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Zoning committee advances Waikiki Aquarium upgrade after CD1 amendment; iwi kūpuna found during related work
Summary
Committee amended and reported out Resolution 25‑108 to allow University of Hawaii upgrades to the Waikiki Aquarium water intake and to expand the Edge of Reef exhibit; presenters said excavations on a related discharge project uncovered iwi kūpuna and the project team is working with SHPD and OHA on a burial treatment plan.
The Honolulu City Council Committee on Zoning on May 1 amended and reported out for adoption Resolution 25‑108, which grants a special management area (SMA) major permit to the University of Hawaii for improvements to the Waikiki Aquarium’s water intake system and for reconstruction and expansion of the Edge of Reef exhibit.
The CD1 was further amended at the hearing to clarify that a condition addressing discovery of nests of endangered, threatened, or protected birds applies only during project construction. The Department of Planning and Permitting told the committee it supports the posted CD1.
Lee Stitzelma, project manager for the University of Hawaii, said the intake upgrades replace two existing eight‑inch ocean intake pipes with two new eight‑inch pipes and add equipment including four media filters, two ultraviolet sterilizers, a heat exchanger and chiller, flow meters and level sensors. Stitzelma…
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