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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015 | WEST HAWAII TODAY
BIG ISLAND
5A
Division chief for the
county Department of
Public Works.
Both of the possible
routes traverse unde-
veloped land. The pro-
posed connection with
Kuakini Highway would
be close to the existing
southern Coconut Grove
access. The terminus at
Alii Drive would occur
between Coconut Grove
Marketplace and the
Kona Billfisher.
“We’re going to wait
until we get public com-
ments before we lock
down the route,” Ishii said.
The intersection of
Oneo Lane and Kuakini
Highway would be sig-
nalized to mitigate traf-
fic congestion because of
vehicles turning left onto
Oneo Lane from Kuakini
Highway. Similarly, the
intersection of Oneo Lane
and Alii Drive would be
signalized to mitigate
traffic congestion because
of vehicles turning left
onto Oneo Lane from Alii
Drive.
Archaeological and his-
torical artifacts on the site
are minimal, according to
the411-pageFONSIreport
found at
hawaii.gov/Shared%20
Documents/EA_and_
EIS_Online_Library/
Hawaii/2010s/2015-08-
08-HA-5B-DEA-Oneo-
Lane.pdf.
Both alignments would
have an impact on a rock
boundary wall. In addi-
tion, the more southerly
alignment, dubbed the
“green alignment,” would
go over a mid- to late-
19th century residential
compound.
“While some integrity
has been lost, this site still
has the potential for yield-
ing information relative
to the period of transition
that took place in many
Hawaiian households just
prior to and following the
Mahele,” the report says.
The second phase of the
project, an approximately
2,000-foot mauka section
between Hualalai Road
and Kuakini Highway, is
projected to be complet-
ed by 2020. The exist-
ing Nani Kailua Drive
currently terminates at
Hualalai Road.
The project is being
proposed to provide addi-
tional mauka-makai con-
nectivity within the area
and relieve traffic conges-
tion at the Hualalai Road/
Alii Drive intersection by
redirecting some traffic
off Alii Drive and onto
Kuakini Highway, plan-
ners said.
Comments will be
accepted until Sept. 8.
They should be sent
to the Hawaii County
Department of Public
Works, Aupuni Center, 101
Pauahi St., Suite 7, Hilo,
HI 96720. Copies should
be sent to the state Office
of Environmental Quality
Control,
235
South
Beretania St., Suite 702,
Honolulu, HI 96813 and
Rachel Adams, Parsons
Brinckerhoff, 1001 Bishop
St., Suite 2400, Honolulu,
HI 96813.
ROAD:
Possible routes
traverse undeveloped land
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A
Electric vehicle owners
will have another place
to plug in by the end of
the year.
And they can pay their
taxes while they’re at it.
As early as Sept. 8, a
contractor will begin
installing four electric
vehicle charging stations,
split between Hawaii
County’s main building
on Aupuni Street in Hilo
and what’s known as the
Aupuni Center across the
street.
The stations are sched-
uled to be complete Nov.
6 and cost $117,000 all
together, according to the
county Department of
Public Works.
Will Rolston, county
energy coordinator, said
the charging stations are
being built to serve the
county’s small hybrid
vehicle fleet, though they
will be available to the
public for free.
The county is installing
what’s known as level II
stations, which can take
a couple hours to reach a
full charge. So, that might
not serve any electric
vehicle owners who live
far from town.
But it should work just
fine for county workers,
Rolston said.
The county has five
Chevrolet Volt hybrid
cars based at the West
Hawaii Civic Center,
where charging sta-
tions were installed in
February 2012.
Starting from Kailua-
Kona, the car’s batteries
are able to get them to
the start of Saddle Road
without using a drop of
fuel, Rolston said. By the
time they get into Hilo,
the batteries are about
halfway charged with the
help of the car’s regenera-
tive braking system.
Using charging stations
in Hilo will help further
reduce the use of gasoline
on the return trip and
could help expand the
county’s use of hybrids
and electric cars in the
future, Rolston said.
But, unlike thecharging
stations in Kona, these
won’t be entirely carbon
neutral.
The West Hawaii Civic
Center’s charging stations
are powered by solar
panels, which also feed
a storage battery for use
during the evening.
The main county build-
ing in Hilo also has solar
panels but lacks a stor-
age system. The Aupuni
Center, on the other
hand, is powered entirely
by the grid.
The cost of powering
up with electricity from
the grid would probably
be similar to filling up at
the gas station, Rolston
said.
Use of the solar panels
in Kona equates to buy-
ing gas at $2 a gallon, he
said. The county buys the
power from the installer
at 20 cents per kilowatt
hour.
“If an all (electric)
mode, it’s a real deal,”
Rolston said.
He said it takes the
county about 1 1/2 years
to make up the higher
cost of the cars, which
the county purchased for
$45,000 each.
Rolston said the coun-
ty should consider buy-
ing more as prices come
down, the technology
improves and the infra-
structure to support them
grows.
Email Tom Callis at tcallis@
hawaiitribune-herald.com.
Four electric vehicle charging
stations to be installed in Hilo
BY TOM CALLIS
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
A county electric vehicle charges at the West Hawaii Civic Center.
LAURA
SHIMABUKU/
WEST HAWAII TODAY FILE PHOTO
A story in the Sunday edition
contained incorrect informa-
tion. Hawaii County Community
Emergency Response Teams were
not tasked with doing door-to-
door notifications of residents in
Kapoho Vacationland, according
to Civil Defense Director Darryl
Oliveira. Another government
agency was assigned to the task,
but Oliveira says, ultimately, he
failed to follow up with that agen-
cy about whether the task was
completed. “That won’t happen
again,” Oliveira said Monday.
A press release from the state
Judiciary incorrectly stated that
jury questionnaires are sent to
individuals who have a valid driv-
er’s license and are registered to
vote in the state of Hawaii. It
should have stated that jury ques-
tionnaires are send to anyone who
has a valid Hawaii state driver’s
license or are registered to vote in
the state.
It is the policy of West Hawaii
Today to correct promptly any
incorrect or misleading informa-
tion when it is brought to the
attention of the newspaper.
CORRECTION
The search for a new dean
at the University of Hawaii at
Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College
of Pharmacy has begun, but it
could take until the end of the
2015-16 academic year, which
has yet to begin.
Last month, John Pezzuto,
the founding dean of the col-
lege, left for a job as profes-
sor and dean at the Arnold
and Marie Schwartz College
of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences at Long Island
University in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Pezzuto,
who
helped
launch the UH-Hilo College
of Pharmacy in 2006,
announced his resignation
more than a year ago. Initially
he intended to leave at the end
of the 2014 calendar year, but
later opted to extend his stay
at the school “to ensure conti-
nuity of the program,” accord-
ing to UH-Hilo Chancellor
Donald Straney.
In an emailed response to
questions, Straney said last
week that Susan Jarvi, College
of Pharmacy pre-pharmacy
program director and associ-
ate professor, was selected to
head a search committee to
find a new dean.
“We are discussing with the
college other members who
will serve on that committee,”
Straney wrote. “They will be
responsible for recommend-
ing finalists to bring to cam-
pus for interviews.”
The makeup of the search
committee will be finalized
next month, once faculty
members have returned from
the summer break.
Straney said he expect-
ed advertisements for the
position to appear soon.
The search committee’s job
will be to narrow the field
of applicants down to a few
finalists who have displayed
“a track record of success as
an administrator, educator,
researcher, fundraiser and
leader.”
From that pool of finalists,
Straney will recommend one
candidate to the university
president and the board of
regents for their approval.
Jarvi said last month that
the new dean could come as
early as the new calendar year,
but likely would begin next
summer.
“The ads are about ready to
go out. We’re hoping to have
somebody in place January
2016, but it’ll more like-
ly be like, Julyish, hopefully.
(January) seems, at this late
date, probably not likely, so
it’ll probably be in the sum-
mer,” she said. “If they would
be willing and everything
works out, that would be great
(for the new dean to start in
January).”
An interim dean for the col-
lege cannot be named until
the board of regents approves
Straney’s recommendation at
a meeting later this month.
Until that time, UH-Hilo
Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs Matt Platz will serve as
the “administrator in charge”
of the school, Straney said.
Email Colin M. Stewart at cstewart@
hawaiitribune-herald.com.
UH-Hilo pharmacy dean search could take awhile
BY COLIN M. STEWART
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
Donald Straney
