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Kapolei – Ewa Blue Zones Project
Blue Zones Hawaii Upcoming Events
Blue Zones Project is a community-wide well-being improvement initiative to help make healthy choices easier in Hawaii.
Blue Zones Project engages communities to transform local, county and statewide policy to create lasting sustainable well-being improvement. Blue Zones Project focuses on the three policy areas of built environment, food policy, and tobacco policy. Each policy area has an established target designed to build upon the good work taking place, achieve meaningful change, and recognize the scale, geographic boundaries, and other unique characteristics of Hawaii.
The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) has brought Blue Zones Project® to Hawaii to transform our state into an even better place to live, work, and play. To reach that goal, we’ll help residents make small changes so we can all enjoy longer, happier, and healthier lives.
Small changes can lead to big benefits for our community: lower health care costs, higher productivity, and ultimately, a better quality of life. We look forward to working together with organizations, communities, and people across the state to make well-being a priority.
HNL Info Service and App
From KHON 2 Published:
City Launches New Emergency Notification Service, Mobile App
The city is urging Honolulu residents to download its new notification app to receive key alerts should emergencies occur.
HNL Info is available for both iPhone and Android, and offers updates on severe weather alerts, traffic incidents, and other emergency situations. It was developed in-house by the Department of Information Technology. “We want to make sure that the people of this island, about a million people who live on the island, and about 100,000 visitors who are on our island on any given day, are prepared for any kind of emergency, whether it be a hurricane, a tsunami, an earthquake, or king tide,” said Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. The city has been using the notification service, Nixle, since August 2010 to send out alerts via text messages and emails. Roughly 45,000 residents had signed up for the service. “Nixle has been doing this program for free for all of us, and we’ve really appreciated it and want to thank Nixle, but they’ve informed they’re going to start charging us for this program,” Caldwell said. Nixle told the city it would have to start charging one cent per text message. Over time, that charge would have cost the city an estimated $400,000 to $500,000. “We’re always looking to reduce our costs, to manage our expenses, and (with HNL Info) we’ve come up with a way to do that without having to spend more taxpayer money,” Caldwell said.
HNL Info links: Website | Mobile app on iPhone, Android
There are two ways to receive alerts — download the app and allow for push notifications, or create an online account that can send you text messages and emails. Alerts are broken down by category (fire, police, road closures, weather, etc.) and urgency (urgent, routine, informational), and you can pick and choose which ones to receive. You can view the alerts online without creating an account, while the app also offers information on community and city events, including festivals, parades, and hearings. “It has all the features that Nixle has and a lot more. We also think that the messages will be delivered in a much more timely fashion than with Nixle. We can send out basically hundreds of thousands of messages in under a second,” said Mark Wong, director and chief information officer, Department of Information Technology.
Officials encourage residents to download HNL Info or register online to continue receiving alerts before the city discontinues its Nixle use at the end of the month, and as we head into the Central Pacific Hurricane Season, which begins June 1. The long-term goal, officials say, is to turn HNL Info into the go-to digital platform for city-related services and transactions. Users will eventually be able to use the app to report things like potholes, broken lights, and more. “As we develop this HNL.info concept, we anticipate we’re going to have things like renew your driver’s license or motor vehicle registration, online transactions with the city,” Wong said. “We’re really consolidating all the city functions with the public into one site.”
We reached out to the Hawaii Department of Public Safety and the Hawaii Police Department on Hawaii island. Both use the Nixle alert system. Hawaii County police say it still plans to use Nixle despite the new costs. Meanwhile, DPS will weigh different cost options to determine if its partnership with Nixle will continue.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS: ROADWORK – WEST LOCH FAIRWAYS
August 10, 2016
As you may have noticed the repaving work within our neighborhood has come to a halt. For all the streets except for Aawa Drive, the contractor performing the road work has informed the Association that they should start restoring the manhole covers and other infrastructure within the streets by August 15, 2016 and the work should take around a month,
As far as Aawa Drive, the Association was informed by the City’s contractor that the City was planning to remove the 36 monkey pod trees along the inbound lane of Aawa Drive (see tree post). The WLF Board is strongly opposed to this action and has made its opposition known to the Powers that be. As of this post the City and County of Honolulu has not contacted the Association regarding this matter.
April 28, 2016
ROADWORK – WEST LOCH FAIRWAYS
(Rehabilitation of Streets, IDIQ4– City & County of Honolulu Project)
Please be advised there will be road work on the streets shown below. The work includes cold planing, resurfacing of asphalt concrete pavements and reconstruction of failed asphalt concrete pavement areas. Additional activities include tree pruning and/or removal of tree identified by the arborist; adjustment of utility manhole frames and covers; reconstruction of damaged concrete curbs and gutters; installation of pavement markers, striping and markings; and installation of vehicle detector loops. Speed bumps on private roads will be removed and will not be replaced. Work is tentatively scheduled to begin on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 for approximately 90 days. The allowable work hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and possible weekends except holidays. Road users are reminded to observe and obey all traffic controls, posted signs and Special Duty Officers. On-street parking will be prohibited during working hours, PLEASE OBSERVE THE DATES AND TIMES ON THE POSTED ROADWAY SIGNS; illegally parked vehicles will be towed, if necessary, at the owner’s expense. Motorists are advised to proceed with caution through the construction area.
Contractor: Grace Pacific LLC
Phone No.: (808) 842-3231
Construction Manager: AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
Phone No.: (808) 366-2588
Notification of Cul-de-sac Street Tree Removal
The City and County of Honolulu will be removing the monkeypod trees at most of the cul-de-sacs in the West Loch Fairways Project and replacing them with rainbow shower trees. Please see the letter and details of the work to be done, from the Department of Design and Construction, City and County of Honolulu.