SOURCES of STRENGTH - Meditations On Scripture For A Living Faith “There are fifty-two meditations in this book, one for each week of the year. But don’t feel constrained to pace yourself accordingly.” --- Jimmy Carter. Plains Georgia, June 1997 CHAPTER FIFTY – TWO Take a Chance Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the cloud will not reap. . . . Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. ECCLESIASTES 11:4, 6 “So if we wait for perfection in our lives, for exactly the right moment, then we may never act! This message applies to all of us.” --- James Earl Carter Jr., 39th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize recipient 2002

1. Clifton M. Hasegawa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kaimanu Maritime Corporation
1044 Kilani Avenue 12
Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786-2243
Telephone: (808) 498-8408
Email: clifhasegawa@gmail.com
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VIA EMAIL
August 15, 2015
Governor David Ige
Lieutenant Governor Shan Tsutsui
Senate President Ronald Kouchi
Members of the Hawaii Senate
House Speaker Joseph Souki
Members of the Hawaii House of Representatives
Mayor Alan Arakawa
Members of the Maui County Council
Mayor Bernard Carvalho
Members of the Kauai County Council
Mayor Billy Kenoi
Members of the Hawaii County Council
Mayor Kirk Caldwell
Members of the Honolulu City & County Council
Re: Kaimanu Maritime Corporation – InterIsland Ferry for the State of Hawaii

2. Dear Governor David Ige, Lieutenant Governor Shan Tsutsui, Senate President Ronald
Kouchi, Members of the Hawaii Senate, House Speaker Joseph Souki, Members of the
Hawaii House of Representatives, Mayor Alan Arakawa, Members of the Maui County
Council, Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Members of the Kauai County Council, Mayor Billy
Kenoi, Members of the Hawaii County Council, Mayor Kirk Caldwell, Members of the
Honolulu City & County Council:
The Senate Resolutions and House bills for an InterIsland Ferry are strong
expressions, of the Legislators, their constituents, and the citizenry favoring the
establishment of an InterIsland Ferry for the State of Hawaii. Department of
Transportation Chairman Ford Fuchigami in testimony to the Legislature made three
points. First, “The Department of Transportation said it supports the intent of the
proposal, but it cautioned that the greatest challenges would be community support,
environmental effects and profitability.” Second, “T]he department doesn't have the
resources in its budget.” Third, “[I]t would be infeasible to finance a state-operated
interisland ferry system at this time.”
I. Community Support
The Hawaii Shippers Council supports an InterIsland Ferry and by experience
recommended modeling the ferry system Hawaii be patterned after the Australian
system that ferries passengers across open sea between the mainland and Tasmania, in
contrast to the Washington State Ferry that operates in the protected Puget Sound.
The hull design for the Hawaii Super Ferry was a catamaran that provided a safe
and stable vessel to navigate the waters of Hawaii. More specifically, the Territorial
waters of the State of Hawaii and passage through its channels - Alenuihaha Channel,
between the Big Island of Hawaii and Maui; Alalakeiki Channel, between Kahoolawe
and Maui; Kealaikahiki Channel, between Lanai and Kahoolawe; Auau Channel,
between Maui to the east and Lanai to the west; Pailolo Channel, between Maui and
Molokai; Kalohi Channel, between Lanai and Molokai; Kaiwi Channel, between
Molokai and Oahu; Kaieiewaho Channel, between Oahu and Kauai; and Kaulakahi
Channel, between Niihau and Kauai, present different and unique navigational
challenges. Noteworthy is the fact that the Alakai, a catamaran hulled vessel, made safe
passage from the Austal USA shipyard on Blakeley Island, Mobile, Alabama, through
the Panama Canal and to Honolulu Harbor, over open ocean, a distance of 4685 nautical
miles. We are currently exploring several options for our vessel.
The Community will be provided the opportunity throughout our due diligence
and fact finding processes to present their comments and concerns.

3. We firmly believe in every complaint, concern and criticism there is a gem of
wisdom that can improve the operation of the InterIsland Ferry. Every complaint,
concern and criticism shall be addressed. There will be occasion where we will agree to
disagree.
We believe in a full and open process where everyone is provided equal and
unrestricted opportunity to present their thoughts. This open door policy shall be
continued through the continuum of our operations.
Prior to the commencement of the formal environmental review process and the
preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Kaimanu Maritime
Corporation is working with Kathy Fujihara-Chong and Jon Tamayori of the OmniTrak
Group, Honolulu, Hawaii and Toby Tamae of AT Marketing, Honolulu, Hawaii to
accomplish a Market Survey. Kaimanu Maritime Corporation is working with Dr.
Charlie Fein of KC Environmental and his team, Denise Toombs and Leslie Tice from
Environmental Resource Management (ERM) to accomplish an InterIsland Ferry
Initiative Feasibility Study.
The purpose and objectives of the OmniTrak and AT Marketing Study are,
 To understand the needs of residents and businesses for interisland travel and
their satisfaction with current interisland travel choices,
 To determine the importance of a new interisland ferry service to residents and
businesses, and the impact of such a ferry service on a) residents’ interisland
travel needs, and on b) local businesses’ interisland activities and needs,
 To gauge the level of support for an interisland ferry service among residents –
especially Neighbor Island residents – as well as among businesses and
organizations across the state,
 To identify the specific audiences most and least willing to support an interisland
ferry service,
 To gauge public and business support for increased state investment in harbor
infrastructure as foundational steps in preparing for an interisland ferry,
 To uncover any barriers or opposition to an interisland ferry, including (but not
limited to) environmental concerns, traffic issues, rural encroachment, lack of
community input, etc.,

4.  To uncover effective ways to address community concerns, if any, about a new
interisland ferry service, particularly any concerns on the Neighbor Islands,
 To test potential messaging and communications as far as their impact on
resident perceptions of and support for an interisland ferry service.
Additionally, Stakeholders to be surveyed by the OmniTrak – AT Marketing Study are:
 Private, Marine, and Airline transportation-related Companies – Matson
Navigation, Young Brothers, Ltd., Sause Brothers, Hawaiian Airlines, Aloha Air,
Mokulele Airlines and Island Air
 State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HIDOT) and HIDOT, Harbors
Division
 Mayors and County Councils – Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and Kauai
 Hawaii State Legislators - State Senate and State House of Representatives
 Hawaii Congressional Delegation - US Senate and US House of Representatives
 Environmental/Sustainability/Advocacy organizations - Sierra Club – Hawaii
Chapter, Nature Conservancy, Maui Tomorrow, Pacific Whale Foundation,
Na Kalai Waa o Kauai - The Canoe Builders of Kauai (John Kruse, Dennis Chun,
Dr. Patrick Aiu, Founders of Na Kalai Waa o Kauai), the Hawaiian Islands
Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary,
 Labor and Trade Organizations – Hawaii Shipper’s Council, AFL-CIO, ILWU,
Seafarer’s Union, Teamsters, labor and trade organizations in related industries.
OmniTrak Group: http://www.omnitrakgroup.com/ AT Marketing: http://at-arketing.net/
II. Environmental Effects
Hawaii’s delicate and fragile environment and ecosystems, land, air and seas, are
important considerations for Kaimanu Maritime Corporation. To be good stewards of
Hawaii’s ecosystem analyses on macro and micro levels are mandated.

5. Fulfillment of the Environmental process is a key element to the successful
establishment of the InterIsland Ferry. The cultural and historical significance of
Hawaii’s land, air and seas are integral to addressing the environmental effects of the
InterIsland Ferry as an entire ecosystem.
The KC Environmental ERM Study will provide,
 A gap analysis to determine new studies, alternatives, consultations, or changed
conditions since the 2008 Draft Environmental Review prepared for the State of
Hawaii,
 Incontrovertible “showstoppers,” if any, that may render the InterIsland Ferry
Project infeasible, including known legal constraints or issues affecting the
proposed InterIsland Ferry and its operations
 Critical path approvals summarized in a matrix of federal, state and local permit
requirements and consultations, anticipated lead times and dependencies,
descriptions of review and approval processes that influence schedule, the
proposed development and operations,
 Estimated costs associated with permitting,
 Stakeholder and community conditions and potential concerns.
Our KC Environmental and Environmental Resource Management (ERM) Team,
Dr. Charlie Fein, Project Director. Dr. Fein has 38 years of experience in
environmental planning, impact assessment, permitting, and compliance
management. Dr. Fein’s successful experience includes environmental
permitting and compliance management for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar
Telescope on Maui (The largest solar telescope in the world and the
National Solar Observatory for the United States), Chief Scientist for the
State of Hawaii Marine Mining Exploration program, assessment and
implementation of Oahu’s first artificial reef project.

6. Denise Toombs, Environmental Resource Management (ERM) Principal
in Charge and Senior Technical Advisor. Ms. Toombs has 25 years of
experience in environmental planning, impact assessment, and
permitting, with an emphasis on marine and coastal projects. She has
extensive experience managing complex, controversial projects in Hawaii.
Her experience in coastal and marine projects includes projects requiring
harbor improvements, seabed easements and permissions in the coastal
zone for shore crossings and near and in-water construction. She has led
and participated in public hearings and agency meetings.
Leslie Tice, ERM Project Manager. Ms. Tice has 16 years of experience in
environmental planning, impact assessment, and permitting, and has
worked in Hawaii consistently since 2001. Eleven of these years she has
worked with KCE on a broad array of environmental issues. Ms. Tice has
managed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Chapter 343 and
permitting projects at harbors and coastal projects on all of the Hawaiian
Islands. She has managed NEPA and Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Section 7 consultation processes associated with the United States Coast
Guard’s fleet of water vessels and their effects on the humpback whale.
Environmental Resource Management (ERM) http://www.erm.com/
III. Profitability
The term “profitability” is tempered in the Kaimanu Maritime Corporation
approach to establishment of the InterIsland Ferry. We stand united and firmly that the
InterIsland Ferry be a Customer Oriented, Value Centered operation. As to “Existing
Carriers” the Kaimanu Maritime Corporation approach will not displace or
detrimentally impact on their operations. The presence and operation of the Kaimanu
Maritime Corporation InterIsland Ferry will require each existing carrier to justify their
tariff charges, streamline their business operations, infuse efficiencies and improve their
business models.

7. IV. Financing the InterIsland Ferry
We are mindful of the State of Hawaii Budget and the competing priorities for
funding appropriations. A partnership between the State of Hawaii and Kaimanu
Maritime Corporation in completing its due diligence and fact finding is essential. The
collaboration of the State of Hawaii and Kaimanu Maritime Corporation will strengthen
the efficiencies, effectiveness and timely establishment of an InterIsland Ferry for the
State of Hawaii. Investment for the InterIsland Ferry will be from the private sector.
Together we are strong, together we can accomplish what may seem impossible.
Upon completion and analyses of the data from the OmniTrak – AT Marketing
Study and the KC Environmental – Environmental Resource Management InterIsland
Ferry Initiative Feasibility Study a “go, no-go decision” will be made. If the decision is
to proceed, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be accomplished. Our EIS
will be independent from the Preliminary Environmental Statement and Risk
Assessment previously accomplished by Belt-Collins for the State of Hawaii.
We believe that history has provided the Kaimanu Maritime Corporation Team
the basis upon which by our personal involvement and resolve, utilization of our
creative and innovative market-based approaches, implementing our knowledge-based
strategies and solutions, following our best management practices, operational controls,
financial planning, corporate governance and transparent practices, we will create a
successful, operationally sustainable model for the InterIsland Ferry for Hawaii and
generate economic, financial and social returns, locally, nationally and globally.
Thank you very much
Aloha
Respectfully,
Clifton M. Hasegawa