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McCully - Moiliili Neighborhood Board # 8

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2007

KING LUNALILO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Call to Order:  The meeting was called to order with a quorum of eight in attendance at 7:17 p.m.

Board Members Present: Marijane Carlos, Judy DeVilbiss (nominated onto the Board at tonight’s meeting), Mimi Gans, Les Hata, Klement Kontratovich, Serena Kyi-Yim, Betty Lou Larson, Ron Lockwood, Shaunna Tabor, Clifton Takamura.

Board Members Absent: John Kato.

Guests:  Tom Heinrich (Senator Brian Taniguchi’s office), Mark Oto (Mayor’s Representative, Community Services Senior Advisor), Sgt. Damien Barr (HPD, District 1), Sgt. Medeiros (HPD, District 7), Representative Kirk Caldwell, Pat Lee (Honolulu High Capacity Transit Project), Sandra Kunimoto (Governor’s Representative, Department of Agriculture), Councilmember Ann Kobayashi, Raymond Lalosin, Lillilan and Carl Novak (McCully Citizen’s Patrol), Rachel Glanstein (Neighborhood Commission Office Assistant), Chad Hayakumoto (Skateboarders of Hawaii), Clifford Lau, Gary Doi, (City Department of Design and Construction), Bill Chang, Architect (McCully Recreation Center Consultant); Natalie Iwasa, Mitchell Nakagawa, Sandee Fulton, Kevin Killeen, Dorian Cuccia, Daisy Murai, Loren Tilley, Bonnie Trustin (Neighborhood Commission Office Assistant).

Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) – They were not in attendance this evening, no report was distributed.

Honolulu Police Department (HPD) – Sgt. Damien Barr from District 1, Honolulu reported October statistics were given compared with the previous month as follows: 2 robberies up from 0 , 1 burglary up from 0, 15 unauthorized entry to a motor vehicle up from 8, 1 auto theft down from 2, 5 assaults down from 7,  3 property damages down from 4, 26 motor vehicle collisions up from 16, 2 DUI up from 0, no sex assaults in either months, 1 family offense up from 0, 3 drug offenses up from 0 and no graffiti offenses in either month. 

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.   Member Larson noted that a neighborhood survey with 160 responses listed crime as a major concern. Sgt. Barr asked residents to be aware of their surroundings, they can join a neighborhood watch program and if anyone sees anything suspicious, like people with drugs, call 911. When offenses are reported the police are assigned to be in that area more often and that deters people from causing trouble. Chair Lockwood said more community participation can be discussed in the upcoming Public Safety committee meeting.

2.   Sgt. Barr noted that requests can be made for police safety talks by calling their Community Affairs department at 529-3351. They also do checks for home security, especially for the elderly.

3.   Resident Fulton has been working on the neighborhood watch program and has seen children go over the wall and jump into the stream and go over two fences that have been broken, for a long time, at the Philip Street Bridge. They have also thrown a chair into the creek. Sgt. Barr explained that these activities need to be reported, but the officers are the busiest from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. When something life-threatening happens, call HPD and they will be there as soon as possible.

Sgt. Medeiros from District 7, East Honolulu, distributed her report to the board and the audience. The October statistics were 16 burglaries, 40 unauthorized entries into motor vehicles (UEMV) and 47 thefts which were lower  than last month’s numbers except theft went up slightly. Their 21 Step Home Security Checklist had tips to make a home safer and was attached to their statistics report.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.   Sgt. Medeiros heard that the person Takamura  mentioned, who had a gun and was threatening someone in the park, didn’t have a gun at the time an arrest was made. If there was a major problem requiring more officers than they had on duty, HPD would call on Districts 1 and 6 in the Waikiki area. HPD also has forces who are assigned to barricade situations.

2.   Sgt. Medeiros explained to Carlos that the City is no longer painting the curbs red but parking in front of a red curb at her condo’s egress at McCully Street and Kapiolani Boulevard is a violation so call 911 to report it and if you are not satisfied with the action taken request the officer’s supervisor.  Once cars get cited, they will get the message.

3.   Chair Lockwood suggested Larson go to the District 7 website at www.honolulupd.org/patrol/d7 to find out about security watch information requirements for HPD to do a neighborhood watch.

4.   Chair Lockwood noted that yesterday the Totally Against Graffiti (TAG) group that works with the police catching people doing graffiti was recognized for their efforts in the Lt. Governor’s office.

University of Hawaii at Manoa:  Mr. Manke had a conflict tonight so he could not be at the meeting. Chair Lockwood read his report as follows:

• The threat of a violent incident last week took them immediately into their emergency communications procedures sending emails to students and everyone on campus which worked better than expected, but they can always improve.
• Edmundson Hall had a fire and flood over the weekend. Representative Caldwell and Senator Taniguchi have been invited to view the damage. No one was on campus when it happened.
• Board members will receive an invitation in the mail to the Chancellor’s inauguration on November 19th at 3:00 p.m. at Kennedy Theatre.
• There are five weeks left in the fall semester.

Kamehameha Schools:  The owner of the Magoo’s Restaurant has vacated, and new owners are operating at this site as “The Varsity”. They  will be making a presentation at this meeting next month as they are requesting a liquor license.

Mayor’s Representative: Mark Oto distributed a fact sheet on the new Pookela Fellowship - a program the City hopes will relieve their problem of a shortage of employees. The plan is for college seniors to shadow someone in their field of interest working for the City, learn what they do and thereby become interested in working for the City. College credit is given for the time they spend and they will be paid $10 per hour. Oto then responded to questions asked at the last meeting:

1.   Workers will be sent to handle the problem with bulky item pickup at 574 Kamoku and a crew will monitor the issue.

2.   The ADA ramp at Fern Street and Kalakaua Avenue will be removed and only certain areas will be handicapped.

3.   The “No Parking” sign at Fern Street and Kalakaua Avenue can’t be increased in size; the City has to maintain the federally standardized size so it is easily recognizable and the public knows what it means.

4.   The Department of Transportation Services (DTS) submitted a work order last month to remove the “No Parking” stalls at Fern Street and Kalakaua Avenue that was requested at last month’s meeting.

5.   Oto will check on stabilizing the sign at Punahou Street and South King that fell down.

6.   The Department of Design and Construction (DDC) had no work at University Avenue going down Metcalf so they would not be responsible for painting over of the bicycle lanes there. Oto will ask the Department of Facilities Maintenance (DFM) if they were working on the area and will report his findings.

7.   The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is investigating whether Ala Wai Regional Park will be locked up by 11:00 p.m. along with several other parks establishing park closure hours so they can be locked up. Oto noted the issue is on tonight’s agenda and if the Board passes the resolution it would go before the City’s Parks Board.

8.   The shower trees on Punahou between South Street and Philip Street were pruned on October 22, 2007.

9.   The administration did close the restrooms in the Moiliili Park but they are now reopened during the hours the park is open and closed between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. HPD is aware of the crime issue in the area and will try to do a walk through in the park mornings and afternoons depending on officer availability. Homelessness still exists in the Moiliili District Park still exists and it is not a crime; tickets are given sometimes but it is being dealt with as a social issue.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.   Member Carlos thanked the City for cleaning up the Ala Wai Promenade running along her condominium but she asked if the sprinklers can be checked because they are not working and the grass has turned brown.

2.   Member Larson reported that at her last Housing and Homeless Committee meeting it was requested to have a monthly update from the City at this meeting on activities related to their committee. The use of the one half of one percent of taxes residents pay was proposed by the Charter Commission members and was intended to focus on the lowest income families adopted by the public focuses on the lower 50% income of families so the only people who can use the fund are developers for rental facilities for low income individuals and families. The Mayor has an Affordable Housing Advisory Panel looking at this issue. Councilmember Kobayashi and others have introduced several measures and discussed issues on housing policy discussing how funds should be used and who would benefit. 

3.   Heinrich reported recently the Director of the City Department of Planning and Permitting, Henry Eng, introduced a draft copy of a bill for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) which is beginning to proceed. Public comments are due by November 30, 2007, a Planning Commission Public Hearing is scheduled for December 12, 2007 and then it goes to the City Council. The bill asks for neighborhoods to assist with transit-oriented development zoning regulations giving them a voice in what is chosen. It was noted this Board has received the above-mentioned document.

4.   Oto reported to Kyi-Yim that vagrants parked at obsolete bus stops and those loitering might have received citations but that only moves them around, they return later.

State Representative:  Sandra Kunimoto distributed the Governor’s Update and advised that after this report was printed the special legislative session concluded and passed the Superferry bill and the Senate approved the candidates for the three cabinet positions.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.   Kunimoto responded to member Takamura that the Superferry bill provides that conditions need to be set for the operation of the Superferry, which the Governor will do as mandated, while the EIS is going on.

2.   Kunimoto will respond to member Larson with a report on the urban homeless, for singles as well as families, around this neighborhood displaced with the closing of beaches, such as Ala Moana.

3.   The Department of Agriculture does the monitoring as they screen for invasive species for the Superferry. They were working with the Superferry for some time prior to the court issue deciding on the screening procedure, they did training for the Superferry and monitored for invasive species.

Board of Water Supply (BWS):  Keith Ishinaga was not present; no report was distributed.

Councilmember Ann Kobayashi:  Councilmember Kobayashi distributed her report and reported the following:

• The resolution this Board supported to rename the Fire Station from “McCully” to “McCully – Moiliili” did pass a vote of the City Council on October 17, 2007. It is up to the department to make the change; she doesn’t know when the construction of the new station will be completed.

• The City Council passed a resolution, thanks to Ms. Iwasa, to have the Parks Department investigate the installation of more bicycle racks in the parks.
• Councilmember Kobayashi has not received a response from Melvin Kaku, Director of the Department of Transportation Services, about whether he will schedule a public forum on alternatives to rail because he felt the forum last Saturday, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, discussed rail alternatives; he was not in attendance. She hopes he will hold a public discussion before he leaves his position as Department Director December 1, 2007 since he is an honorable man and would want to do this.
• In the TOD draft there is much discussion on rail which she wants deleted because the City Council still has not selected the technology. There are alternatives that are less expensive and just as efficient as rail; mass transit does not have to be rail.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.   There will be another recycling event on Saturday, November 10, at McKinley High School. The one just held made money for the Moiliili and Kapahulu Centers and Kaimuki High School. She thanked the many volunteers who came to help so the project could be a success.

2.   Responding to member Larson about the next step after creating the auditor’s report on the City’s Management of the Unilateral Agreements in Affordable Housing, Report No. 07-05, she and Councilmember De La Cruz proposed an audit of the Housing Department before the audit report was published. Next they will propose the passage of a bill to change the City Charter for the next election raising the percent for availability of money in the Housing Fund to families earning up to 120% of the median household income. Some people were asking for a raise to 140% because there are many families who make a higher salary, but both parents have to work to raise their children; it’s not easy even for those making 80% or 100% of the median household income.

Member Larson noted this is a small amount of money that won’t make much of an impact when purchasing a house, but it could significantly aid those in the rental market. Member Larson’s Housing Committee feels with affordable rentals, families can save for their 10% down to buy a house after about five years of saving. Councilmember Kobayashi will give an update when the City Council discusses this further.

3.     Heinrich suggested to Councilmember Kobayashi that in preparing for the 2008 legislative session, she advise the neighborhood boards in this area of the top five legislative requests from the Hawaii Association of Counties.

4.      Resident Fulton reported that there are three vacancies in one of the Vista properties she lives in owned by Prudential Locations and one has lowered the age limit to 55 years old.

Representative Kirk Caldwell:  Representative Caldwell distributed his report and discussed the following:

§         This past weekend’s event was the most successful recycling experience since it began five years ago with Councilmember Kobayashi as its organizer. They collected 25 tons of scrap metal, lots of refrigerators and with the help of Mark Oto and his volunteers from Youth Build, truckloads of computers were collected. Chair Lockwood, Tom Heinrich and many legislators were also helpful participants.

§         Representative Caldwell gave highlights from Senator Taniguchi’s distributed report, (he was out of town), as follows:

a)      Senator Taniguchi spearheaded the Senate’s meetings on the Neighbor Islands regarding the Superferry to hear what they had to say. The House and the Senate wrote similar bills regarding the Superferry. The Senate amended theirs after studying the comments from the Neighbor Islands and the bill was passed by both houses.

b)      As Judiciary Chair Senator Taniguchi dealt with the extended sentencing bill. Following the lead of the U.S. Supreme Court, he found the Hawaii Supreme Court sentencing law was unconstitutional. In cases where people charged with serious crimes were sentenced to jail for 10 years, they could receive an additional sentence if the crime was habitual or against children, of up to 30 years. However, because the law was unconstitutional they didn’t have to serve the second sentence and were released from jail early. Senator Taniguchi helped get a bill passed into law by both houses which reestablished extended sentencing under the procedure that is constitutionally sound.

c)      Regarding the “advice and consent ruling”, the Senate is the body that confirms judicial nominees. Recently the Senate did not confirm a judicial nominee so the Governor has to provide another candidate within ten days and the Senate has to reply in 30 days on the nominee. Senator Taniguchi took the lead on that issue.

Representative Scott Nishimoto:  Representative Nishimoto was not present; his report was distributed.

Representative Scott Saiki:  Representative Saiki was not present; his report was distributed.

Senator Carol Fukunaga:  Senator Carol Fukunaga was not present; her report was distributed.

Senator Brian Taniguchi:  Senator Taniguichi was out of town; his report was distributed and discussed above.

Filling of Vacancies – Judy DeVilbiss came forward to volunteer as a representative from Sub District 2. She wants to be involved in the community where she lives and know what is going on. She ran a sales distribution business for thirteen years and was on a committee in Monterey, California similar to this one.  Larson moved and Carlos seconded to accept Judy DeVilbiss to the McCully Moiliili Neighborhood Board.  Discussion followed. DeVilbiss verified her address with Chair Lockwood as being in Sub District 2. She answered Gans’ question that she has been in her current home for one year, had rented other properties in Honolulu for five years before that; she has vacationed here for 20 years and loves it. The Board voted unanimously to accept Judy DeVilbiss.

At 8:15 the meeting took a break to give the Oath of Office to Judy DeVilbiss and the meeting reconvened five mintues later.

McCully Recreation Center Short Term Master Plan – Gary Doi, a planner with the City Department of Design and Construction, introduced Clifford Lau, Chief of Facilities of Design and Construction. Mr. Bill Chang, an architect, the consultant on the Master Plan, has done most of the work on the project and started the presentation as follows:

The proposal is a short term Master Plan which means they hope the proposed improvements will be completed in five years. They wanted to propose viable improvements to the recreation center’s facilities that will complement the work that is being done to the gym and pool. His first exhibit showed the gym currently, sitting over 38 parking stalls, there were 48 stalls but they needed 10 spaces to improve and stabilize the gym. There is a swimming pool, two story recreation building that sits on the Waioli Street side, an open basketball court, a tot play area that sits between the two story building and the basketball court and the open lawn space. They want to preserve the open lawn space because it is a small park.

The next exhibit showed the proposed improvements for the loss of 10 parking spaces suggesting they be installed along Pumehana and Citron Streets on the corner by the shady trees between the street and the pool. With the current pool repair work, in order to stabilize the pool deck, there has to be altering of the pool deck therefore the current arts and crafts classroom and the current comfort station that sits beneath the pool deck needs to be demolished. An area to replace these two areas is proposed for the ground floor of the two story, thirty year old language school building, which was used as a multi-activity center. To mitigate vandalism beneath the gym when it was open before, the plan is to put a fence around the open sides of the gym and perhaps a gate around it for security during the evening hours.

Questions, answers and concerns:

1.   They want to keep the trees flourishing when they put in the permeable pavement around them and modify the fencing along Citron Street.

2.   There are no secured bicycle spaces planned although initially there was a rack for bikes on the left of the ADA stalls but it was removed. Residents asked for their installation and Chang will pass on the request to the Department of Parks and Recreation.

3.   Heinrich asked if the southwest corner of Pumehana and Citron Streets could be maintained as open space as opposed to giving any of it to parking stalls and put them instead on the mauka side under the gym. If the area is not kept as open space, he suggests it be used for playground equipment.

4.   Resident Fulton has lived across from the park and is concerned about the maintenance of the beautiful, large trees and the drug dealing she saw on the basketball court. Chang responded that if the proposal for parking is considered around the trees, the product to be used will not be blacktop but permeable pavement which allows water to seep through the pavement so the trees will continue to flourish.

5.   Lillian Novak has heard many discussions at these board meetings on the recreation center’s renovation. Why did the renovation start and end? The construction phases were explained as follows:

a)    The first phase of the renovation of the gym and swimming pool was doing emergency repairs to stabilize the gym so the gym so it wouldn’t collapse because it was found to be inadequate. During that time they found further deficiencies that resulted in further demolition of the gym which set them back.

b)    A second phase to fix the restroom areas which are non-functional right now is keeping the gym from being used and they are bidding that job out right now and hope to begin in the spring. They apologized for the delay between the projects but they found unforeseen conditions.

c)    The third phase will be to reconstruct the pool and restore it’s structural integrity which requires the demolition of the arts and crafts area and a comfort station construction.

6.   Resident Lalosin asked that the trees be trimmed and security lighting be directed, not at the houses but from the top to the bottom for more security in the area so there are no “dead spots” where people loiter; less lighting can be used for a greater effect than what is currently in place. Chang will take these comments back to his staff.

7.   An explanation of why the comfort station needs to be reconstructed, they examined the problems with the concrete structure above the comfort station and the multipurpose room so the viable option selected was to demolish it to correct the structural problem. Demolishing it caused space limitations and meanwhile Bill Chang was doing the Master Plan to come up with how to develop the next phase. The swimming pool reconstruction is required for demolition of that portion but it is not going to construct a replacement. As far as the dead spaces for the Master Plan, they are actually using double use of the area if you notice between the existing Arts and Crafts room in the two story building currently doesn’t have ADA accessibility. They are creating a second floor ADA pathway from the gym over to second floor Arts and Crafts pathway so it will be fully ADA accessible and a comfort station will be located there.

8.   It was explained that permeable asphalt is a much better solution than blacktop for the trees.

9.   The Departmetnt of Parks and Recreation will have to decide if the open market will move from its current location back to the McCully Recreation area.

10.  When looking at recreation center’s time line, it was confirmed that the recreation center would open in 2009 and the swimming pool is projected to open in 2010. The Master Plan being discussed tonight is what they feel can feasibly be built in the next five years that involves the comfort station, the renovation of the arts and crafts room and the additional parking is completed after the pool and the gym.

Housekeeping:  Chair Lockwood reported in the following:

1.   The Revised Neighborhood Plan will be discussed on November 5th from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Honolulu Hale and at 4:00 p.m. on November 19th. If you want to comment on it you are free to attend.

2.   At the OMPO October 17th meeting Cliff Slatter made a presentation explaining costs of different rail systems.

3.   Stream Clean-Ups – There was a clean-up of the Makiki Stream October 20th which was very successful but it needs to be cleaned again by the City.

4.   Hawaii 2050 Project– Chair Lockwood has a copy and it can be found on line. Public comments are due by Saturday, November 10th.

5.   The Revised Neighborhood Plan will be discussed by member Takamura later in the meeting.

6.   Graffiti Update – Channel 9 was here interviewing Councilmember Kobayashi before the meeting about cameras for catching taggers. The City’s Department of Information Techology was talking about cameras that can be set up just about anywhere with very high resolution so they can get pictures of people tagging. Councilmember Kobayashi has arranged for the McCully – Moiliili neighborhood to be the test area when the City begins the project.

7.   This school, King Lunalilo Elementary, will start renovating every building on campus sometime next year so this Board will be looking for another meeting place starting in February, 2008.

8.   The Board agreed to have Chair Lockwood write a doctor’s office in Manoa who solicited his business to advise them how to spell Moiliili which was misspelled on their brochure.

Residents’ Concerns:

1.       Mitchell Nakagawa is a resident on the other side of McCully/ Lime Street area. As a motorist and bike commuter for eight years with no accidents, he had two bicycle accidents recently within a two month period. In one he was hit by a car and in another he was run into by another person on a bicycle. He wears a helmet, a reflector and brightly colored clothing and he doesn’t wear headphones when he rides. He is aware of his surroundings when he rides and drives, watching children running around near intersections. It is essential that there be bicycle education, people obey laws and be educated to understand and watch for signage and unexpected things in their surroundings. In his neighborhood there are many families with children walking and learning to ride bikes in the streets. He is calling for support for the safety of bicyclists and he supports Natalie Iwasa’s resolution with this testimony.

2.       Natalie Iwasa, from Hawaii Kai, reported she has been doing presentations on bicycle safety to various neighborhood boards. She distributed a bicycle resolution to the chair of this Board’s Public Safety Committee, Mimi Gans, tailored it to the needs of this neighborhood to consider its passage. Iwasa’s goal is to have all the Neighborhood Boards pass a similar resolution that she will present to Governor Lingle and Mayor Hannemann saying this is what the people want in compliance with the Charter Ammendment No. 8 that they passed and the things they are requesting for bicycle safety. Member Gans has Iwasa’s contact information.

3.       Chad Hayakumoto, a Punchbowl resident, has been working for several years helping neighborhoods design skateboard parks in Pearl City, Aala Park and helped with the one in Makiki. Skateboarding is one of the most widely practiced sports for youth today and currently there are many more users than before and the parks are overcrowded. He has been attending meetings for the proposed park at the end of Kapahulu Avenue supported by three neighborhood  boards but the land area is the smallest of all the other parks.

4.   Ms. Murai told the board they received a letter from Janet Inamine with a retraction from the October minutes.

4.       Member Tabor announced that the 11th Annual 2008 Ola Pono Awards are up for nomination to recognize those who have worked to promote a drug free Hawaii. Please call her or Chair Lockwood to propose nominees.

Unfinished Business:

1. Visible Leadership/Outreach of Neighborhood Board Members – The item was deferred because it will be discussed at a workshop this coming Saturday and then the Chair can discuss both topics at a later date.

2. Report on Participation at Discover Moiliili Day - Chair Lockwood reported that a Transit Oriented Development group held a survey at the event and neighbors completed 12 or more surveys per hour. Some of their findings were:

§         The top three best things about living in McCully or Moiliili are: it is convenient and close to everything, has bus stops, and it is a relatively safe environment.

§         The top three worst things about living in McCully or Moiliili are: loud noises, traffic, and a tie for number three were busy and dangerous streets, dirt from the vehicles, the place is unappealing and dingy and the homeless.

    Chair Lockwood will share this information in full at a later date and feels the survey taking was a successful venture.  Many pages of comments were collected about such things as keeping a balance in the community, needing help and medical facilities, views on transit, a graffiti wall and more.

New Business:

  A.   Shopping Cart Resolution – The resolution was sent to the board earlier and was read by Chair Lockwood. Carlos moved and Gans seconded to accept the Shopping Cart Resolution. Discussion ensued.

§         Carlos noted a change needs to be made in line three of the attachment to the resolution changing “attractive nuisance” to “unattractive nuisance”.

§         Larson thinks “attractive nuisance” is something that attracts people to something.

§         Chair Lockwood noted he got the material in the attachment from five different sources in California publications which were challenged by the ACLU and that challenge failed. The purpose of this is to get abandoned shopping carts out of the neighborhoods and have the City hold on to them receiving a fee for holding on to them or receive a fee for disposing of them.

§         Kyi-Yim asked if there is some kind of ownership on the carts in question. Gans knows there is a shopping cart hotline you can call to report where wayward shopping carts are to Foodland and they are taken to a store that needs them. Star Market has less staff for this but when called they will pick up shopping carts.

§         Hata is concerned about the homeless people who use shopping carts and what will happen to the cart they are using. Chair Lockwood said a cart can be borrowed for 24 hours and then returned.

The motion to accept the Resolution with attachment was adopted unanimously, 10-0-0. (See attached).  Aye – Mary Jane Carlos, Judy DeVilbiss, Mimi Gans, Les Hata, Klement Kondratovich, Serena Kyi – Yim, Betty Lou Larson, Ron Lockwood, Shaunna Tabor and Clifton Takamura.

B.   Date Street Mini Park Closure Hours – The Department of Parks and Recreation and the police department asked the Board to suggest closing hours for the park which is located at the six-way intersection of Date Street, Kamoku Street and Kapiolani Boulevard where there is a very small playground. Since there is no closure sign it is hard for the police to enforce a time for people to leave the area. Chair Lockwood read the Resolution.  Carlos moved and Takamura seconded to accept the Date Street Mini Park Resolution. Chair Lockwood has heard nothing from the neighbors in the area around the park but the police and the parks people want to move out the people who sit in the park and drink at night. Heinrich supports the resolution and would like to suggest adding the consistency of the park’s closing hours be the same as  neighboring parks. Carlos noted the park the paddlers use has a sign saying the park closes at 11:00 p.m.

The resolution was accepted unanimously, 10-0-0. Aye – Mary Jane Carlos, Judy DeVilbis, Mimi Gans, Les Hata, Klement Kondratovich, Serena Kyi – Yim, Betty Lou Larson, Ron Lockwood, Shaunna Tabor and Clifton Takamura.

WHEREAS, THE Department of Parks and Recreation in addition to the Honolulu Police Department have requested closure hours to be posted for the Date Street Mini Park; and

WHEREAS, the hour of closure, 10:00 p.m., is appropriate for the area where the Date Street Mini Park is located; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the McCully – Moiliili  Neighborhood Board No. 8 requests that the signage for Date Street Mini Park reflect a 10:00 p.m. closure for the public safety; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution will be sent to the Director, Department of Parks and Recreation; Chief, Honolulu Police Department; Commander and Executive Officer, District 7 – Honolulu Police Department; and Council Member Ann Kobayashi.

C.   Permitted Interaction Group for Neighborhood Plan – Up to seven members of this Board can attend any of the following scheduled meetings on the subject: Saturday, November 3 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Kapolei Hale or at 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 pm. at Windward College in Hale Akoakoa or on Monday, November 5th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Honolulu Hale. Takamura and Chair Lockwood will be attending the Monday meeting.

Corrections for the Regular Meeting Minutes of October 4, 2007 were as follows:

Page 1 – Under Members Present, change the listing of Klement Kondrakovich to “Kondratovich”.

Page 2 – No. 5 under Questions, change the time at the end of line one from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Page 3 – Under Mayor’s Representative, line one should read “Mark Oto announced the new phone number for the City’s Elderly Affairs Division that office provides information…”

Page 3 – No. 4 should read “Tentatively the Board of Regents, at the Maui meeting in November…”

Page 3 – No. 5 should read “In response to a question from a member of the public, Manke reported…”

Page 3 – Under “Questions and Answers” at the bottom of the page, Item 1 should read “Kamoku, which is a private address…”

Page 4 – No. 9 should read “Resident Killeen saw a visually impaired person fall out of a wheelchair onto the pavement in the crosswalk and went off a high curb she did not realize was there near Young and Kaheka Streets across from the Assistance League...there was no ADA ramp where you would expect it to be.  She was o.k. after the fall.”

Page 9 – Under Residents Concerns, the second line should read “the fence from Punahou into Citron Streets. By Kalakaua Vista the children are trespassing…”

Page 9 – Under New Business there should only be one motion sentence moving to adopt the resolution. It should be read as “Larson moved and Carlos seconded to adopt the Resolution naming the Fire Station…”

Page 10 – First item, top of the page should read “Kyi – Yim does not want a seven word name for the park.”

Page 10 – At the top of the page, the sentence beginning in line 6 starting with “Inamine supported” should be deleted. Ms. Inamine did not say she supported naming the park after Andy Mirakitani because he rallied the people to oppose Bishop Estate.

Larson moved to accept the October 4, 2007 minutes as amended seconded by Carlos which was adopted unanimously. 9-0-0. Aye – Mary Jane Carlos, Judy DeVilbis, Mimi Gans, Les Hata, Serena Kyi-Yim, Betty Lou Larson, Ron Lockwood, Shaunna Tabor and Clifton Takamura.

Corrections to the Regular Meeting Minutes of August 2, 2007 were as follows:

Page 2 – Under “University of Hawaii at Manoa” the first line should read, “Jim Manke, representing the Chancellor, reported that they had a quiet summer except for the fire along Wahahila Ridge. All emergency operations and communications operated properly…”

Carlos moved and Takamura seconded to accept the amended August 2, 2007 minutes. The vote was 9-0-1. Aye – Mary Jane Carlos, Judy DeVilbiss, Les Hata, Klement Kondratovich, Serena Kyi-Yim, Betty Lou Larson, Ron Lockwood, Shaunna Tabor and Clifton Takamura. Abstain – Mimi Gans.

Treasurer’s Report – The treasurer’s report was filed.

Adjournment:  The meeting adjourned at 9:33 p.m.

Submitted by,

Bonnie Trustin

Neighborhood Assistant