Waimea Trails and Greenways

Resources:

Drawings:

• Latest drawing is Imata - 2008-07-09 Waimea Trails Alignment.pdf (3.8 MB)
  • that drawing resulted from the notes gathered on the 080701 trail walk
• Old Schematic map of the Trail (PDF)
  This is a very rough sketch as of the mid 1990s, however, until 2007 it was the only "official" drawing we had in computer form.
• Plan drawings: Bruce did first segment renditions drawings.  There were so many changes since then in regards to easements etc. that Bruce wanted to wait for the easements to be firm before doing further drawing work.  Things remained like that for many years.
• In February 2007, a set of 18 drawings were released (drafted by Bruce)
  • See February 2007 Drawings
• The rest of the trail drawings that have been produced over the years have been sketches as the WTG has worked with landowners, mostly drawn by Kaz and Clem.  Kaz and Clem are architects working on paper, so it is a bit difficult to post their drawings here on the website in electronic form.
• Reportedly, drawings exist of the trail easement through all Parker Ranch lands.  Here are three documents from the surveyor, Bob Shirai, showing some of the Parker easements:
  • 5-A 072606.pdf from the top of sandalwood, through Parker land to the ag parcel.
  • 7 072606.pdf along the entire length of sandalwood, hugging the stream.
  • lot A 072606.pdf is the eastern end at Lanikila park.
• Acquisitions

  • Output from a GIS view, presumably August 2005, showing all the various easement whose rights need to be acquired for the trail.  It's not known who produced this view, but it's encouraging that at least somebody is using GIS.

     
• Trail markers
  • Three drawings of how the trail sign and information stand could be built:
    L2.pdf L3.pdf L4.pdf

Surrounding Parcels:

• Carter Parking Lot, date unknown (presumably Summer 2005)
  Shows part of a drawing of the expansion of the parking lot which is the focus of discussion between Carter, WOC, WTG and the NRCS.
• Trees on the Trail Edge of Carter Parking Lot, 2005/9/8
  This drawing is the result of informal surveys taken by Avi, Victor and Ben of the trees still standing.  There are 46 labeled trees.  Scale is 15 pixels/foot.
• Possible Route of Trail along Carter Parking Lot, 2005/9/12
  This is just a tentative sketch, but it was received well at a 2005/9/9 meeting with representatives or WOC, WTG and Carter.  The arborist has not yet considered this plan, and the final trail design is still a ways away.

Environmental Impact

• There was an EA (Draft Environmental Assessment) published October 2002.  Unfortunately, the only copy found so far is a 3MB PDF of a scan of the paper pages.  Where is the original document in electronic form?
  • Since it was prepared for the County Parks&Rec dept., maybe they have it.
  • It is full of very useful information!  For example, it is the only document where the construction increments are described:

    Increment	Section	Distance (Miles)
    1	Lindsey Road to Sandalwood Subdivision	1.25
    2	Sandalwood Subdivision to County of Hawaii Park	2.75
    3	Lindsey Road to Church Row	0.5

Documents from other organizations:

• Waimea Trail Update, August 2005 (from the WOC newsletter)

Meeting Notes

Related Organizations:

• PATH (Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawai`i) is a Big Island organization promoting traffic safety education and improving conditions on roadways and trails for recreation, fitness, and alternative modes of transportation.