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Barbers Point Naval Air Museum Mr. Brad Hayes Executive Director 91-1091 Midway Street Kapolei Hawaii 96707 UNITED STATES 808-682-3982

Date: August 16,2019

To Whom it may concern,

My name is Brad Hayes I am the Executive Director of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station Museum, Ewa Battle Air Field Historian and co-Author of the book Images of Aviation Barbers Point NAS.

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The proposed Public Motorsports Park Location (in the RES 18-265 AREA ) in the City Park Property proposed by Mr. Li Cobian as shown in the area below Is NOT in the Ewa Plain Battlefield National Register Boundary.

The Proposed Motorsports Park RES18-265 area is located in the 1945 Configuration Area outside of the 1941 Preservation Boundary.

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Barbers int Naval Air Museum Mr Brad Hayes Executive Director 808-682-3982

From Li Cobian ex-officio Board member of Parks n Recs Supplemental Information for CC-336

1) Acknowledged Motorsports Activity of 18-265 Property from Original June 1, 1999 City Application to the NPS National Park Service/US Dept of the Interior as other Recreational Activity.

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APPLICATION FUR FIDE/1AL SURPULS PROPERTY FUR PUBLIC PARK OR RECREATION PURPOSTS

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To: Federal land, to Parka Progras National Park Service U.S. Department of the interior 600 Harrison Street, Suit. 600 son rranCisco, California 94107-13,2

Attention: Mr. Gary Nunstereen, Program Coordinator

The City and County of Honolulu, hereinafter referred to as the Applicant or Grants., acting by and through :snaky Harris, Mayor, et 510 South Xing Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, telephone number (OM 523-4141. hereby nakaa application to tn. United States pursuant to Section 202(ki(2) of the Federal Property and adainlatrativa Servica. Act of 1949 (61 Stat. 363), as asand•d, and In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department or the Interior for the transfer of the following property which has bean declared surplus by the U.S Navy under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and la subject to ■ssignaent to the Secretary of the Interior for disposal for public park or recreation purpoaaer

1. Portion of Barbers Point Naval Air Station ISPNAS) for public park or recreational purpoaes.

1. There is no GSA control number. Land la being relessad by the U.S. Navy directly to this National Park Service, Department at the Interior, pursuant to the Defense Dane closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

1. Estimated total 530 acres in 11 parcels.

The property is sore fully described In parfa of this application, attached hereto and sada a part thereof.

Enclosed herewith ae part C of the application I. a City Council Resolution showing the authority of the underalgnad to execute this application and to do all other acts noc•saary to consummate the transaction.

The undersigned agrees that this application La made subject to the following terra and conditions:

1. This application and it. acceptance by the Department of the Interior shall constitute the entire agreement between the Applicant and the Department of the Interior, unless

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The total area is about 250 acre■ cf which Clout 15d riCreo arc set aside for tho future eports training facility. This tralairg site will probably rot ha developed during the initial Ic years bat will be built based on market studies over the next 20 years. Tha remaining 100 acres will be used for various two:ea:lanai activities not related to the training Center.

Tha area is fairly level, sloping Cightly toward the sea with elevations rangirg fro, about 25 to 55 feet. ( The Coral Fit cuts into an area along the south side of Bissarck S. Road, just east of Coral Sea Road.) Coarse sand covers the coral outcrop here with only Imported soil. Vegetation is boa heels, blame and nor.native grasses with [ha bird and 'mesa] species typirm. of rte NA3BP.

Suitable for mush-needed community gardens are about 10 Acres alert; the south side of independence Road and northeast of the National Guard ores. It Is fairly level land, sloping tc the ocean with hard-packed coral rubble over tne coral outcrop with some Imported ether soil arid requiring crly ■ few sore inches cf additional Boll to be brought in.

A number or Eva residents raise vegetables and flowers in tne 14 acres of common:Ty gardens in Wahiawa, la to 12 miles away. but transportation is difficult for many. Creating a community garden in this area would benefit Ewa gardeners who do nut own their own green space and cannot afford tn. high price. of Caho's fruits and vegetables. The DP. P . , Botanical Gardens Division supervise ■ II community gardens ;about 30 acres) around Oahu.

Ideal for conversion into perk aairtenancs facilities are two large buildings existing in Ibis arse and formerly used by the Navy as • small aircraft hangar and for eguipsent storage Once converted. thee. buildings would accommodate park maintenance machinery And materials.

7te naphalt ric.way free the abandoned airi.ort is roll suited for in-line hocacy and ether skating uses, providing enough space for at least two rinks. In addition. Oahu's Mode, Airplane Club servers now use the runway area to fly model airplanes, and :he Sports Car Club of America currently SpnnEICT ■ aut, r;ae events or trio ri.i.uay .

amatrictioss. Portions of this alto are r■comsanded for preservation They include • format World War :: antiaircraft battery complex a sinkhole cesp'so that say contain hIstorius: artifacts, and a historical Site conta.nlno a cu:t1Vstion perhaps constructed by ancient Hawaiian, The DPA will not disturb nor develop trims'. sites.

Page B-12 Area 9. Sports Training Facility and Other Recreational Activities

The asphalt runway from the abandoned airport is well suited for in-line hockey and other skating uses, providing enough space for at least two rinks. In addition, Oahu's Model Airplane Club members now use the runway area to fly model airplanes, and the Sports Car Club of America currently sponsors autocross events on the runway.

2) City & County Parks N Recs revision to original 1999 City Application to US Department of Interior amending and removing the proposed development of a "Sports Fitness Training Complex Facilities" from original application. City letter of May 31, 2011, stating "The department does not consider the development of a Sports Training Facility described in the 1999 application as being economically feasible" .

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A-ea 10 Dewntown Niel PoluDeportment of Pairs an: Reemation Beseyerd end Driver Training Facility-As the original proposed park ma•lenance site was to be developed en one c' the parcels wehdrawn from cur appication (Attlee) we propose utilirjrg approxmalety 2 was of this 7 5 sate see for a downtown trim park and other undeveloped areas for a department baseyard art) crave-training 'acilly for %element of Parks and Recreetier staff

May 31 2011

Mr Deed Sregenhercr Federal .ands to Parks Program Co•d-rater doted Slates Deperewen of ma freer or Natienai Psi, Service Peale Wed Region 1 , 11 Jaeksor Street, Suite 700 Oakland. Ceilfornra 94507-4517

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update deserIblig a rowiropitial level plan for tee utitzetion of tne pivr.b.% for public park. time frame let envelortment af a mesh- pan and an estenated prcgrem of 'Agitation

Alter the City's resent withdrawal of five prime% reoreseeting approximately 52 5 acres from the 1599 aaoltation the parcels remarnag to he conveyed to We Crly and County Cf Honolulu represent approx,rnately 4207 acme, confined as parcels I7002.6 1305e BaC 13060 13064 0 one 13074.051)

I he Department of P•ks and Rae-tea:Ion p ass rte 12411:e Most of Ine terror:dig parcels esseehally as described in tie 1499 application exception teing true develop-twirl of Anne - Peden Fitness Taring fas.lit es oe parcels 1305e-8 13C59 C and 13030

Please refer to the eh-closed Proposed Reuse Areas dreers Faint Naval Air Station Map for beallan of inc lol'orrIng dew.' .ted Mar of utiotine far Ire folleverig spesilb area* withli the venous parcels

Mee 1 Kalaeloa Bil3:11Frekekoeut 30 acres are considered -deal tar peach Dark uses: swmmeng, surfing prientslurg ord other rereeahor. A corerptt 'tenor picnic tette, ■ teethe:we and competes. thoagn do already exist here Inc are el reascrtably good et:edition. The area s epee anon to tit ccean rite an ecrat cn of abo:r1 10 feet dle.e *Ea eve Si 111. r:ad Sod is tome sane over enrol outcrop li de to I rarer

Area 9a, 90 and 9c Other Recreational Actweies-These alias represar.r approximate), 253 acres of end vast is fairly level, atop-rg sightly toward to the sea wee elevation: rangl-g from about 25 to 56 foe! This area .rducee the Cara , Pd that ems ,rte an areo alcrig the south cider of Srernarei Sea Rood, Just east of Coral Sae Read

Approximately 100 of tne 250 acres were iderefied to development of vancus recreallanal activities not relatee to the cevelopment e a Spats Tranhrg I-a:Arty en The Mier 150 acres that was envisonee to be punt out over a 20- year Pertod

ee department 'Ices nct cons car the densloement o' a Sports -o wing Faode ; describer: in he 1980 applicreon as mama ecorom rally reelable

I. The c'eparttnent propcses to utice about 1C Beres a cog the south aide o'

Independence Road and 'Anthrax: of the National Glare area for much needed community gardens. Tres is lardy teve lend, slop rg to the ocean with nard-pachad cersi rubble ever he coral autemp •th some impolite sell requirmg only a few more riches et additional sot to be brought In In add-ton, we recognize. 70■0 large easing oulleega for-telly toed by the Nary is a 'mat' aircraft hangar far equipment storage Once eonvor.ce, those but cehgs woad accanencdate park mainterarice rnachihery and materials.

Ir Merton, Ms aspnatt rawly and a...rm. arcing Areas herr lire abaninnerl heftier: is suited for a myna of recreatronal activ los such as :Vain; frisbee golf and marls airplane flyind, that can provide reveal coal opportunities to the putt c tint! its limey analogs bra to censtrdct mater refrain-A:lure and fa:46es

n has peen Deer ; decade since the ay a master par far the Neva' Ad Stec on Berbers Fuint pwpeetiaa wars reflected Ii the 1099 applicatle, and we are In the process ol updating that Wan.

The City aparapr ales $50 CM in the FY 2011 Capital EuclgOt and a tOr.30t:arl has teen reantly selected. Yye antrapra the master plan to as cempletee by year end

This master a an we address the ahernattie-x avairatle to 'ne depa -Inert in dtilizal on el thole 150 acres previous y designated for a sports traininp lap ray

Approximately 100 of the 250 acres were identified for development of various recreational activities not related to the development of a-Sports Training Facility on the other 150 acres that was envisioned to be built out over a 20- year period.

I The department does not consider the development of a Sports Training Facility described in the 1999 application as being economically feasible.

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3) Proposed True location for Motorsports Activity .

The City Park Pending Property is 220 acres (lots

20,43 & 44). THe old HRP Hawaii Raceway Park was only 63 acres. Only 70 acres a 3rd of the City Park Property on the south side border 3,400 feet Away From the nearest omes would be needed for a Motorsports Par

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Video Site Visit by Kapolei Neighborhood Board & State Senators office

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From: CLK Council Info Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 4:25 AM Subject: Parks, Community Services and Intergovernmental Affairs Speaker

Registration/Testimony

Speaker Registration/Testimony

Name Justin Moore

Phone 6016758008

Email Familyandfriendsforlife@gmail.com

Meeting Date 10-22-2019

Council/PH Parks

Committee

Agenda Item CC-336

Your position on Support

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Representing Self

Organization Do you wish to speak at the Yes hearing?

I'm not here to defend a race track for or against but to define our expression of identity.

Your identity is your passion and causes your success in life.

Passion is a key leadership characteristic and is defined as any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling.

Leaders with great passion gladly work countless hours, work against all odds and obstacles and successfully use their passion to achieve their overall objectives and life goals to fulfill their dreams and identify themselves with the world.

Written Testimony Why would anyone strip us of our passion and deprive us of our identity?

Passion is what makes us as humans lust, love, laugh and live together in harmony.

There are many leaders here today. One person that most of us can identify with whether personally or in film is Paul Walker and what he brought to the car community through his passion for acting. We know his heart touched this island and could definitely ignite the passion in all of us here today.

We all need to belong but most times there are difficulties belonging and this is when we

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have an identity crises.

Your identity is shaped by your affiliations. A perfect example of this is the group of people here expressing their passion and their identities so please recognize and listen to their hearts when they are up here speaking to you today!

Identity is what drives passion and sometimes passion comes from competition. Humans are by nature competitive. We compete in different ways and in today's case it is side by side going down the same quarter mile track working together to defend the safety of the island while expressing our passion which defines and exemplifies our identity and meaning in life here on the beautiful Island of Oahu!

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August 5th, 2014

CONTACT: Michael J. Kitchens

Track Coordinator/Public Relations

(808) 782-7432 (Cell)

support@kalaeloaracewaypark.com

Title: KAIAEOA RACEWAY PARK CEASES OPERATIONS

It is with great sadness that we announce that Mr. George Grace III, Managing Member of Save Oahu's

Race Tracks, LLC, (SORT) has lost right of possession of the property on which Kalaeloa Raceway Park

(KRP) stands to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) after years of fighting against the

current administration for fair and equal treatment.

KRP is a grassroots multi-venue motorsports facility dedicated to providing a home for motorsports

enthusiasts and their families since opening in 2010. Family-friendly events such as Stock Car, Sand

Drags, HulaCross, SCCA RallyCross, MotoCross, and more have been held on a regular basis since that

time. With the loss of possession, the only four-wheeled motorsports venue on the island will now

cease operations.

We hold Governor Neil Abercrombie and his administration directly responsible for refusing to work

with KRP. Under its direction, the DHHL, Hawaiian Homes Commission, as well as the State Attorney

General's Office has been unyielding and has completely refused to allow KRP to work through its issues

even after being advised by the Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs (HWN) to do so due to DHHL's

act of proven Detrimental Reliance against KRP.

This is after a comprehensive effort to support Gov Abercrombie during his 2010 election run for

Governor of the State of Hawaii . He stated clearly to several KRP representatives that he would support

our efforts to construct and operate a motorsports facility during a meeting on August 10th, 2010 (See

attached photo). Mr. Grace actively campaigned for Abercrombie in his election bid, including driving

moving billboards up and down the streets of Oahu on containers specially created for the potential

Governor's campaign (See attached photo).

In return for our concentrated efforts, we have received nothing but false promises from the current

administration, and as such, we can no longer support Governor Abercrombie in his quest for re-

election.

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We ask that all motorsports enthusiasts support Kalaeloa Raceway Park in our fight to remain open and

active.

We also ask that you support the opponents of Governor Abercrombie in the upcoming election this Saturday.

KRP will continue to fight to remain open and will actively pursue our rights in our lawsuit against the

DHHL.

For media or info inquiries, please contact Michael Kitchens or call (808) 782-7432.

Attached is proof of our campaign efforts of support for Abercrombie after our meeting on Aug lath,

2010 as well as the original email communication with his campaign manager.

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Neil Abercrombie gubernatorial campaign released the following statement today regarding building a motorsports complex in Hawaii:

"Neil Abercrombie is committed to the idea of building a racing and motorsports complex in Hawaii. Such a project could create many benefits, not just for racing enthusiasts and car clubs, but also for the people of Hawaii if done right as a public-private partnership. A racing complex could provide a safe and controlled alternative to dangerous street racing that is wreaking havoc on our roadways. Working collaboratively, private operators could agree to be jointly responsible for offering youth programs, creating learning opportunities for budding mechanics and engineers, demonstrating alternative fuel vehicles, and developing cultural and recreational events for visitors and local residents. The public and private sectors can also make a joint commitment to making our roads safer and acting collaboratively toward that end."

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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2013/01/28/hawaii-news/city-readies-citation-against-raceway/

City readies citation against raceway

• STAR-ADVERTISER / JAN. 13 Star-Advertiser / Jan. 13 A pending property-related citation against Save Oahu's Race Tracks LLC alleges that grading was done without a permit at the 38-acre Kalaeloa Raceway Park. ATV and motocross riders catch some air on the raceway's dirt track.

The city is preparing another property-related citation against the operator of Oahu's only auto racing venue, placing another black mark on the company's checkered history on that state-owned parcel.

The city Department of Planning and Permitting last week posted a violation notice on its website, indicating that grading was done without a permit on the 38-acre Kalaeloa property.

Jiro Sumada, the department's acting director, said in a written statement that the notice had not been issued to the company as of Friday and that an investigation was continuing. Sumada would not provide any details other than to say the department recently inspected the property because of a complaint.

If issued, this would be the fifth permit violation since 2008 against Save Oahu's Race Tracks LLC, which leases the property from the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for $2,000 a month.

Two violations cited in April for grading and stockpiling without a permit still are not corrected, according to city records, and the fine for those violations already has topped $100,000 and grows with each day they are uncorrected.

Adding to its financial problems, SORT recently fell four months behind on its rent to DHHL and has been delinquent before.

The company and its principal, George Grace III, also are facing problems with other state agencies.

Grace was fined $10,000 a few months ago by the Department of Health after he initially refused to let inspectors onto the Kalaeloa property to investigate a complaint. The agency had to go to court to get a judge's order granting access a day later, but no violations were found.

The Health Department fine still is unpaid, but the company has requested a hearing to contest it.

SORT also is listed as "not in good standing" with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs because it has yet to file its required 2012 annual report, which is nearly a year past due, according to DCCA records.

And the Department of Taxation has a lien against another Grace company, Paradise Lua Inc., for nonpayment of more than $250,000 in back taxes dating to 2004, state records show.

"Despite the challenges we are facing with the city and state, we are working with them to take care of it," Grace said in an email to the Star-Advertiser.

Emphasizing the positives of a safe and secure racing venue, Grace said negative reporting on him and his companies has no relevance to his group's goal of

maintaining a functioning raceway and to "hopefully keep our streets a little safer by keeping racing on the race track."

His company opened the raceway in 2010 and hosts auto and motorcycle races on dirt tracks. He holds a month-to-month permit to use the property.

DHHL officials say they are working with Grace, as they would with any other lessee facing difficulties, to resolve the various issues and get him current on rent. They denied he is receiving special treatment.

If the city issues the new citation, DHHL will require Grace to resolve that matter by obtaining an "after-the-fact" grading permit and giving him the time necessary to accomplish the task, agency spokesman Darrell Young said. Grace also will be required to resolve the DCCA issue, Young said.

Critics of the way the department is handling the lease believe Grace is getting special treatment because of all the second chances he's getting and a lack of any recent move by DHHL to evict him.

They also cite the involvement in the case of Bruce Coppa, Gov. Neil Abercrombie's chief of staff.

"I feel (Grace) is getting preferential treatment, absolutely," said Evelyn Souza, who with her husband initially partnered with Grace and his wife to develop the raceway. The couples eventually had a falling out, and the Souzas no longer are involved with the operation.

Shortly after becoming chief of staff in October 2011, Coppa met with Grace and DIIHL officials to try to get the two sides to resolve long-standing issues, Abercrombie spokeswoman Louise Kim McCoy said in a written statement. Coppa did not know Grace at the time and did not agree to or commit to anything with Grace, she added.

Grace had called Coppa to complain about permitting, stockpiling and historic preservation issues he was having with DHI-IL and other agencies, McCoy said.

Grace received no preferential treatment, and Coppa did not provide any direction to DHHL on how to handle the various issues, McCoy said. After the meeting, Coppa, who works with all state agencies and the public and receives numerous requests for help, asked DHHL to keep him informed about the matter, she said.

That same day, Coppa toured DHHL properties in the area.

Michelle Kauhane, who attended the 2011 meeting as DHHL's then-deputy director, acknowledged that it was unusual for the governor's chief of staff to come to Kapolei to meet with a DHHL lessee. But she said Coppa did not provide any pressure on how to deal with Grace and supported the way she was handling the case.

Kauhane, who left DHHL in December, said Grace was frustrated in part because of the frequent turnover in DHHL leadership — he has dealt with four different directors in recent years — and because "each of the administrations has told him something different."

But the agency also was frustrated with Grace because he didn't follow up on things he promised DHHL, Kauhane said.

"There have been concerns on both sides," she said.