From: [email protected]To: Reichelderfer, Jan CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Shimizu, Clyde T.; [email protected] , Zaref, Amy Sent: 1/2/2009 10:53:37 AM Subject: RE: certificate of inclusion for Abutilon menziesii Jan, We will be attending the meeting. Could you also provide us with the location of this meeting (building, room number and etc.)? Thanx, Nelson ph. (808) 587-1834 fax: (808) 587-1787 "Reichelderfer, Jan" <Reichelderfer@pb To world.com> <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, 01/02/2009 10:08 <Aaron [email protected]> AM cc <[email protected]>, "Zaref, Amy" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Shimizu, Clyde T." <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject RE: certificate of inclusion for Abutilon menziesii Dear Nelson, Vicki and Aaron, We are scheduled to meet with Aaron Nadig of the Fish and Wildlife Service next week on Thursday (1/8) at 10:00. Would it be possible for you to come too so we can all discuss the likely options for Abutilon menziesii? We would be able to show you some of the preliminary engineering for the Park and Ride, Station and Guideway and their relationship to the mapped areas and the Reserve. At that time we can also go over any other concerns you have after reviewing the DEIS (If the copy of the DEIS that went to your office didn't make it to you, the document is very easy to find at http://www.honolulutransit.org/ < https://mail.pbworld.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.honolulutransit.org/ > . Look under Library for the DEIS). We would also be happy to supply you with any of the technical reports used for the DEIS at that meeting. Please let me know if the meeting time would work for you. If not, we can reschedule for sometime the following week. Thank you Jan Reichelderfer Parsons Brinckerhoff 566-2204 AR00141786
Dear Nelson, Vicki and Aaron, We are scheduled to meet with Aaron Nadig of the Fish and Wildlife Service next week on Thursday (1/8) at 10:00. Would it be possible for you to come too so we can all discuss the likely options for Abutilon menziesii? We would be able to show you some of the preliminary engineering for the Park and Ride, Station and Guideway and their relationship to the mapped areas and the Reserve. At that time we can also go over any other concerns you have after reviewing the DEIS (If the copy of the DEIS that went to your office didn't make it to you, the document is very easy to find at http://www.honolulutransit.org/ < https://mail.pbworld.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.honolulutransit.org/ > . Look under Library for the DEIS). We would also be happy to supply you with any of the technical reports used for the DEIS at that meeting. Please let me know if the meeting time would work for you. If not, we can reschedule for sometime the following week. Thank you Jan Reichelderfer Parsons Brinckerhoff 566-2204
Please see below. More discussions will be needed regarding a new MOA.
However, Vickie Caraway also believes that more funding will be needed. I'm not sure about what or how much is needed, and consequently, more discussions will also be needed in regards to this issue.
Thanx, Nelson
ph. (808) 587-1834 fax: (808) 587-1787
Forwarded by Nelson Sagum/HWY/HIDOT on 12/30/2008 11:27 AM
Vickie L Caraway/DLNR/Stat eHiUS@STATEHIUS To Nelson Sagum/HWY/HIDOT@HIDOT 12/30/2008 10:08 cc AM Paul J Conry/DLNR/StateHiUS@StateHiUS, Paula L Hartzell/DLNR/StateHiUS@StateHiUS Subject Re: Fw: certificate of inclusion for Abutilon menziesii(Document link: Nelson Sagum)
Hey Nelson, The issue will be if the land in question is included within the HCP agreement. You will need to check the tax map keys to see if the lands in question are included. Hopefully, they are. If not, the rail may have to do another agreement/HCP.
Also, if the land is included in the HCP, the project may need to add to the HCP funds. Construction on that scale will have a much larger impact, especially since it is so close to the contingency area (see bold area below). Not sure who makes that call, it may be one for the Endangered Species Recovery Committee or DOFAW.
The email from Parsons is not totally accurate, (see bold area below). The DLNR horticulturist will assist the applicant (see #4 in the MOA) in moving plants, if found on site. I believe the applicant has rented a tree spade to move plants under the supervision of the horticulturist.
Bill has left us for the USFWS but we have Paula Hartzell on board now. I have cc'ed her with this email if you need to contact her directly.
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Thanks Nelson! Vickie Caraway Botanist Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife Department of Land and Natural Resources
Nelson Sagum/HWY/HIDOT@H IDOT To Vickie L 12/22/2008 02:27 Caraway/DLNR/StateHiUS@StateHiUS, PM Paul J Conry/DLNR/StateHiUS@StateHiUS cc
Subject Fw: certificate of inclusion for Abutilon menziesii
Paul or Vickie,
The City wants another Certificate of Inclusion for their Rapid Transit line and parking lot (please see below). First, do we have sufficient funding to continue our efforts for the A. menziesii? Could you please check on this or please let me know who to contact.
This is a copy of the MOA with the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Design and Construction. (See attached file: D0C320.PDF) Another MOA may not be necessary, if additional funding or other changes are not now needed. Could we just revise or prepare another COI to include the City's Rapid Transit Project in the projects covered by this document (the COI)? Is a meeting with the City needed prior to the execution of this document?
Lastly, has Bill Standley left us for greener pastures? We're gonna miss him. Who replaced him?
Thanx, Nelson
ph. (808) 587-1834 fax: (808) 587-1787
Forwarded by Nelson Sagum/HWY/HIDOT on 12/22/2008 01:54 PM
"Reichelderfer, Jan" <Reichelderfer@pb To world.com> <[email protected] > cc 12/18/2008 10:44 <[email protected] > AM Subject certificate of inclusion for Abutilon menziesii
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Dear Sagum Nelson,
We understand you are the person at HDOT to contact about the Certificate of Inclusion for Abutilon menziesii at Kapolei. I work for Parsons Brinckerhoff and am doing environmental work for the Honolulu Rail Project for DTS. Ko'oloa'ula or red 'ilima (Abutilon menziesii) is prevalent on vacant land in the vicinity of the proposed East Kapolei Station and the proposed alignment along North-South Road. This extant population has been well documented in a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) since its discovery in 1996. Although plants have been observed in the area in the past, no plants were observed during field studies performed for the proposed rail project. The HCP for Abutilon menziesii at Kapolei (Ohashi 2004) was approved and is managed by the State Department of Land and Natural Resources-Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DLNR-DOFAW) in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The HCP included the establishment of an on-site 18-acre contingency reserve for Abutilon menziesii. The HCP process involved a formal biological assessment and opinion of no jeopardy for the species, based on the fulfillment of mitigation measures outlined in the HCP. A State Incidental Take License (ITL-05) was issued in March 2005 to the Hawai'i State Department of Transportation (HDOT) for the North-South Road Project. The ITL allows the removal of Abutilon menziesii plants within the surrounding land area, with the exception of plants within the 18-acre contingency reserve. The reserve will remain in place until off-site mitigation measures are fulfilled over the 20-year duration of the HCP. The Honolulu Rail Project will require a Certificate of Inclusion to the ITL from HDOT. Below I have also added a paragraph from a letter we received from USFWS describing the need for the Certificate of Inclusion. Honolulu Rail Transit components that may directly affect Abutilon menziesii include a 12-acre park-and-ride lot, the East Kapolei Station, and the fixed guideway, which are situated less than 200-feet from the 18-acre contingency reserve. We understand that continuing consultation with DLNR will be necessary, and the construction impact area will need to be resurveyed prior to construction. If any Abutilon menziesii plants are found, a DLNR horticulturist would remove the plants and transplant them to the contingency reserve. All applicable protective measures of the HCP would apply to construction practices, including the installation of construction fencing, implementation of fire control measures, and establishment of appropriate buffers for fire control. We would like to know how you would like us to proceed with obtaining the Certificate of Inclusion. Thank you so much for your help. I can be emailed or reached at 566-2204.
Jan Reichelderfer Parsons Brinckerhoff
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