Kokua Line

By June Watanabe

Saturday, November 8, 1997

Neighborhood boards
guide tells boundaries

What are the boundaries for Kaimuki, where I live?

As far as the city is concerned, the boundaries that define each of Oahu's neighborhood boards are the official boundaries for an area, according to the Department of Land Utilization's Geographic Information System branch.

There are also subdistricts for each neighborhood board. The boundaries are specified in a booklet called Oahu's Neighborhood Board System, Informational Boundary Maps. Call 523-4380.

The boundaries are VERY specific. For Kaimuki, for example, one boundary is "west along the property line between 4405 and 4379 Puu Panini Ave."

I live in Makiki and three times, the mailman has put my paycheck, which is sent from the mainland, in my neighbor's mailbox. It is very important for me to get my paychecks on time to pay bills. Can you help me?

When a misdelivery like this happens, call the 1-800 number listed in the telephone directory and ask for the post office in your district, said spokeswoman Felice Broglio. You will be connected. In your case, it's the Makiki Post Office.

Makiki officials told Broglio they had not received any such complaint but would look into it.

Your carrier, a veteran postal employee, also was not aware of any problem and was concerned about correcting it, she said.

(In a related matter, to the reader complaining about having to call the 1-800 number: It was explained last year that the Postal Service had opened National Call Service Centers in response to demand for a 24-hour service line.)

I needed a state ID card, but when I went to the state ID office, they said I needed a birth certificate that matched the name on my Social Security card.

The problem is that my birth certificate does not have my middle name, which wasn't given to me until after I was baptized. They told me to go to the Social Security office and get a new card without my middle name. When I went there, they looked at me like I was out of my mind. I also was required to show them a certified copy of my divorce decree, which has my middle name. How can I get an ID?

This was a problem of major miscommunication.

Liane Moriyama, administrator for the state ID system, says all you needed to do was ask the Social Security Administration for a copy of a printout verifying your name. It doesn't matter if it has your middle name. Period.

Armed with that and your birth certificate, you should be able to get your ID card.

Isn't it illegal for businesses to park their cars on a public street? In Palolo, a tour company parks four to five vans and a couple of limos on Palolo Avenue at night.

One weekend, I saw them changing oil on the street.

Call police at 911 and they'll investigate.

"It is illegal for commercial vehicles whose gross weight is 10,000 pounds or more to be parked or to stand on any public street in excess of four hours, unless the vehicles are being used on construction or loading or unloading," said police Maj. Gary Dias, of the Traffic Division.

He said it is also illegal to repair vehicles on public roadways.

Auwe

To tour buses that belch smoke. I drive through Waikiki all the time and the exhaust is a terrible problem for cars that have to stop right behind them. Something should be done.