Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 10, 1 October 2015 — HOʻOLAHA LEHULEHU PUBLIC NOTICE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOʻOLAHA LEHULEHU PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONS ULTATION SECTION 106 OF THE NAĪIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966 AS AMENDED (2006) HAMAKUA DRIVE BIKEWAY IMPROVEMENTS TRADITIONAL DISTRICT OF KOOLAUPOKO, ISLAND OF OAHU, HAWAII FEDERAL-AID PROJECT NO. STP-6010 (001) Tax Map Keys: (1) 4-2-001,003,038,077 AND 082 Nohee is hereby given that the Federal Highway Administration, the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Division, and the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Services propose a bikeway improvement project. The location of the project is in Kailua along Hamakua Drive. The project limits go from Kailua Road along Hamakua Drive to Keolu Drive. The current vehicle traffic and on-street parking configuration will be altered to accommodate the new bike lanes. The proposed condition will have at least one lane in eaeh direction, with a possible reduction of on-street parking capacity. The City and County of Honolulu is also considering implementing the removal of travel lanes from Hamakua Drive, between Hekili Street and Keolu Drive, whieh would reconfigure the vehicular travel lanes to provide one lane in eaeh direction, and a twoway left turn median lane between Hekili Street and Aoloa Street. The planned undertaking includes the following tasks: removal of pave-

ment striping, markings and signage along the existing roadway and affected intersections, and installation of new striping, markings, and signage to reflect the reconfigured vehicular and bicycle lanes and on-street parking. The existing pavement and edge of roadway will remain in its current condition. The only subsurface disturbance will be for the installation of signage. The area of potential effect for the project is proposed to be the existing Right-of-Way limits of Hamakua Drive and short segments of the intersecting streets. Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (2006), Native Hawaiian Organizations and Native Hawaiian descendants with ancestral lineal or cultural ties to, cultural knowledge or concems for, and eultural or religious attachment to the proposed project area are requested to contact Ms. Kelly Cruz via email at kcruz@honolulu.gov or by US Postal Service to Attn: Kelly Cruz, City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Services, 650 South King Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Please Respond by November 20, 2015. HONOLULU AHUPUA'A NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that a human burial site, designated as State Inventory of Historic Places (SIHP) # 50-80-14-7770, and previously disturbed, disarticulated human remains, designated as SIHP # -7772, were identified by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine. during the course of an archaeological inventory survey related to the Block B West Project, Kaka'ako, Honolulu Ahupua'a, Honolulu (Kona) District, O'ahu, TMK: [1] 2-3-001:005 (portion). Following the procedures of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43, and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, these remains are believed to be over 50 years old. Based on the context of the finds, they are most likely Native Hawaiian. The project area is located within the 'ili of Kukuluāe'o. Background research indicates that during the

Māhele, this 'ili was awarded to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Kuleana (maka' āiinana) Land Commission Awards (LCA) within the vicinity include LCA 1903 to Lolohi and LCA 10463 to Napela. The landowner is Victoria Ward Limited (VWL), and the contact person is: Dawn Chang, 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 750, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 [TEL (808) 539-3583, FAX (808) 539-3581]. The landowner has proposed preservation in plaee for SIHP # -7770 and relocation for SIHP # -7772; however, the decision to preserve in plaee or relocate these previously identified human remains shall be made by the O'ahu Island Burial Council in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) and any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Appropriate treatment shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38. All persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these human remains are requested to immediately contact Ms. Regina Hilo at 601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room555, Kapolei, Hawai'i 96707 [TEL (808) 692-8015, FAX (808) 692-8020]. All interested parties shall respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and file descendancy elaim forms and/or provide information to the SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these designated burials or cultural descent fromancestors buried in the same ahupua 'a or district. WAIALUA AHUPUA'A NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN a historic property containing the human skeletal remains of an estimated minimum number of three individuals was documented by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine. in the course of an archaeological inventory survey for a Hale'iwa Town Improvement District Walkway/Utility/ Landscaping Project The burial site is located in the ahupua'a of Kawailoa, Waialua District, O'ahu, TMK [1] 6-2-012:Kamehameha Highway Right-of-Way (City and County of

Honolulu) and TMK [ 1 ] 6-2-012:030 (Kamehameha Schools). The find is located east ( mauka ) across Kamehameha Highway from the entrance to 66-011 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa Joes Seafood Grill. The project proponent is the City and County of Honolulu (Department of Design and Construction) [eontact: Ann Shimatsu (808) 768-8805/ ashimatsu@honolulu.gov. The find is a set of highly fragmented human bone fragments found in a secondary context scattered throughout a layer of fill sediments. These fragments were discovered within an exploratory test excavation in a road shoulder and are not associated with any surface feature or subsurface cultural layer. This burial site is assessed as over 50 years old. Background research indicates that in the Māhele this area was awarded to the aii 'i Victoria Kamāmalu. Neighboring kuleana claims were awarded including LCA 9951:3 to La'anui andLCA 3942:4 to Nauahi (Nauwahi). The decision to preserve in plaee orrelocate these previously identified skeletal remains shall be made by the O'ahu Island Burial Council and the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) in consultation with any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Proper treatment of the burials shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38 or 13-300-39. It is hereby requested that persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these burials immediately contact Ms. Regina Hilo, O'ahu Burial Sites Specialist, located at Room 555 Kākuhihewa Building, 601 Kamōkila Blvd., Kapolei, Hawai'i, 96707, [Phone: (808) 692-8020, Fax: (808) 6928020 e-mail Regina.Hilo@hawaii. gov], to provide information regarding appropriate treatment of these burials. All interested parties should respond to this notice by filing descendancy elaim forms with the SHPD and/or by providing information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from this specific burial or cultural descent fromancestors buried in the vicinity of the survey area. ■