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A s a community, we have the unique op- portunity to ensure preservation of our sacred, cultural and historic sites in East O‘ahu and around our island. We must act immedi- ately to preserve these sites
about how the commission’s responsibility would differ from that of the state of Ha- wai‘i Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. The bill is moving through the City Council and we encour- age you to engage with my office, other councilmembers and even share your voice through testimony. The time is now to preserve irreplace- able, historic treasures and sacred sites, including the an- cient burial caves in Wailupe.
commission, which would diversify the skills and ex- pertise of the commission. The public will have the op- portunity to vote on this bal- lot measure, which would require the planning com- mission to have at least one representative from each of the following areas: Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices, Native Hawaiian law or traditional Hawaiian land usage; land use planning, policies and principles; land develop- ment and construction; and climate change and sea lev- el rise causes, effects and
passed a measure desig- nating February as Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or Hawai- ian Language Month, and even passed a measure re- quiring the Department of Parks and Recreation to use indigenous plants in our beach parks.
manent preservation of Paikō Ridge and the protection of Wāwāmalu, I look forward to working to continue to preserve this special place we call home.
Contact Councilmem- ber Tommy Waters (D-4: Hawai‘i Kai, Kuli‘ou‘ou, Niu Valley, ‘Āina Haina, Wailupe, Wai‘alae Iki, Ka- lani Valley, Kāhala, Wil- helmina Rise, Kaimukī, por- tions of Kapahulu, Diamond Head, Black Point, Waikīkī and Ala Moana Beach Park) at 808-768-5004 or tommy. waters@honolulu.gov.
for future generations. Honolulu City Council
Pu‘uhonua o Wailupe group member Healani Sonoda-Pale explains to an equipment operator why excavation work near the Wailupe burial cave has been instructed to stop. PHOTO COURTESY PU‘UHONUA O WAILUPE
solutions, or environmental protection and preservation. The council has also
This is a key opportunity to preserve our sacred and cultural resources. I hope you will support Bill 44, re- lating to the O‘ahu Historic Preservation Commission, and vote yes on the ballot measure relating to the Plan- ning Commission. Just as the community supported the per-
vice chair Esther Kiaʻāina and I co-introduced Bill 44 to amend a 30-year-old law that established the O‘ahu Histor- ic Preservation Commission. Members were never appoint- ed to this commission. Our proposed amendments ad- dress longstanding concerns
Last year, the Council also passed a resolution relating to the planning
CITY COUNCILMEMBER TOMMY WATERS
The Need For A Historic Preservation Commission
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