11 December 2009
Source: Elmontcivic.com / I kākau ʻia e Administrator
Ua ulupa ʻia ke kaiāulu o Point Lookout e nā ʻino ʻino ʻo norʻeaster i hala iho nei, e lilo ana a i ka 250,000 cubic yard o ke one ma ke kahakai. Ua hui pū ʻo Supervisor Town Hempstead ʻo Kate Murray a me ka Senator o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Dean Skelos ma kahi hālāwai kūkā nūhou Freeport e hōʻole i kahi hoʻolālā e hakakā me ka lū kahakai. Ma ka ʻaha kūkā nūhou hoʻi e hōʻike ai i ke komo wai kai hou o ke kaona, i loaʻa ma o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana e Senator Dean Skelos / Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, ʻo ia ʻo Councilwoman Angie Cullin, Clerk Town Town Mark Bonilla, Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin a me nā alakaʻi civic a me nā kaiāulu . E lawe ka dredge i ke one mai nā wahi o ka hōʻiliʻili a pauma i nā mea i nā kahakai kūloko.
"He mea nui kēia dredge hou i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻaʻai kai a me ka pale ʻana i nā hale kūloko, nā ʻoihana a me nā kamaʻāina," wahi a Murray. "Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Senator Dean Skelos no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kālā no kēia ʻāpana pono."
Ua lawe ʻo Hempstead Town i ka lawe o ka lua, kahi e hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e like me kahi erector i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i nā mahina e hiki mai ana i ka hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana o ka puna. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua kōkua ʻo Murray lāua ʻo Cullin e hoʻopaʻa i kekahi o nā hoʻopaʻa mua ma ke ʻano he ʻākoakoa o ka moku.
ʻO Hempstead Town kekahi o nā kaona wahi wale nō e loaʻa i ka pahu dredge e hiki ana i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i nā kahakai. Ua kūʻai ʻia ka pahu dredge, kahi pahu hana a me ka wāwae 8,000 o ka piping e neʻe ai a hoʻomoʻi i ke one ke kūʻai ʻia no $ 1.14 miliona. Ua loaʻa iā Senana ʻo Dean Skelos ka New York State no $ 1.1 miliona no ka kūʻai kūʻai dredge a ua hāʻawi ke kūlanakauhale he $ 41,000 hou.
"He waiwai nui ka Hedstead Town dredge kai i ke kaiāulu ʻo Point Lookout," wahi a Senator Skelos. "Me nā lakohana kūpono e hoʻihoʻi hou i ke one ma kā mākou kahakai a hoʻoikaika i nā puʻu one, e hiki iā mākou ke pale pono aku i nā kamaʻāina, nā home, a me nā ʻoihana mai nā hoʻoweliweli o ka ʻino a me ke kahakai kahakai."
Mai ka kahakai ʻo Point Lookout i hoʻomoʻo ʻia i ka mahina ʻo Malaki 2008, ma waena o 50 a 75 mau kapuaʻi o ke kahakai i nalowale i ke kai eʻe. Ma kahi o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka US Army Corps of Engineers e hoʻopiha hou i nā kahakai, hiki i ke kaona ke hoʻoponopono koke i nā pilikia o ke kahakai.
"He pōmaikaʻi nui kēia i ke kaiāulu ʻo Point Lookout," i ʻōlelo ʻo Councilwoman Cullin. "E pale maikaʻi ʻia nā hale āpana a me nā ʻoihana mai ka hoʻoweliweli o ka ʻino a me nā pōʻino o ke kai a Kahinaliʻi e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana pololei."
Ma mua o ka papahana Malaki 2008 o ka Pūʻali Koa nāna i ʻeli i ka Jones Inlet i pani ʻia a kau i ke one i hoʻomoʻomo ʻia ʻia ma nā kahakai kūloko, ua haki ka wai o ka moana wai i nā puʻu a kahe i nā alanui noho ma Point Lookout. E ʻae ka dredge i ke kaona e hoʻoponopono i nā pono nui, e like me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā puʻu e pale ai i kahi haʻi. ʻO nā puʻu one ʻo ia ka lālani pale hope loa ma waena o ka moana a me nā hale o nā wahi, nā hale a me nā alanui, a ʻo ka hoʻokūpaʻa ʻana i nā puʻu ke koʻikoʻi i ka pale ʻana i nā ola a me nā waiwai o ke kaiāulu kai. Hoʻohui ʻia, kōkua ka dredge i nā hana a ke kaona i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi papahana hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻo Long Beach Storm e hoʻomalu ai i nā kaiāulu o Long Beach Island mai nā ʻino a me nā nalu e kū nei i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻauwai hou a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā mea e kū nei.
Manaʻo ke kūlanakauhale i ka neʻe ʻana i ka one mai ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau-ʻaoʻao o Point Lookout ma ka hikina a me ka ʻaoʻao hema o ke kaiāulu ma waena o nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Kuhi ʻia ka dredge e ka wā ma ka pūnāwai 2010.
"I kekahi manawa hiki i ka dredging-up 'mea kahiko' ke lilo i mea maikaʻi, a ʻo ke one a mākou e hemo ai mai nā kahawai kūloko no ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana i ke kahakai i luku ʻia e ka ʻino, he mea maikaʻi loa ia no nā poʻe noho kai a me nā ʻona ʻoihana," hoʻopau ʻo Murray. "Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Senator Dean Skelos a me Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg no ka loaʻa kālā no kēia dredge a me nā kamaʻāina kūloko i hoa lawehana iā mākou i ka hakakā ʻana i ka ʻaʻai kahakai."
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