Kapolei-Makakilo Neighborhood Board Passes Resolutions Opposing Ho’opili and Ewa Development Plan

The Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale No. 34 on Wednesday evening, August 28, 2013 passed two important resolutions opposing the Ewa Development Plan in its current version and strongly opposing the Ho’opili development. The resolution opposing Ho’opili states “BE IT RESOLVED that Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board states its strong opposition to the Ho’opili development,” which was passed unanimously by the newly elected board members. The resolution opposing Bill 65, the Ewa Development Plan stats the board was “IN OPPOSITION TO THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE ‘EWA DEVELOPMENT PLAN” and passed was also passed Unanimously by the neighborhood board. Attached are the full resolutions as adopted. For further information contact: Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale No. 34 Chair Evelyn Souza ************************************************************ RESOLUTION OF THE MAKAKILO-KAPOLEI-HONOKAI HALE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD RESCINDING SUPPORT FOR THE HO’OPILI PROJECT WHEREAS, Article 11, Section 3 of the 1978 Hawaii State Constitution as amended orders that “the State shall conserve and protect agricultural lands, promote diversified agriculture, increase agricultural self-sufficiency and assure availability of agriculturally suitable lands;” and WHEREAS, Act 183, passed in 2005 “requires identification of Important Agricultural Lands (IAL), and, under the standards set forth in Act 183, the Ho’opili farmlands qualify as Important Agricultural Lands; and WHEREAS, in February, 2012, the Honolulu City Council passed Resolution 12-23 CD1 FD1, urging the city’s [...]