Want to see and give input on the rail station designs being proposed for Pearl Harbor Naval Base Station, Lagoon Drive Station, and Middle Street Station? Well, a community information meeting to discuss just that will be held on Thursday, November 21 at the Moanalua High School Cafeteria. Registration is at 6 p.m. and the meeting is scheduled to run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

See the flier for more details!

Come down to Waimalu Shopping Center this Saturday, Nov. 16th between 11am and 2pm to celebrate the shopping center’s 50th anniversary! See the flier for more details!

Two quick library-related announcements:

1. Come to a FREE showing of Iron Man 3 on Thursday, October 10^th at 5:00 P.M.  Tony Stark is defeated by the ominous Mandarin and must find a way to rebuild himself and his Iron Man armor to end the villain’s path of destruction.  Superhero fun for the whole family.  Remember, the movie starts at 5:00 P.M. so come early for the best seats!
   
2. The Friends of Aiea Library are having a meeting on October 21st at 6:00 pm before our regularly-scheduled ACA meeting that night at 7:00 pm. See you there!

Come on down to recycle your household goods! See you there this Saturday, August 3rd at the Old Aiea Sugar Mill site from 9-1pm.

CORRECTION: This event will be held on July 20th, 2013. An earlier version of this post gave an incorrect date.

re you and your family prepared for and ready to react to a hurricane, tsunami, or other natural disaster or emergency? Where should you go for information, what supplies should you have at your home, and how can you be of assistance to others in your community that may need help?

On Saturday, July 20th, your Aiea-Pearl City legislators and council members, with the cooperation and assistance of Federal, State, and City emergency management agencies are sponsoring Ready 2 React–an emergency preparedness exposition at Pearlridge Center from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m.

This will be a terrific opportunity for you and your family to meet and chat with our community’s first responders and learn more about how you can prepare yourself, your family, and your community for any potential natural disaster or emergency. Just a few of the participating response agencies include:

• Honolulu Department of Emergency Management
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Honolulu Police Department Department – Keiki ID Program
• Civil Air Patrol
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

This event will feature hands-on exhibits, educational information, an interactive talking/moving robot, ocean safety rescue apparatus, the HPD’s mobile command vehicle, a Civil Air Patrol glider, a Fire Department ladder truck, and much more.

Bring the whole family and enjoy the opportunity to learn how you and your community can be READY 2 REACT to any emergency or disaster that may strike Hawaii.

Via Breene Harimoto, Councilmember for District 8

So, we all know that the new ‘Aiea Public Library is being built–we all know that much. However, most of the work is hidden behind a temporary fence, so have you been wondering exactly what’s been going on back there? If you have, perhaps we can shed some light onto your curiosity!

The following photos are from a project construction report filed with the Department of Accounting & General Services. According to the report, the facility (designed by Davin Kimoto of CDS International and being built by Nan Inc) is set to be complete by the mid-December 2013. Not surprising, seeing as how quickly everything is going up! Awesome!!!

June 14, 2013 – Pouring of Center Concrete Slab on Grade

June 14, 2013: Center Concrete Slab on Grade Finishing Work

June 19, 2013: Structural Steel Roof Work

June 19, 2013: Interior of Library with Structural Steel Roof Work at Rear of Photo

Councilmembers Breene Harimoto and Carol Fukunaga are co-sponsoring two free “Complete Streets” workshop for Aiea. The first will be tonight, May 1, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and the second will be next week Tuesday, May 7, from 6:30pm to 8:30 pm.

If you can, please also join Councilmember Harimoto and traffic-calming expert Dan Burden for an informal walk audit around the school area prior to the meeting (starting at 5:00pm in front of Alvah Scott Elementary School).

From Councilmember Harimoto: “You are welcomed to join us on this short walk to see first-hand what is involved and to participate in some of the discussions.  If you cannot join the walk, please just join us at the 6:30 meeting where Dan will do a presentation on Complete Streets incorporating some of the photos from this walk.  We’ll also have a lively discussion about what you perceive to be problem intersections and areas in Aiea from Kaahumanu Street to Halawa.  We’ll take all of your input and come back in the second meeting next week Tuesday night to present possible solutions and to get your feedback on those ideas.  We will develop better plans with the involvement of more community members.  Remember that our goal is to transform our streets into streets that are safe for everyone, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and especially for our children and seniors.

For more information, see the flier here: Workshop Aiea

Save the Date!!

The ground breaking of the new ‘Aiea Public Library will be held on Saturday, March 16th 2013 at 10:00am to 12:00 noon at the old ‘Aiea Sugar Mill site (off of ‘Aiea Heights Drive)!

For more information, call ‘Aiea Public Library at 483-7333 or Library Development Services at 831-6878, or take a look at the flyer!

Hope to see you all there!!

UPDATE:The ACA meeting will be held at its regularly scheduled time, on Monday February 18 at 7:00pm at the Aiea Library conference room.

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Aloha everyone. Because the next scheduled ‘Aiea Community Association meeting date would fall on President’s Day, we are contemplating changing the meeting date, depending on the availability of ‘Aiea Public Library’s meeting room. Stay tuned for confirmation…