Hawaii Memorial Park Environmental notoce

September 8, 2018

The Environmental Notice

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Hawaiian Memorial Park Expansion--Draft EIS

HRS §343-

5(a) Trigger

(7) Propose any reclassification of any land classified as a conservation district

District(s)

Koʻolaupoko

TMK(s)

(1) 4-5-033: por. 001

Permit(s)

State Land Use District Boundary Amendment, Grading Permit

Approving

Agency/

Accepting

Authority

Land Use Commission, State of Hawaiʻi

Mr. Daniel Orodenker, (808) 587-3827,

daniel.e.orodenker@hawaii.gov

235 South Beretania St., #406, Honolulu, HI 96813

Applicant

Hawaiian Memorial Life Plan Ltd.; 1330 Maunakea St., Honolulu, HI 96813

Mr. Jay Morford, (808) 522-5233,

jay.morford@Dignitymemorial.com

Consultant

HHF Planners; 733 Bishop St., Suite 2590, Honolulu, HI 96813

Mr. Ronald Sato, (808) 457-3172,

rsato@hhf.com

Status

Statutory 45-day public review and comment period starts.

Comments are due by October 23, 2018.

Please send comments to te approving agency/accepting authority and copy the applicant and the consultant.

Hawaiian Memorial Life Plan, Ltd. (Petitioner) owns and manages Hawaiian Memorial Park (HMP), a cemetery located in Kāne‘ohe on the Island of O‘ahu. HMP provides the community with burial plots and multiple interment options. The Petitioner proposes to expand HMP given growth in O‘ahu’s aging population and demand for ground interment and inurnment spaces. Currently, less than 6% of individual HMP plots are available. Therefore, the Petitioner is asking the State of Hawai‘i, Land Use Commission to reclassify 53.45 acres of their larger 164.4 acre property from the State Conservation District to the Urban District, allowing cemetery expansion to meet future needs. The property intended for reclassification is referred to as the “Petition Area.” The Proposed Action involves two components: 1) expansion of HMP to include 28.2 acres of new cemetery space; and

2) creation of a 14.5-acre Cultural Preserve northeast of the cemetery expansion area. Remaining portions of the 164.4 acre property surrounding the Petition Area would remain undeveloped. A conservation easement is proposed to be placed on 156.5

acres of the larger parcel (less HMP’s 7.9-acre Ocean View Garden section), restricting future development except for development of the Proposed Action

Source: http://oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov/The_Environmental_Notice/2018-09-08-TEN.pdf