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3:19 p.m. Hula Festival Venue Change

The World International Hula Festival will be held at the Blaisdell Concert Hall rather than the Waikiki Shell this year due to APEC.

It’s scheduled for Nov. 10 through Nov. 12.

Read the city press release here.

3:01 p.m. “Overwhelming” Response: APEC Turning Away Volunteers

The APEC Hawaii Host Committee says it has had to turn away more than 1,200 volunteers ahead of next month’s events.

The committee had started recruiting volunteers this summer, with a target of having about 1,000 volunteers for various roles including greeting visitors at the airport and handling administrative duties at the Convention Center.

“The community’s response to the call for volunteers by the APEC Hawaii Host Committee was overwhelming,” Gregg Yamanaka , the committee’s president and CEO said in an email to Civil Beat. “More than 2,200 applied for 1,000 volunteer positions. Unfortunately, this means that some of the applicants will not be able to participate during APEC Leaders’ Week.”

Nanea Kalani

2:56 p.m. Garbage Truck Problems

From a city press release:

The City’s Department of Environmental Services (ENV) was unable to fully service both refuse (gray) and mixed recyclable (blue) carts this past Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15, respectively, in various parts of Oahu.

Residents whose gray carts were not collected this past Friday and Saturday in the Kahala to Hawaii Kai area are asked to leave their carts curbside to be picked up today.

Residents whose blue carts were not serviced last week in the Newtown, Aiea, Halawa, Iroquis Point and Ewa Beach vicinities are asked to place their blue carts back on their properties and hold them till the next collection date in two weeks.

Due to mechanical problems with a number of its trucks, ENV was unable to service those areas on their respective collection dates.

9:07 a.m. APEC Surveillance Camera Locations

Now that the Honolulu City Council has approved the Honolulu Police Department‘s plans to install about 30 new surveillance cameras in advance of APEC, HPD is starting to install those cameras.

KHON last night reported that the police have revealed the locations for its new cams.

Here’s the full list, sorted alphabetically:

  • Ala Moana Boulevard / Hobron Lane
  • Ala Wai Boulevard / Liliuokalani Avenue
  • Ala Wai Boulevard / Seaside Avenue
  • Alakea Street / Hotel Street
  • Beretania Street / Bishop Street
  • Farrington Highway / Kamokila Boulevard
  • Farrington Highway / Laaloa Street
  • Farrington Highway / Waiomea Street
  • Kalakaua Avenue / Ala Moana Boulevard
  • Kalakaua Avenue / Ala Wai Boulevard
  • Kalakaua Avenue / Beach Walk
  • Kalakaua Avenue / Kealohilani Avenue
  • Kalakaua Avenue / Saratoga Road
  • Kamokila Boulevard / Manawai Street
  • Kamokila Boulevard / Nau Place
  • Makakilo Drive / Farrington Highway
  • South King Street / Richards Street
  • Ala Moana Boulevard / Makai side of bridge (near Atkinson Drive)
  • Beach Walk / Saratoga Road (Trump service road)
  • North Beretania Street / Maunakea Street
  • Kalia Road / Halekulani Hotel
  • Kapahulu Avenue / Ala Wai Boulevard
  • Kapiolani Boulevard / Atkinson Drive
  • Aliinui Drive Overpass / H-1 Freeway
  • Lewers Street / Don Ho Lane
  • 2161 Kalia Road (beach area)
  • Kanekapolei Street / Kuhio Avenue
  • Noholani Street / Kuhio Avenue
  • Royal Hawaiian Avenue / Kuhio Avenue
  • Walina Street / Kuhio Avenue

Where’s Carlisle?

At noon today, Mayor Peter Carlisle is set to deliver remarks at a Rotary Club of Honolulu luncheon meeting at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel’s Monarch Room. At 6 p.m., Carlisle will deliver remarks at the Sales and Marketing Executives of Honolulu monthly dinner meeting at the Kahala Hotel and Resort.

Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu

October 17: You Say You Want A Rail~Volution; An Evening With Carlisle; Mufi’s Fundraising Muscle; Waipahu Rail Soil Tests Begin; Young People Love Honolulu; Where’s Carlisle?

October 13: Low Sewer Bond Interest; Full Steam Ahead; HART: Ansaldo Still Capable; Police Gifts: A History; There’s No Crying In Rail Contractor Disputes!; Drug Summit Coming To Hawaii; Where’s Carlisle?

October 12: Money For Buses; Ewa Development Plan Up For Review; Second Crack At Homeless on Sidewalk; Where’s Carlisle?

October 11: Rail On PBS; Sidewalk Property Bill Advances; Noise Bill Deferred; Merits of Rail-Volution; Carlisle’s Blood; Targeting Homeless?; Rod Tam’s Friends; Today’s Meetings; Where’s Carlisle?

October 10: Transportation Committee Canceled; Hilton Hawaiian Village On The Agenda; Rail = Jobs; Honolulu’s Global Mayor; Zoning and Planning; Where’s Carlisle?

October 7: Gabbard: End The War; Real Property Tax Commission Meeting Monday; The Holidays Are Coming; Carlisle’s Public Schedule; New Rail Financial Plan; More Committee Agendas; Where’s Carlisle?

October 6: Second Committee Posted; Ansaldo Contract Not Signed Yet; Zoning and Planning Meeting Monday, Not Thursday; Rail Opponents To Speak at Rotary Club; Today’s HART Meetings; Where’s Carlisle?

October 5: Police For Sale?; Cameras Coming for APEC; Sidewalk Property, Noise Control Bills Advance; Private Possessions, Public Property; Today’s Honorees; Today’s Council Meeting; Where’s Carlisle?

October 4: Fifty Years Of Friendship With The French; ACLU Scolds HPD; FACE Rail Rally Today; Station to Station; Public Hearing, No Public; Where’s Carlisle?

October 3: Carlisle Responds, Others Attending; Carlisle Attending “Upscale” Condo Groundbreaking; Former DLNR Chair Thielen New City Ag Liaison; HART On Rail Costs; Archaeological Work Begins; Overcharging at Landfill; Carlisle Eats Local; HART Meetings Thursday; Where’s Carlisle?

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