| PLANNING FOR TRAFFIC CALMING CONTINUES The city is continuing discussions with
area residents on various traffic calming methods for selected streets in Mililani.
Areas underder consideration include Waena Elementary &
Kipapa Drive near Kipapa Elementary.
City transportation officials told residents the $160,000 project will
be put out to bid by December 1998, & construction should begin by March 1999.
Residents urged city officials to conduct trial tests before proceeding
with bidding & construction, & also discuss the proposals with school officials.
Editor: "Perhaps a
"Drive Slower" educational campaign might be less expensive & more effective
than permanent alterations to Mililani streets."
Editorial
SAY IT’S NOT SO MCDONALD’S
When McDonald’s announced
the building of a new restaurant in Mililani Mauka, it said the restaurant would
"have a green Monier tile roof that complements many of the homes & businesses in
the area."
Little did Mililani residents know that the new McDonald’s would
have several rain-gutter-size strips of lighting running from the top of its roof to the
roof's edges. The color of the roof blends in nicely with nearby buildings, but the new
lighting is gaudy & an eye-sore.
Just imagine if the roof of every commercial building in Mililani were
lit-up with the same type of rain-gutter size lighting.
What did our community leaders have in mind when they threw their
support behind the building of the restaurant? Did they have all the necessary information
to make the right decision? Was information withheld? What if another commercial building
wants to install the same kind of gaudy eye-sore lighting? What if a homeowner were to
want to install similar lighting?
There is no question that McDonald’s tries to blend into a
community & be a good neighbor. But the lighting on its new restaurant is puzzling. If
McDonald’s was motivated by concern about being visible, the new restaurant is only a
few feet away from the highway, making it nearly impossible not to be noticed.
The lighting sets an unusual precedent for Mililani. Is that the price
Mililani has to pay for a new McDonald's restaurant?
McDonald's
WHY CAN'T MILILANI BE LIKE WAHIAWA?
The new McDonald's restaurant
in Wahiawa will be designed to blend in with the Wahiawa community.
Unlike Wahiawa, the newly built McDonald's in Mililani Mauka is drawing
a lot of negative attention.
Postings to the bulletin board
at Mililani Interactive indicate frustration with the design of the new Mililani
restaurant - such as: "The gutter-size lighting on its roof is an eyesore...it should
have made a better effort to blend-in with the community...the roof is dirty... Zippy's
does a better job with its design."
One person remarked, "looks
like they (McDonald's) chose the easy way by just importing a Mainland design &
dumping it on Mililani."
MILILANI
ONLINE POLL PROVES SURPRISINGLY ACCURATE
Mililani Interactive's online
poll on the governor race was surprisingly accurate.
The tracking poll as of the Saturday prior to election day showed
Cayetano leading Lingle 50% to 49%. The actual vote tally showed Cayetano winning by a
margin of 49.5% to 48.2%.
"This was just a fluke," said Mililani Interactive
spokesperson John Pescador. "Our polls are unscientific - they just sample the views
of people visiting our web site."
"But it's been interesting," said Pescador. During the
primary, we had 1,625 participants in our poll. For the general, we started a new tracking
poll, & the number of participants nearly doubled to 3,005."
"As long as there's interest in our online polls, we'll keep
running them," said Pescador.
Final
Online Poll Results
TOWN
CENTER CONTINUES TO EXPAND
Despite the slow local
economy, the Town Center of Mililani continues to expand.
Chili's Restaurant is scheduled to open in 1999.
Construction also began for a 14-screen Consolidated Theaters complex
& space to house Radio Shack & Fun Factory that are relocating to make room
for the theater complex.
The Town Center is now the 5th largest shopping center in Hawaii.
MORE TROLLEY
NEWS
by Council Member Rene Mansho
The City Department of
Transportation Services is currently in discussion with Castle and Cooke, LOTMA, and
TransHawaiian in regards to a fare-free transfer system from the Mililani Trolley to the
City Buses on Kam. Hwy.
I also support fare-free transfer for City bus riders dropping off on
Kam. Hwy. and transferring onto the Mililani Trolley. This
would mean that the City would reimburse TransHawaiian $1.00 for each transfer from Kam.
Hwy.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? CAN WE JUSTIFY USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THE KAM. HWY.
BUS RIDERS TRANSFERRING TO THE
MILILANI TROLLEY? DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE CITY AND MILILANI TROLLEY
PARTNERSHIP? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS TO IMPROVE THE MILILANI TROLLEY?
Please email me at rmansho@aloha.com
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TROLLEY
NEEDS MORE RIDERS
During the first 10 days of operation (Nov 1-10), daily ridership for the new
Mililani Trolley averaged 200.
Currently, daily ridership is averaging 100. To be economically
viable, ridership must increase to 300 per day.
Castle & Cooke & Trans Hawaiian, operators of the Trolley, are
applying for a permit to begin a $20 monthly pass.
"I am awaiting a resolution to be submitted by the City Department
of Transportation Services for the City Council to approve fare-free-transfer from the
Mililani Trolley to the City buses on Kamehameha Hwy," said Council Member Rene
Mansho. "The monthly pass & free-transfer to City buses should help to
increase ridership.
EDITOR: Please support the Mililani Trolley. Try it out. If
you have ideas about the Trolley, post them to the bulletin
board.
CITY
TO CONSTRUCT IN-LINE HOCKEY FACILITY IN MILILANI
A 100-by-200-foot in-line
hockey facility will be constructed at Kaomaaiku Park.
Construction on the $300,000 city project will begin by March 1999.
CAYETANO
RE-ELECTED
Governor Benjamin Cayetano was
re-elected to another 4-yr term, narrowly beating former Maui Mayor Linda Lingle.
Incumbent legislators representing Mililani were also re-elected.
Randy Iwase beat Roger Ancheta 67%-29% for the 18th Senate district
seat.
Rep. Marilyn Lee defeated Rodney Botelho 62%-32%.
Rep. Ron Menor beat Guy Ontai 59%-38%.
Complete
Election Results.
PUBLIC
INVITED TO BAND FEST
MILILANI HIGH SCHOOL - The
public is invited to the 2nd Annual Trojan Bandfest on Saturday, Nov 14 from 6pm-10pm at
the MHS Stadium.
Various high school marching bands & their flag and rifle corps
will be performing a show similar to a football half-time show. Participating schools have
the option of either competing or performing for exhibition only.
As the host school, the MHS Band will be performing for exhibition.
Bands competing will be judged in several categories, such as Marching
and Maneuvering, Musical Effect, & Soloist. They will also be classified based on the
number of musicians they have on the field.
Trophies will be awarded at the end of the event based on the judged
categories within their ranked classification -- Single-A (up to 60 musicians), Double-A
(61 to 99 musicians), & Triple-A (100+ musicians). If performing for exhibition, the
bands will perform & receive a participation trophy.
Participating schools include: Moanalua, Nanakuli, Waianae,
Iolani, Castle, Kaimuki-Kalani, Kamehameha, Campbell, Farrington, & Roosevelt.
The Bandfest is being sponsored by the Mililani High School Band
Program & MHS Band Boosters. Admission donation is $3 for adults & $2 for
students. Proceeds from the event will help to pay for new band instruments, music, &
instrument repairs.
For info, call the MHS Band Room at 627-7358 or email Bryan Chun,
chair of the event.
PEOPLE MAKING
NEWS
Mililani Mauka
Elementary School was one of 7 Hawaii schools nominated to compete nationally for
the 1998-99 Blue Ribbon School awards...Jackie Ingamells was appointed director of
operations staff for AT&T Hawaii...Crystal Otsuji was the recipient of a 1998
Hawaii McDonald's Scholarship...Michael DeBusk & Ronald G. Nishihara
have joined Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii...Dr. Stan Kobayashi
completed the Ironman Triathlon in 14 hrs, 32 minutes, & 10 seconds.
MILILANI
SCHOOL COMPETING FOR BLUE RIBBON HONORS
Mililani Mauka Elementary
School is one of 7 Hawaii schools nominated to compete nationally for the 1998-99 Blue
Ribbon School awards.
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program was established in 1982. Since
joining the national program, 19 of Hawaii schools have won national awards.
Mililani Mauka Elementary is Hawaii's first "high-tech"
designed school & is wired for for voice, data, & video communications. The school
is also a participant in Harvard University's Project Zero, which is a special program
emphasizing arts education & critical thinking. |
