STATE OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PROPOSED BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT WITHIN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AT ALA MOANA BEACH, HONOLULU, OAHU

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will hold a public hearing regarding a proposed beach restoration project at Ala Moana Beach Park in urban Honolulu that will take place on Conservation District land makai of Tax Map Keys (1) 2-3-037: 001 and 025, and seaward of both parcels.
The 5:30 p.m. standing room only public hearing shall be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at the Kalanimoku Building Makai Breezeway located at 1151 Punchbowl St. in Honolulu. All persons in attendance are encouraged to wear a cloth face covering as described and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The public hearing will be conducted consistent with all applicable social distancing requirements or other safeguards associated with COVID-19. Such measures may include, but are not limited to, ensuring that all persons maintain a minimum of six feet of physical separation from other persons to the extent possible.
All interested persons are welcomed to attend the public hearing to present relevant information and individual opinion for the DLNR to consider. Postmark by September 4, 2020, any person may file with the Board written comments or recommendations to the proposed beach restoration project. Written testimony should be mailed to the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, P.O. Box 621, Honolulu, HI 96809. The Board of Land and Natural Resources shall take final action on this proposal at a future regularly scheduled Board meeting.
A copy of the application for the Ala Moana Beach Restoration Project was forwarded to the Hawaii State Public Library and is available on the OCCL website under current applications at dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl. An electronic copy of the subject proposal can be mailed to all persons for a fee of $8.00 who have made a written request.
Disabled individuals planning to attend the hearing are asked to contact the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands at least four days in advance of the public hearing to indicate if they have special needs which require accommodations. For more information regarding this matter, contact Salvatore Saluga at 798-6147 or at salvatore.j.saluga@hawaii.gov.