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McCully - Moiliili Neighborhood Board # 8

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007

KING WILLIAM LUNALILO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CALL TO ORDER:  Chair Ron Lockwood called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. with 11 members present which established a quorum.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Scott Cheever, Linda Dela Cruz (left at 9:20 p.m.), Al Furuto, Mimi Gans, Les Hata, Ron Lockwood, Serena Kyi-Yim, Shauna Tabor, Michael Taleff, Marijane Carlos, Clifton Takamura.

MEMBERS ABSENT: Gordon Furuto, Betty Lou Larson.

MEMBER’S SEATS VACANT:  One in Sub District 1, three in Sub District 2.

GUESTS:  Capt. G. Harbottle (McCully Fire Station), Sgt. H. Roberts, Officer D. Valaroso (District 1, Honolulu Police Department); Sgt. Egami, Officer Kahapea , Lt. Lum Lee  (District 7, Honolulu Police Department); Pat Lee (Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project), Jim Manke (UH Manoa, Chancellor’s Office), Tom Heinrich (Senator Brian Taniguchi’s office), Mark Oto (Mayor’s Representative), Sandra Kunimoto (Governor’s Representative, Department of Agriculture), Carl and Lillian Novak, Raymond Lalosin (McCully Citizen’s Patrol); S. Crisp, Daisy Murai, Dawn Kovach, Klement Kondratovich, John Kato, Brian Awana, Janet Inamine, Sandra Fulton, Harry Chu, Shirley Koczan, Craig and Alice Hirashima, Dean Nakamoto (Principal, Lunalilo Elementary School), Bonnie Trustin (Neighborhood Commission Office staff). 

SAFETY & COMMUNITY LIAISON:

HONOLULU FIRE DEPARTMENT – Capt. G. Harbottle reported the following:

1.  The statistics for April were 6 structure, 2 rubbish, and 3 vehicle fires; 69 medical emergencies and 14 miscellaneous calls.  There were no major or unusual incidents.

2.  Fire Safety Tip:  Prepare a fire escape plan.  Map out your escape routes with at least two ways out of each room.  Designate a location outside of the house where everyone can meet.  Know where the closest phone is located to call 911.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.  He doesn’t know how many of the medical emergencies involved people with mental illness because they don’t diagnose the person; EMS would be more equipped for that and therefore the police statistics don’t reflect the number of mental ill people they help.

2.  Whether HFD is joining EMS becomes a union issue on a state level and discussion is needed on funding before the merger can happen.

3.   He was concerned about having his station designated as a drop off location for old car batteries after the periodic large neighborhood clean-ups because people living around the fire station could be concerned the battery acid would leak out.

4.  He doesn’t know if there is a $5.00 refund for bringing in car batteries to their station but he will find out about it.

HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT (HPD) - Sgt. Egami distributed their April report which included the addition of a synopsis of where the crimes occurred shown on individual beat maps for burglaries, theft and UEMV as well as copies of brochures with safety tips for crime prevention on the street, on the bus, in your car and in your home.

The statistics for April for Beat 753 had 1 burglary, 11 thefts and 10 UEMV; Beat 754 had 7 burglaries, 13 thefts and 14 UEMVs; Beat 755 had 6 burglaries, 9 thefts and 21 UEMVs incidents.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.  The medical training police receive is basic first response training and some get basic cardiac training using a defibrillator.

      2.  The Pueo mascot in the safety brochures is just a graphic, depicting nothing in particular.

3.  Mrs. Novak, head of the Moiliili Citizen’s Patrol, asked for his support because she has seen homeless people taking stored mats kept in the parking lot while the gym is being renovated and sleeping on them on the McCully Recreation Center property.  She asked for help to find out where the mats are going.  The homeless also seem to be climbing into the swimming pool area and there is graffiti that fills a large area in the bathrooms.  He said his force will flush them out.

4.  A resident reported the homeless are on the University Avenue and King Streets bus stop and urinate on the buildings and the Moiliili Community thrift shop.  She called the police and when they came they said they would check out the problem.

5.  Hata reported tires are piling up under the McCully Street overpass in the Bingham area.  A resident said Chris with the Illegal Dumping of the Environmental Services Department could get someone out there.

6.  Carlos complimented the police for cleaning up the promenade but the women living there are doing tricks on McCully by the Ala Wai Canal.

HPD District 1 passed out their report that read as follows:

For April the statistics were 1 robbery, 1 burglary, 16 UEMV, 3 auto thefts, 4 assaults, 10 damage to property, 28 motor vehicle collisions, 2 D.U.I, 2 family offenses, 24 drug offenses and 2 graffiti arrests.  They are patrolling at night looking for graffiti on schools.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.  At Washington Middle School there has been a lot of graffiti on the A and B Buildings and Mrs. Novak and the school staff would like to see more beat patrols there at night.

2.   He reported to Takamura the police have been patrolling busy intersections watching pedestrians and drivers to make sure both are following the law.

3.   Mr. Novak feels the homeless shouldn’t be able to trash private property because we all have the same rights; if they are on private property they are trespassing.

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA – Jim Manke, the Chancellor’s representative, reported the following:

1.  Since the Virginia Tech shooting the University of Hawaii has been improving their communication plans in case of emergency.  Students, faculty and staff can now provide the best contact information, be it by phone, cell phone or text message, to reach them so in case of emergency the system simultaneously contacts all of the campus community.  This system is currently used by Kamehameha and Punahou schools and will be in service by the autumn of 2007 at all six UH campuses.

2.   The legislative session gave no money for additional security personnel as was requested but it will make monies available to equip an emergency operations center that could be activated when needed.  The only funding for building was for expansion of the Campus Center and not for new classroom building, the renovation of Gartley Hall, a new building for the College of Education, expansion space at the law school or a relatively small amount needed to continue the design of the Kennedy Theater complex.

3.   Commencement will be on Sunday, May 13 with about 2,500 eligible students to receive degrees.

4.   The traffic should be lighter now with less students in summer sessions until school reconvenes August 20, 2007.

Questions, answers and concerns:

      1.  The Board can keep contacting him even though he has retired from the University.

2.  The University is prepared to provide public information in case of an emergency. 

      Their plan of operation will be on their website and they will have public address speakers on their vehicles to get the word out.

3.  There has been discussion about whether to arm their security guards and they have discussed an alternate proposal to assign space for the Sheriff’s Office.

4.  He feels a lock down for the campus in case of an emergency is less likely than keeping everyone inside the campus since it is physically so wide open.

5.  The HPD does not operate at the campus unless they are called on by the campus security to do so.

MAYOR’S REPRESENTATIVE – Mark Oto reported on the concerns from last month’s meeting as follows:

1.  The parking requested by Hata on McCully Street between Beretania and Bingham Streets is under the jurisdiction of the State, not the City, so tonight he will speak with the Governor’s representative about it.

2.  Synchronizing the lights along Kalakaua Avenue to help emergency vehicles drive through the area is pre-empted by the drivers of the emergency vehicles choosing the speed at which they travel.

3.   The light for the crosswalk on the mauka side of the street for the button at Pawaa and King was repaired on April 2, 2007.  In the future, report a damaged traffic signal by calling the City’s traffic signal maintenance shop at 564-6101.

4.   The ADA curb ramp improvement at Kalauaka Avenue and Fern Street will be constructed by the Department of Transportation Services (DTS).  The existing curb ramp on the north side

      of Fern Street is offset from the crosswalk.  The proposed replacement ramp for Fern Street crossing only will be shifted within the crosswalk.  The ADA accessible crossing of Kalakaua

      Avenue is on the south side of Fern Street.  All crosswalks will be restriped with international style crosswalk pavement markings but not widened.

5.   The Mayor has proposed a Pedestrian Safety Program which includes budgeting as of July 1, 2008 to change all the crosswalk lights to timed lights where you can see the numbers count down as you cross.  The Deputy Director of DTS will be giving more details on the pedestrian safety program at an upcoming McCully/Moiliili NB meeting. 

6.  DTS is investigating resident Fulton’s request to help the elderly who are having  difficulty getting around vehicles parked on Philips Street just east of Kalakaua Avenue because there are no sidewalks and they have to walk in the street to maneuver around the cars.

7.  Chair Lockwood suggested we be more pro-active in making grasswalks into sidewalks without property owners being assessed.

8.  He will bring young people who have come out of the court system to join the T.A.G. team clean up this Saturday.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.  Resident Koczan thanked Chris of the Illegal Dumping office of the Refuse Divisionwith the Department of Environmental Services for being very helpful especially for a problem at 574 Keeaumoku.

2.   Takamura has seen the repaving efforts of the main streets and asked when side streets such as Date Street will be paved.

3.   Hata asked if tires are not being picked up under the bridge going over McCully because it is a state street.

4.   He shared with Furuto he has worked with the yearly recycling event at Kaimuki High School held in the fall for the last three years but is not aware of a city policy giving refunds for tire recycling so he will ask about it.

5.   Fulton was out of the room when Oto said he will have information at the next meeting about getting the sidewalks fixed on Philips Street just east of Kalakaua Avenue. 

6.   Kyi-Yim reported there is a very large cab of a tractor trailer parked close to Kuikahi and Philip Street.  It is parked there three to four days a week and severely blocks your vision when driving.

7.   Mrs. Novak reported at the corner of Lokahi and Waiola the Waiola street sign was taken and with many elderly people living there she is concerned if an emergency vehicle got a 911 call, they couldn’t find the resident who made the call on that street without a visible street sign.

Oto thanked the Board members and said he enjoyed working with them since September when he was appointed to be the Mayor’s representative for the McCully/Moiliili Neighborhood Board and congratulated John Kato on joining the Board.

GOVERNOR’S REPRESENTATIVE – Sandra Kunimoto, Chairperson, Department of Agriculture, reported she has been dealing with the issues of the bee mites and this week the light brown apple moth.  Her department is working hard to get the protocols down on the shipments going out of the state so when they arrive in California they won’t be stopped.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.  She will investigate the request Hata addressed to Mark Oto about establishing parking on McCully Street between Beretania and Bingham streets since it is under the jurisdiction of the State.

2.   A resident reported when crossing at the intersection of Pali Highway and Vineyard Boulevard she found all crosswalk signs are not working which is a very dangerous situation.

3.   She reported the legislature has been spearheading a task force for the last year culminating in meetings for the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability project to be led by Senator Kokabun at McKinley High School this Saturday.  The public is invited to attend; Takamura will be there.

BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY – Keith Ishinaga was not in attendance.

COUNCILMEMBER ANN KOBAYASHI – Councilmember Kobayashi was not in attendance but her newsletter was distributed.

REPRESENTATIVE KIRK CALDWELL – Representative Caldwell was not in attendance.

REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT SAIKI – Representative Saiki was not in attendance but his newsletter was distributed.

REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT NISHIMOTO – Representative Nishimoto was not in attendance but his newsletter was distributed.

SENATOR BRIAN TANIGUCHI – Senator Taniguchi was not in attendance but Tom Heinrich distributed his newsletter.

FILLING OF VACANCIES  - There were no volunteers for the one vacancy in Sub District 1 and three vacancies in Sub District 2 so the item will be tabled to next month’s meeting.

HOUSEKEEPING: - Chair Lockwood reported on the following items:

1.  The Neighborhood Commission met April 23, 2007 and heard the latest Corporation Counsel review of the Revised Neighborhood Plan.  They project by the end of June, 2007 it should be returned to the Commissioners for any needed rewrites or public hearings to begin.  The next Commission meeting is May 21, 2007 at Honolulu Hale.

Ms. Piilani Kaopuiki, of the League of Women Voters, was appointed Chief Monitoring Officer for the recent Neighborhood Board elections.  The Neighborhood Board is looking for Neighborhood Assistants who do what Bonnie Trustin does; if you are interested talk to Joan Manke, Secretary Director of the Neighborhood Commission office. 

2.   The Neighborhood Board Task Force met April 23, 2007.  The group consists of seven members, four of whom have served on neighborhood boards and three are community volunteers. This task force was put together by the City Council to investigate our neighborhood board system based upon the audit.  They report directly to City Council and will meet again on May 7, 2007 and May 21 at 4:00 p.m. at Honolulu Hale.

3.   Stream Status – Approximately 70 people joined together on April 14 to clean the Makiki Stream.  Among the things they found were many kinds of metal.

4.   Oahu Metropolitan Planning Office (OMPO) – At the meeting April 18 there was an update on the Oahu Regional Transportation Plan.  The Chair provided each Board member with nine pages that were part of the 21 page OMPO report.  Those wanting all the pages can request it from the Chair.  We are still waiting to hear if our McCully/Moiliili Varsity beautification project was chosen as the winner for the Transportation Enhancement Project.  The Chair

      thanked those who sent in testimony supporting the project including Councilmember Ann Kobayashi, Representative Kirk Caldwell and Senator Brian Taniguchi.

5.  The Workshop on Community Sustainability was held April 14^th and was attended by 43 people of whom only four had been to a neighborhood board meeting so it was interesting to be with a different group of people for this Saturday morning meeting.  They discussed

pedestrian safety, larger and more visible crosswalks, right of way for cars and people, broken and missing and grass sidewalks, incomplete ADA cuts, school safety pathways,

especially those used for evacuations; accommodations for seniors and very young children, and night visibility for crosswalks.  At the workshop Chair Lockwood spoke with the Deputy Director from DTS and one of his

planners who advised him a presentation will be made before the McCully – Moiliili Neighborhood Board #8 in the near future about pedestrian safety measures for our neighborhood.

6.   The End of Term Year Report was distributed to the Board members encapsulating the activities of the Board during the 2005 – 2007 term which Chair Lockwood reviewed.  (See Attachment A)

Questions, answers and concerns:

Furuto feels the Board has had four good neighborhood assistants and feels it is up to the Board to make it even better.

RESIDENTS’ CONCERNS:

1.  Heinrich complimented Chair Lockwood for adopting their agenda as a defacto monthly newsletter to know everything going on in the neighborhood which makes the agenda more valuable than if this weren’t listed.

2.  Furuto is concerned about how community members had been treated by our Board ie: those who volunteered their properties to clear out the Makiki stream, members who were treated rudely when they volunteered to sit on our Board and have since left, and the Principal of this elementary school.  Furuto doesn’t feel he was treated fairly including abrasive behavior that sometimes goes unrecorded in the minutes and the Board’s lack of common courtesy for those who have a different opinion.  He hopes we can make the system a little better and  people will realize we are here to serve the community, help people and encourage them to participate.  He hopes the Board will be getting things going in a better course of action.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1.  4612 Kapiolani Blvd. Property – This was discussed last month as a redevelopment project proposed by Louis Parrish.  A resident gave a correction to the address as “2612E Kapiolani.”

2.   OMPO Transportation Handout – Gans feels without background information what she received is hard to decipher ie. the acronyms and numbers have no explanation.  The Chair will send her the website to explain it.

3.   T.A.G. Freeway Underpass at Varsity Place – This was painted over a few weeks ago by Laura Ruby of the UH Art Department, her students and students from Prince Kuhio Elementary, but two days ago it was tagged.  Chair Lockwood said it will be repainted on Saturday and residents are welcome to join him Saturday at 8:00 a.m. at Kuhio School to help them and it’s a lot of fun.

Bird Flu Follow-Up – Furuto spoke with Larry Hurst, a board member of the Ala Moana/Kakaako Neighborhood Board No. 11, who said the issue of testing the bird flu virus at the UH Medical School in Kakaako was discussed at their meeting and he was told they will be doing more research with the vaccine than was earlier thought. 

The four questions Furuto was given to report on as steps to be taken if the bird flu became an epidemic he didn’t feel were apropos.  He learned they are also studying SARS which is worse than bird flu because SARS is contagious between human to human. 

Lunalilo Elementary School Lighting Update – Chair Lockwood was asked to write a letter to Ms. Estelle Wong, Complex Area Supervisor for the Kaimuki area, at the last meeting, but instead he talked with her.  He will also write her a letter.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.  Furuto didn’t think a lot of the facts were able to come out at previous Board meetings so he called Principal Dean Nakamoto of Lunalilo School asking for quantitative facts and figures since the lights have been turned off, which at the last meeting Furuto was told he didn’t have.  After talking to the principal he found no one there has any facts and figures concerning an increase or decrease in crime since the lights have been turned out at the school.  So he talked with a police officer tonight at this meeting who said he will look into whether there are definitive facts and figures representing what has or hasn’t happened since the lights have been turned off at Lunalilo School.

      Furuto doesn’t feel the Board has been fair to the principal because there have been things stated incorrectly.  It wasn’t the principal’s decision alone to turn off the lights; he checked with other people in governing positions to advise him about whether to leave the lights on or not.  Furuto also doesn’t think the Board has been fair to the community of Moiliili fully explaining why the lights were being turned off.

2.   Gans doesn’t think the Board is trying to gang up on the principal as he is doing what he was told to do.  However, the community concern is our responsibility to handle and as such their concern that the school is dark at night is our responsibility to address.  She questioned the Chair because at the last Board meeting it was said if there was no response going through the proper channels, this issue would be taken to the public.  Chair Lockwood said we can begin tomorrow but he would prefer waiting until after Don Ho’s funeral on Saturday and Gans agreed.

3.   Takamura feels the Board has been very open both with the principal and vice-principal.

4.   Furuto thought the Lunalilo principal wasn’t just following orders but had a say in what was being suggested for him to do and Gans replied she had said he was advised to do something and he was following that advice.  She did not imply in any way that he was just following orders.

5.   Upon Kyi-Yim’s request to remember the wording of the resolution to turn the lights back on at night at Lunalilo School, which the Board adopted at the January 4, 2007 meeting, Gans read it. (It can be found as an attachment to the February 2, 2007 minutes.)  Chair Lockwood would appreciate letters to be sent to the newspaper editor on the subject of Lunalilo School.

6.   Chair Lockwood reported the official charge of duties for Board members end May 31, 2007.

Frear Hall Renovation

1.        Chair Lockwood distributed a newspaper article on the UH Frear Hall project that reported the housing offices are moving to the new structure in lieu of a fitness center and/or student  lounge.  “When the project director “changed hands to the University of Hawaii at Manoa Chancellor’s office” they changed the configuration so students wouldn’t be charged about $2,000 to $3,000 more for those facilities and they thought the space was “more cost-effective as office space.” 

2.       Gans reported from having lived on the UH campus, she knows Johnson Hall is in a bad state and would agree they should move the housing offices.

3.       Furuto was told the duties of members of the Board for the 2005-2007 session end May 31, 2007.

4.       The Chair asked if the Board wanted to look at their resolution and possibly change it because of the Frear Hall announcement but they chose not to do anything on it.

NEW BUSINESS

McCully Chop Sui Sign – Chair Lockwood reported the new owner of Mauna Kea Gallery wants to keep the Chop Sui sign, although it does not meet present day code, and restore it to its past glory.  They have applied to DPP for a variance to refurbish the sign to its original look including the neon lights around the building.

1.   A Star Bulletin article of April 18, 2007 supported restoring the sign and the Board has a letter from the Historic Hawaii Foundation to Chair Lockwood supporting Mauna Kea Gallery’s request for a variance to the sign code to refurbish the 50 year old McCully Chop Sui Sign.  We also have a resolution from the Manoa Neighborhood Board urging the City to accept the variance, which has been applied for, and reinstate the sign.

2.   Carlos feels the sign is very fitting as a piece of art for an art gallery and wants the Board to support it.

3.   Kyi-Yim asked Oto to stay and hear the Board’s discussion.  She read the McCully Chop Sui sign draft resolution supporting the restoring of the sign.

Carlos moved and Gans seconded to accept the proposed Chop Sui Sign Resolution.

4.  Chair Lockwood will stop by the Gallery tonight and express to them that our Board doesn’t want the sign to be garish.

5.   Carlos and Gans agreed with Kyi-Yim’s suggestion to also send the resolution to the Historic Hawaii Foundation.

The motion carried unanimously with votes from Cheever, Dela Cruz, Furuto, Gans, Hata, Lockwood, Kyi-Yim, Tabor, Taleff, Carlos, Takamura.

Mental Health Draft Resolution – Cheever explained this resolution requests a task force to study whether the time mandated by the law, six months from the time a person is incarcerated, provides enough time for mental health care.  If those incarcerated have mental problems and are released, for their safety and the safety of the community, he wants an investigation to determine whether this duration of time is appropriate. 

Furuto moved and Takamura seconded to accept this resolution.

1.  Tabor reported that her company just finished being administrators to a large legal case where there were mentally ill people incarcerated illegally and the outcome was they were awarded a lot of money. 

2.   Cheever feels if someone committed a crime, the state should have a way to filter out the mentally ill.  He reported this resolution isn’t asking to determine if people are mentally ill but to provide them with support for a longer period of time.

3.   Takamura feels the time a person receives out patient care should have no time limit because they need all the help they can get but if they can’t take care of themselves, a form of medical incarceration might be needed to help them and safeguard the community if their mental illness led to a crime, for example:  supervision to make their medical appointments and related activities.

4.   Gans established that if a person is at the State Mental Hospital that is not incarceration.

5.   Tabor explained the State only pays for six months of mental health treatment so even if a mentally ill patient wants more coverage after six months, they can’t afford it and consequently they don’t get it.

6.   Cheever said this resolution was submitted as a bill before the Tantalus triple shooting.  When asked the status of the bill since the legislature ended their session today, he thinks it was approved by the Senate Committee that approves the bill and then it goes on to the floor but he didn’t check to see if it passed.  He thinks it was due to pass.

7.   Carlos suggested this Resolution be tabled until the Board has more information and change the word “incarcerated” to “in prison”.

8.   Chair Lockwood asked Cheever to get him an update on the status of the bill. 

Furuto withdrew his original motion and Clifton withdrew his second.

Carlos moved to table this resolution and change the word “incarcerated” to “in prison” and Takamura seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously with votes from Carlos, Cheever, Dela Cruz, Furuto, Gans, Hata, Kyi-Yim Lockwood, Tabor, Takamura, and Taleff.

Prince Kuhio School May 18^th Multicultural Day – Chair Lockwood relayed the request that the Board have a tent supporting Americanism and volunteerism at this event and the Board approved the Chair represent them at the event.  Kyi-Yim will provide brochures from the Red Cross and Chair Lockwood will pass out brochures from other organizations if they are provided.

McCully/Moiliili Newsletter – Chair Lockwood requested a report from each committee chair to contribute to the 2007 newsletter which he edited and prepared to be sent to the community.

Clifton moved and Gans seconded to adopt the newsletter and send it out as the 2007 Newsletter. 

Furuto felt all board members should be able to participate and submit an article for the newsletter.  Chair Lockwood advised he limited it to the Committee Chairs first who utilized all the space available.

The motion carried with a vote of 9-1-1.  (Ayes – Carlos, Chever, Dela Cruz, Gans, Hata, Lockwood, Tabor, Taleff, Takamura, Nay –Furuto, Abstain –Kyi-Yim).

Linda Dela Cruz left at 9:20 p.m.

CORRECTIONS TO APRIL 3, 2007 MINUTES

Page 1 – Under Guests - Lillian and Carl Novak were not in attendance.  Change spelling of Craig and Alice “Hiroshima” to “Hirashima”

Page 1 – HFD   delete “I have to get his rank”

Page 4 #5 – Near the end of the paragraph beginning with “During the McCully pool closing people can use…Change “the pools” to “summer fun programs”.

Page 5 – Top line – change “4612 Kapiolani” to “2612 E Kapiolani” and property is not vacant

Page 5 - #1 third paragraph – Line 1 change “inactive parking” to “inadequate parking.”

Page 5 #3 – Change “Morikami” to “Murakami”

Page 5 # 3 – Change last line to “similarly develop their parcels.”

Page 5 #4 and #5 - Change “Hiroshima” to Hirashima” for Alice and Craig’s last name.

Page 5 #6 - :Parrish responded that …change “he and his partner” to “the neighbors”

Page 6 #13 – Change the first part of the second sentence to read “It is a small lot with two (2), two bedroom, 1 bath single story homes on it”

Page 6 #14 – Change “each lot” to “each house”

Page 6 #15 – Change name to Hirashima and delete the end of the sentence “and the qualification of affordable housing.

Page 6 #20 – Change “Hiroshima” to “Hirashima”

Page 10 under Lunalilo School – Add : Furuto commented on there being two differing opinions with the Chair saying there is more crime and the Gollner saying there is less crime.  Furuto was told he didn’t have quantitative figures to object to the two points of view but the two Board members didn’t have quantitative figures either.

Takamura moved and Gans seconded to extend the meeting by five (5) minutes.  The motion was adopted unanimously.

Takamura moved and Tabor seconded to accept the April 3, 2007 minutes as corrected.  The motion carried unanimously with votes from Carlos, Cheever, Furuto, Gans, Hata, Kyi-Yim, Lockwood, Tabor, Taleff and Takamura.

TREASURER’S REPORT  - Kyi-Yim reported the April statement showed there is a total operating and publicity budget of $3,509.85.  There is $105.03 in the Refreshment Account.  The Board accepted the report subject to audit with a vote of 9-0-1. (Aye –Carlos, Cheever, Gans, Hata, Kyi-Yim, Lockwood, Tabor, l Taleff, and Takamura, Abstain – Al Furuto).

ANNOUNCEMENTS – Takamura announced he will have a meeting of the Legislative Affairs Committee in June.

ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m..

Submitted by:

Bonnie Trustin

Neighborhood Commission Staff

Attachment A

Resolution

McCully Chop Sui Sign

WHEREAS, the 1950’s era sign outside of Mauna Kea Gallery (nee McCully Chop Sui) has been part of the McCully neighborhood for 59 years, and

WHEREAS, the City & County of Honolulu rules for signage are necessary and safeguard our city against sign blight, and

WHEREAS, under the City’s rules, when properly maintained exceptional signs via variance should be given a new life, and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the McCully – Moiliili Neighborhood Board # 8 finds the McCully Chop Sui sign an integral part of the McCully community and is being well-maintained by the new owners, and therefore

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this sign is a well known landmark in the McCully community by neighbors, surrounding communities and visitors to O’ahu, and

BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOVLED, that the McCully – Moiliili N.B. #8 supports the continued usage of the McCully Chop Sui sign and asks the City & County of Honolulu to grant a variance so that this sign will begin the vibrant rebirth of our McCully neighborhood, and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be sent to Mayor Hannemann, the Managing Director, the Department of Planning & Permitting, all City Councilmembers, the Historic Hawaii Foundation and the owner of Mauna Kea Gallery.

Adopted May 3, 2007

Chair Lockwood