1-18-99 ACA Minutes
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AIEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MEETING  01/18/99

 

Present were Gary, Denise, June, Claire, Mark, Kimberly

Pearl Harbor shoreline was the discussion tonight.  The Navy plans to phase

out McGrew Military housing in 10-20 years.

It took $6 million to fix the Mighty Mo

Gary presented a slide show of the different areas of the Pearl Harbor Bike

Path

o7 Project has been named Pearl Harbor Historic Trail

o7  Possible funding could come from the federal government

o7     *VP Gore prevent urban sprawl initiative

o7      *President Clinton open space initiative

o7 Need to create attractions

o7 Key is OR&L Railroad

o7 Currently train runs to Ko Olina to Ewa Village w/ a grant to extend to

Waipahu

o7 Need access to open up shoreline to visitors and public

o7 Need to capture visitors from PH memorials and Ko Olina

o7 Resident visitors captured at traffic center at Aloha Stadium

o7 Modes of transport may include:  Bike, train, bus, trolley, jitney

o7 Need to research shoreline history

o7 Need to talk to major landowners

o7 Need to create/ find funding for Planning study

 

Other components relating to the PH shoreline that was discussed

o7 Gaining support to obtaining McGrew Point and turning it into a cultural

community center

o7 Pa'ai'au Fishpond -deemed preservation?  Network w/ Nestor Garcia for

input.

o7 Job/Enterprise creation through creation of Ag. Learning center, bike

rental, and economic community dev.

o7 Barbers Point as biggest recreation center of the pacific

o7 Park Improvement projects