Quality Control, 235 S. Beretania St., Suite 702, Honolulu, HI 96813.

Commemorating her 1 76th hirthday on Dec. 19, Kamehameha Schools dedicated a bronze statue of benefactor Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center's Royal Grove. Kahu Kordell Kekoa presided over the program, whieh included a rare kōhili processional, 40 members of Hawaiian royal sociefies, sfudents, Kamehameha leaders Dee Jay Mailer, J. Douglas lng and Nainoa Thompson, and representatives of The Fesfival Cos., fhe shopping cenfer's manager and developer. Named "Ka 'lkena Ho'oulu a Pauahi," or "The inspired vision of Pauahi," fhe statue by Kamehameha graduate Sean Kekamakupa'a Ka'onohiokalani Lee Loy Browne depicts the princess seated, denoting her humhle demeanor, pahenee and aloha. - Photo: Courtesy ofRoyal Hawaiian Shopping Center