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Has any of you noticed the old Don Quijote lot is a little more bare than normal?

Here are some photos of what has been happening in the last few weeks:

Change.org

LET'S DO THIS FOR KAILUA! Final reading of Bill 11, CD1 is on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

Bill 11, CD1 will prohibit the Department of Parks and Recreation from issuing any permits for commercial activity at Kailua and Kalama beach parks. This will ensure that our beach parks will always be commercial free.

Please E-MAIL AND CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS BELOW asking them to ban commercial activity at Kailua Beach Park and Kalama Beach Park by supporting Bill 11 CD1 before July 11th. AND Please testify on July 11th @ 10 a.m. at the Honolulu Hale in support of Bill 11 CD1:

Nestor Garcia (808) 768-5009 AND ngarcia@honolulu.gov.

Stanley Chang (808) 768-5004 AND ccldistrict4@honolulu.gov;

Ernest Martin (808) 768-5002 AND emartin@honolulu.gov;

Ann Kobayashi (808) 768-5005 AND akobayashi@honolulu.gov;

Tom Berg (808) 768-5001 AND tberg@honolulu.gov;

Tulsi Gabbard (808) 768-5006 AND tgabbard@honolulu.gov;

FINAL PUSH, KAILUA! Commercial interests that stand to lose profits from exploitation of our public resources will be there in full force. The City Council needs to see how important this bill is to all residents of Oahu, as well as for the health of our environment and our natural resources. We can do this for the betterment of our community and the future of our public resources.

KŪ PAʻA KAILUA! Stand firm, Kailua!

Call the MAYOR

It is important that we all contact the MAYOR (ph #768-4141)

We need to hold the CITY responsible to conduct a Comprehensive Traffic Analysis for ALL of Kailua -- not just the roads fronting Don Quijote.  This traffic study should be funded strictly by the City, and NOT by a private entity!

The City failed to codify our completed Ko'olaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan into the Land Use Ordinance (even after repeated requests from our Neighborhood Board) since 1999.  The Ko'olaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan states: no big box stores in our community, and no store larger than 90,000 square feet! At 130,000 square feet, the Target store is larger than two football fields combined!

In the last few years, Kaneohe Ranch has developed a large area of Kailua Town which has brought in a significant amount of traffic.  With the development of the new Whole Foods building and the selling of the old Don Quijote property, how much more traffic can Kailua Town really take?

The City needs to look at Kailua's traffic problem BEFORE they issue any building permits for Target or for any other future development in Kailua Town!!!

ACTION ITEM

WHAT KIND OF GAME ARE THEY PLAYING?

Simply put, Target and Kaneohe Ranch BOTH are not listening to the concerns of the community --  they don’t care what the community wants or needs -- and proceed forward for their OWN SELFISH INTEREST AND MONETARY GAIN!

Time once again, Community members, to rally the troops -- for ALL concerned, please call Target, Kaneohe Ranch, our Mayor and DPP (Contacts: http://notargetkailua.blogspot.com/search/label/Contacts  )

Write your Letter to the Editor.

Over four months ago, Target told us their TRAFFIC STUDY WAS SUBMITTED – NOT SO !!

We have called our City Dept of Planning and Permitting (DPP) weekly asking WHERE IS IT??

Last Thursday January 27^th, via phone call, Eric Padget was surprised their “CONSULTANT” here in Hawaii did not submit the Traffic Study – WHAT!!? Welcome to corporate America!

Kailua’s TRAFFIC SITUATION REQUIRES A SOLUTION and that solution is a Master Plan for Kailua Town that includes a comprehensive Traffic Impact Analysis!!

Keep calling the Mayor and DPP requesting this! Until then, we must seek a deferment on the issuance of ANY commercial building permits in Kailua Town!!

Please Call – Email - Write your letter!! … NOW!

Building Permit Application

Please help monitor Target's Building Permit application status via DPP's online system with the simple steps below:

go to:  http://dppweb.honolulu.gov/DPPWeb/default.asp?PossePresentationId=300

type in TMK number: 42001044

click: 'go'

Farewell - Yum Yum Express

Another long-time Kailua store has closed its doors yesterday.

We shall say farewell to Kailua's Yum Yum Express; which was located in the front of Don Quijote's building.   

We will miss you!

Thank You

We would like to thank each individual who showed up at Target's open house on Saturday..

It was very nice to see the great amount of support Kailua has in this effort to keep Target out of our Kailua town! 

It was very telling as one perused each Target station (economic impact, traffic impact, building design, sustainability) that many of Target's representatives' answers did not adequately address the flood of the Community's pointed questions.

Like we have said before, this still is NOT A DONE DEAL!  We encourage you all to continue to write, call, email all the people on our "CONTACTS" list.  It is important for all these people to hear our voices!!

T-shirts

Thank you to those who bought & wore the shirts to support this effort on Saturday at the Open House!

We have received additional inquiry from those who want to purchase these shirts.  So, we have decided to extend the offer!

If you are interested in purchasing a shirt, please pre-order by emailing us at: notargetkailua@gmail.com

Each shirt is $4

We would like to give special thanks to Lunar Teeʻs (one of Kailuaʻs local merchants) for helping us with designing and printing our shirts!  If you are interested in printing shirts for your future events, contact Trenton at LunarTees@gmail.com.

WANTED

We are in search for the young man who gave us two different iron-on shirt designs at our past sign waving event back on August 10th (see one example on left). 

If anyone who knows this individual, please contact us at: notargetkailua@gmail.com

Thank You!

Sign the PETITION

We need more signatures!! 

PLEASE HELP!  Click on the image on the left to enlarge, then save and print the enlarged image.  Then, go around - ask your friends, family, and neighbors to sign the petition!

If you have a petition with signatures, you may either drop it off at one our our sign waving events, or email us and we can arrange a way to pick it up from you.
If you have problems printing, email us and we can email you a PDF file.

Farewell - First Stop

Another long-time Kailua store is going out of business -- this is truly heart-breaking.

We shall say farewell to First Stop Convenience Store.  They have been around for 26 years!

http://www.kitv.com/money/25164449/detail.html

When does this trend stop?

Do we really want to lose the character and charm of Kailua?

Even if you've already done so, please consider calling, writing or emailing Kaneohe Ranch, and your elected officials, etc. to express your disapproval and unhappiness surrounding these recent events (all contact information is listed on this blog site), .

This trend will continue unless, as a community, we persevere in expressing our deepest concern for the health and well-being of our Kailua -- Please voice your sentiment!