August's Board Meeting

The board meeting last night was eventful.  We had some great presentations by community members.  Kaneo'he Christmas Parade is ramping up and they gave us a wonderful informative presentation.  They are asking people that want to participate to email them at KaneoheChristmasParade@yahoo.com and they will send you a link to take care of registration and payments online.

Where the night got interesting was when two different clubs made presentations on utilizing Kaneohe Beach Park for, one group, paddling practice and the other for sailing.  The paddlers belong to a Kailua based paddle club, but the members that live in Kaneohe would like to practice from Kaneohe Beach Park 3 nights a week.  The other group, the Kaneohe Cultural Club, is planning on using the park 2 nights a week to teach sailing.

Both groups faced mixed comments.  Some members where happy to see use of the park for wholesome activities, but they also voiced concerns of the storage of the boats and the space those may take up.  There also were competing comments to different groups which seemed to have another meaning behind them, but it was difficult to determine what that was.  A member asked repeatedly of the paddling club about who their board members and president was.  The same member expressed concerns about a Kailua club utilizing Kaneohe resources.  Aside from that concern though his questions seemed to try to be pointed at obtaining some other information, but when the chair questioned him about if there was another specific concern none was given.  Similarly the Kaneohe Cultural Club faced some questions that seemed to be trying to find a hidden agenda for making the move to Kaneohe from the boats current locations.  For board members and audience members I  think it left many confused to not have context in the background and motivation of the questions.  Hopefully if these come up again our community members will expand more so we can all be cognizant of the issues at play and come to solutions together.

Ikaika Anderson's representative faced some strong criticism from board members about his move to support a bill that will convert agricultural land in Laie to residential zoning for a development of up to 1500 homes.  Concerns were voiced on the impact this will have on traffic on Kahekili Highway and skepticism was insinuated that these homes would only be sold to locals in Laie. 

There were also presentations about two different cycling events being planned on the windward side and once the minutes are sent back to the board this will be updated with those details.

All and all it was eventful, but good to see our community voicing their thoughts and concerned about where we live.