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	<title>Senator Dwight Takamine</title>
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		<title>Waipiʻo Valley Flood Projects &#8211; 11/7/10</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/11/waipi%ca%bbo-valley-flood-projects-11710/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Dwight Takamine reports that two projects to mitigate flooding problems in Waipi‘o Valley are moving forward. The Mauna Kea Soil &#38; Water Conservation District, using Natural Resources Conservation Service funds, has selected AECom to undertake an engineering design project.  AECom will develop and provide conceptual designs, cost estimates and a list of permit requirements<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/11/waipi%ca%bbo-valley-flood-projects-11710/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>North Hawaiʻi Education &amp; Research Center &#8211; Expansion Update &#8211; 10/31/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The renovation and expansion of the North Hawai‘i Education &#38; Research Center (NHERC) is nearing completion. Repair work and asbestos removal and abatement on the roof of Phase 1 (the old Honoka‘a hospital) was completed over the summer. Subsequently, the university installed a photovoltaic system on the roof to increase energy efficiency and recently signed<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/11/north-hawai%ca%bbi-education-research-center-expansion-update-103110/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Lalamilo Offsite Phase 2A</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/lalamilo-offsite-phase-2a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legislature appropriated $6m in 2009 to improve the offsite water infrastructure required for the future development of Lalamilo Subdivision Phase 2A. The project is subdivided into two separate, related parts that together provide the storage and transmission capacities that will enable DHHL to develop the 160+ single family residential parcels.  The first project, construction on a 1MG reservoir<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/lalamilo-offsite-phase-2a/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Lalamilo Subdivision Phase 2A</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/lalamilo-subdivision-phase-2a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ (DHHL) Hawai&#8217;i Island Plan (2002) prioritizes the Lalamilo Tract for residential development.  The tract is within North Region, an area of high beneficiary preference. DHHL acquired the 232 acre parcel from the Department of Land &#38; Natural Resources in 1999 as part of the 1994 settlement to restore the Hawaiian<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/lalamilo-subdivision-phase-2a/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Lalamilo Subdivision Phase 1</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/lalamilo-subdivision-phase-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/lalamilo-subdivision-phase-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.senatortakamine.com/?p=1292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands&#8217; (DHHL) Hawai&#8217;i Island Plan (2002) prioritizes the Lalamilo Tract for residential development.  The tract is within North Region, an area of high beneficiary preference. DHHL acquired the 232 acre parcel from the Department of Land &#38; Natural Resources in 1999 as part of the 1994 settlement to restore the<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/lalamilo-subdivision-phase-1/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Puʻukapu Hybrid Water System</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/puukapu-hybrid-water-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) project involves constructing a water system improvement to provide potable water for ranching activities and associated farm-dwelling uses in DHHL&#8217;s Pu‘ukapu Ranch Lots, which the agency has designated as a high-priority project. The water system will also provide separate storage tanks and fire truck connections for fire-fighting use. The project is<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/puukapu-hybrid-water-system/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Katsu Goto Memorial Service October 23 &#8211; 10/15/10</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/katsu-goto-memorial-service-october-23/</link>
		<comments>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/katsu-goto-memorial-service-october-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Senator Dwight Takamine and Representative Mark Nakashima, on behalf of the Katsu Goto Memorial Service Committee, invite you to attend a commemorative 125th Anniversary of Japanese immigration and Katsu Goto Memorial Service on Saturday, October 23 at 11 a.m. at the Honoka‘a Hongwanji Mission. Attending the Memorial Service will be descendents of the late<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/katsu-goto-memorial-service-october-23/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Papaʻikou Traffic Safety Meeting October 7 &#8211; 10/3/10</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/papa%ca%bbikou-traffic-safety-meeting-october-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/papa%ca%bbikou-traffic-safety-meeting-october-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative Mark Nakashima reports that HDOT officials will meet with the Rural South Hilo Community Association in regards to the Papa‘ikou Traffic Safety Project. State Traffic Engineer Alvin Takeshita and Hawai‘i District Engineer Stan Tamura will present an updated design plan for the Papa‘ikou highway corridor to the community on Thursday, October 7 at 6:45<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/10/papa%ca%bbikou-traffic-safety-meeting-october-7/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Kamuela Vacuum Cooling Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/09/kamuela-vacuum-cooling-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/09/kamuela-vacuum-cooling-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[diversified ag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper Hamakua Ditch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kamuela Vacuum Cooling Plant on the island of Hawai‘i is operated by the Kamuela Farmers Cooperative, which consists of sixty members, and processes approximately seven million pounds of produce annually, while also providing storage and limited processing services. The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) obtained funding for the facility as one of two vacuum cooling plant pilot<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/09/kamuela-vacuum-cooling-plant/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Hale Hauoli Renovations &#8211; 9/26/19</title>
		<link>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/09/hale-hauoli-renovations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/09/hale-hauoli-renovations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Website Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rep. Nakashima &#38; Sen. Dwight Takamine report that the American Recovery &#38; Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded renovation of Hale Hauoli in Honoka‘a will commence soon. Isemoto Contracting will renovate all forty units  and the community center in the 10 buildings that comprise Hale Hauoli.  The Honoka‘a Seniors Club meets in the community building that also houses<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.senatortakamine.com/2010/09/hale-hauoli-renovations/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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