Kokua Line
Kokua Line
I regularly walk along Kapiolani Park and notice there are no signs to indicate the hours that the parking meters along the makai side of the park have to be fed. There also is nothing on the meters to indicate this. I know the meters have to be fed only during certain hours. Having no signs is unfair to people, especially tourists. Can you look into this? Parking meter info found
lacking at Kapiolani ParkBased on your complaint, the city Department of Parks and Recreation is considering the possibilities of clarifying and/or adding more signs.
We checked the area and counted about a dozen signs posted along the metered area on Kalakaua Avenue. The signs say, "For Park Users Only, 4-hour parking, 10 a.m.-6 p.m."
We agree -- the signs are NOT very clear as to when the meters should be fed.
The word from the parks department is that the meters are to be fed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. DAILY. "Essentially, the signs say this," spokeswoman Patti Nagao Kimoto said.
Still, she added, "The department is reconsidering the feasibility of clarifying the signs."
The department also is considering the request for more signs, noting, however, that some people will look on more signs as being a "blight upon the park's ambience," Kimoto said.
When the meters went up in 1995, the idea was to place signs on existing poles.
Parks staff will "reassess the situation," Kimoto said, and determine whether three additional signs need to be placed between Poni Moi and Dillingham Fountain, between the fountain and Kaimana Beach Hotel, and between the tennis courts and the Beach Center.
"In the alternative, the department is also researching the feasibility of placing a decal on meters," Kimoto said.
There is a stairway into the water at the Diamond Head end of Kakaako Waterfront Park. A few weeks ago, large waves moved boulders to the bottom of the stairs. Kids are getting cut up. This happened before and they moved the boulders. Can they do it again? Yes. A "big storm" damaged the stairway railing and shifted "a whole bunch of boulders around there" a few years ago, confirmed Alex Achimore, director of planning and development for the Hawaii Community Development Authority, which oversees the park.
The boulders were moved that time. Someone checked the area last week and found some had been shifted back. They will be removed, Achimore said.
"If it's a matter of safety, we'll deal with it," he said.
To the bus driver who drove to the Hawaii Kai Library about 10:15 a.m., May 27. My 2-year-old daughter left her stuffed toy dog on the bus and this gentleman took time after work locating my mother's house to return the toy. He taught my little girl an important lesson in human kindness and the aloha spirit. We did not get his name or bus number, but hope he knows his thoughtfulness has touched us all. -- Corrie Shigeta and her "wow-wow" Mahalo
To politicians hustling for votes at bon dances. Obon is a memorial to the deceased. Please have some respect. We will not vote for any of you! -- No name Auwe
To John and Alice Carr. I noticed something wrong with my car on the offramp to Liliha Street on May 15. A red pickup truck stopped and out jumped this couple, informing me I had a flat tire. They changed my tire and advised me not to go over 45 mph on the freeway on my spare. -- Arthritic senior citizen Mahalo
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