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Check out these community events for the second half of July 2015!

• July 18, 2015, 8:30-10:30am: HART Social Media Workshop @ ‘Aiea Elementary School Cafeteria: Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit invites you to participate in a free social media marketing workshop as part of HART’s outreach program, which is designed to assist business during rail construction. Come ready with a wireless device (laptop or tablet) to participate in the workshop for maximum learning. RSVP via e-mail at info@HonoluluTransit.org or call 808-768-6117. [More information…]
• July 20, 2015, 7:30pm: ‘Aiea Community Association meeting @ ‘Aiea Public Library: Monthly meeting for the ACA.
• July 22, 2015, 6:30-8pm: Pearl Harbor Historic Trail Workshop @ ‘Aiea Elementary School: Come and share your ideas to “activate” the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail. How can the Trail be used and activated to make our communities healthier? How can we create accessible, attractive, and safe communities along the corridor? Sponsored by Councilmember Brandon Elefante and the City & County of Honolulu.
• July 25, 2015, 8:30-1pm: Ready2React Emergency Preparedness Fair @ Pearlridge Shopping Center: See various displays, exhibitions, and info to be prepared for emergencies. Suponsored by ‘Aiea/Pearl City elected officials and the City & County of Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management. [More Information…]
• July 25, 2015, 9am-2pm: ‘Aiea Shopping Center 50th Anniversary Celebration @ Aiea Shopping Center Come celebrate the Golden Aniversary of ‘Aiea Shopping Center. Be sure to stop by the ‘Aiea Community Association’s booth to purchase a copy of ‘Aiea: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow!

Note that the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board will be in recess in August 2015. The next meeting will be on September 14, 2015 at 7:30pm at the ‘Aiea Public Library Program Room.

As a reminder, please Traffic Updates page of the Honolulu Transit website for the latest on lane closures along Kamehameha Highway due to the Honolulu Rail Transit project. The traffic advisories are updated weekly.

For the safety of both the work crews and motorists, the public is advised to proceed with caution through these areas. Drivers should anticipate possible traffic delays or use alternate routes during work hours, and provide a safe distance between their vehicles and workers and equipment.

Just passing information along from the Neighborhood Commission Office:

Neighborhood Board Candidate filing period:
Now-February 20, 2015.

1) Who can be a candidate for a Neighborhood Board?
Any Oahu resident who will be at least 18 years of age by February 20, 2015 can be a candidate, including military personnel, military family members, and legal resident aliens.

2) How do I become a candidate?
Starting December 1, 2014, candidates may register online or submit a Candidate Declaration Form to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO). This form can be downloaded from the NCO website and are also available at the NCO office. The form must be hand delivered to the NCO or postmarked by February 20, 2015. Assistance is also available by calling 768-3717.

When filling in the application, please be prepared with the following:

– Candidate Profile describing yourself and your qualifications. Profiles must only go up to 400 characters, punctuation included.
– 1 photo (optional).

3) How do I find out what Board area I live in?
There is a street index posted online here. Ctrl+F to search for your street. Your Board will be listed under the ‘District’ column. Your Subdistrict is listed in the immediate column to the right. 00 denotes an At-Large subdistrict. You may also refer to the map here. Assistance is available by calling 768-3717.

4) How often do Neighborhood Boards get elected?
Neighborhood Boards are elected every two years, in odd numbered years.

Please disregard this post. We will be meeting at our regularly scheduled date and time (Monday, January 19th at 7:30 pm in the Aiea Public Library meeting room). Apologies for this inconvenience.

Because the ACA’s January meeting falls on a holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), we are moving our monthly meeting to Tuesday, January 20th instead. The meeting will be held at the usual place (Aiea Library meeting room).

A new “photo gallery” section has been added to our website! It took a bit of time for your slow-minded webmaster to figure out the logic behind Piwigo (the software that powers the gallery), but the darn thing is finally up!

Various photo galleries are in the work, but to start the section off, it seems fitting to look back at the first annual ‘Aiea Community Christmas Parade back in December of 2007, since the now eight-year-old tradition will be happening in just a couple of weeks! 12 photos from that day are online…and hopefully more will come once I’m able to figure out where the other photos are.

In other website news, I did some general back-end upgrades this evening to the software that powers this website…and managed to break the calendar in the process. I just got it working again, but I apologize if you were affected by the short down-time. In addition, I finally got the web forms on this website working again, so you should now be able to apply to be an ACA member online and contact us using the contact link.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the ‘Aiea Community Association!

Please note that the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board is on recess during the month of December. The next meeting of the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board will be on January 12, 2014.

The ‘Aiea Community Association will be meeting as usual on December 15, 2014 (this is the Monday after the parade).

The holidays are rapidly approaching, and as we all know, the otherwise happy holiday time brings with it massively unhappy traffic conditions, especially going toward Pearlridge Shopping Center. Avoid traffic headaches by following weekly traffic updates from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit’s website!

Once again, the ‘Aiea Community Association will be sponsoring and organizing a Christmas parade! This year’s parade will be held on December 13, 2014. Note that the route has changed from last year: It will start at the ‘Aiea Sugar Mill site on Halewiliko Street, continue along ‘Aiea Heights Drive and Ulune Street, then left onto Kaamilo Street, right onto Moanalua Road, ending at Toys R Us. Join us afterwards at the Pearlridge Farmer’s Market by Sears! If you’re interested in participating in the parade, you can fill out an application form and submit to the parade committee by November 30, 2014.

Thank you very much to Karen Higa and Claire Tamamoto for all of their hard work in organizing this parade!

Sorry for the late notice but the ACA is sponsoring an Friends of the ‘Aiea Public Library booksale today at the ‘Aiea Public Library (99-210 Halewiliko St) from 9am to 2:30pm.

Come check it out! We’ll have a ton of great books and other materials at amazing bargain prices!

Please see this video from our President, Claire Tamamoto, and one of our Board Members, Jane Sugimura, regarding Honolulu City Council Resolution 1490:

It has come to our attention that Council Member Carole Fukunaga has been unfairly criticized for the removal of an item from the Public Safety & Economic Development Committee hearing agenda on Tuesday, August 26th. The ‘Aiea Community Association asked Council Member Fukunaga to remove Resolution 1490 (Requesting the City Administration to Develop a Multi-Purpose Community Center) from the Agenda. It’s the Association’s wish that this matter be heard at a subsequent meeting of the PSED Committee. We regret that this simple request has become politicized by Council Member Fukunaga’s opponent in this election.