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Kokua Line June Watanabe |
Shoe shoot shouldn’t
shoo hoop shootersQuestion: Auwe to the photo crew shooting a shoe commercial at an East Oahu basketball court at noon Saturday, March 29. That court was recently resurfaced and just barely "cured," and the jump ramp that you had with your eight kids jumping on for pictures was damaging the topping. When I asked a person there if it was a commercial shoot, he said no, it wasn't, but did they have a permit to shoot in Hawaii and did the kids have insurance and union pay?
Answer: The city parks permit office did issue a permit for filming on March 29 , according to Carol Costa, spokeswoman for the city Department of Customer Services. The permit allowed filming "at all open and accessible park areas other than Hanauma Bay."
The permit charge is $10 a day.
Asked who the permittee was, Costa said the parks permit officer informed her that "the permit information is protected by right of privacy and subject to written consent of the permittee before they can release the name."
She said the city isn't required to ask about wages, but did note that the permittee had insurance coverage, as required.
Also, the parks district superintendent for East Honolulu said that the new surface at the Aina Haina basketball court was not damaged by the shoe commercial shoot, Costa said.
In general, commercial use of a public park is supposed to work around public use. "Public use takes precedence," said parks Director William Balfour.
If it happens otherwise, he said to call his office.
Q: There is a newly installed concrete curb on the Ewa-makai corner of Wilder Avenue and Liholiho Street that poses a serious safety hazard to motorists and a trip hazard to pedestrians. Prior to this new installation, the sidewalk was flush to the road, providing adequate access, if not better access, to handicapped persons. The corner has always had a terrible angle for motorists turning onto Liholiho Street from Wilder going Diamond Head. Can't it be redesigned so that vehicles can make the turn safely?
A: The curb was built to actually better accommodate people with disabilities and based on standards set by the Americans With Disabilities Act, according to Cheryl Soon, director of the city Department of Transportation Services.
The design calls for a new traffic signal with pedestrian push buttons to be installed just inside the curb to allow easier access to the buttons. Also, the design provides closer access to the ramp so people with disabilities can cross the street within the time allowed, Soon said.
The design of the curb also helps prevent vehicles from driving onto the sidewalk, she said.
That all explained, she said the city's design consultant is reviewing possible modification to the sidewalk area improvements.
Mahalo
To police Officer Darius Evangelista for stopping and checking if we were OK while stranded outside the H-3 tunnels about 11 a.m. Thursday, April 24. He was the only one out of five that took the time to stop for us. -- Grateful
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