MCCULLY – MŌ‘ILI‘ILI NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 8

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2024 AT 6:30 P.M.
MCCULLY DISTRICT PARK CLASSROOM 1 (GROUND FLOOR)
831 PUMEHANA STREET, HONOLULU, HI 96826
AND ONLINE VIA WEBEX

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=mdbb0aca8ac7efed2fb4afeebdf81533b
Meeting Number / Access Code: 2495 689 2816
Password: NB08 (6208 from phones and video systems)
Join by Phone: +1-408-418-9388 (United States Toll)

Google Drive Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tT9B36j02pFGAEYO6I2BzQiNKI9CRiKk
Meeting Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/@cityandcountyneighborhoodc2559/search?query=McCully

RULES OF PARTICIPATION: Anyone wishing to speak, please raise your hand. After recognition, address your comments to the Chair. Comments must relate to the current agenda item. If participating online, please mute yourself when not speaking and use the “raise hand” feature in the participants panel if you want to speak. Remember to unclick, or lower, your hand afterwards. By Board rules, audience and board members can have up to 2 turns to speak on a topic. Those speaking should be concise and limit comments to 2 minutes per turn. Each report is limited to 3 minutes and each presentation is limited to 5 minutes.

NOTES: As required by the State Sunshine Law (HRS 92), specific issues not listed on this agenda cannot be voted on, unless added to the agenda by a two-thirds vote (9) of this 13-member Board.

BOARD BOUNDARIES: https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/boards-and-sub-district-boundary-descriptions/

1. CALL TO ORDER – Vice Chair Christopher Salas (csalas_8@yahoo.com)

2. ROLL CALL – Neighborhood Assistant Curtis Hayashi (curtis.hayashi@honolulu.gov)

3. CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU MONTHLY REPORTS (3 minutes each)
a. Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) on community events/updates, fire incidents/statistics, and safety tips (HFDNHB@honolulu.gov)
b. Honolulu Police Department (HPD) on community events/updates, parking/traffic enforcement, police incidents/statistics, and safety tips (https://www.honolulupd.org/contact-us/)
i. District 1: Central Honolulu (west of Hauʻoli Street)
ii. District 7: East Honolulu (east of Hauʻoli Street)
c. Board of Water Supply (BWS) on main break report, projects, and general BWS announcements (https://www.boardofwatersupply.com/contact)
d. Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s Representative on constituent concerns, city projects/services, newsletter updates, neighborhood plan review, and Ala Wai Bridge Project – Department of Environmental Services (ENV) Deputy Director Michael O’Keefe (https://www8.honolulu.gov/mayor/contact-the-mayor/)
e. Councilmember Calvin Say on constituent concerns, legislative/office updates, newsletter updates, and general announcements (ckysay@honolulu.gov)

4. PRESENTATIONS (5 minutes each. Contact Vice Chair Salas before the meeting to request additional time to present.)
a. City: Sewer Service Charge Increase Proposal (https://www8.honolulu.gov/env/sewer-fee-rates/) –
Deputy Director Michael O’Keefe (mokeefe@honolulu.gov), Department of Environmental Services (ENV)
Flyer and Press Release: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tT9B36j02pFGAEYO6I2BzQiNKI9CRiKk?usp=drive_link
b. City: Ala Wai Bridge Project Update (https://www8.honolulu.gov/dts/ala-pono/) – Gabrielle Gersh
c. State: Unemployment Insurance (UI) – Arthur Barba (arthur.w.barba@hawaii.gov), Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR)
Slideshow: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BnnOIVsT-_60C4LK-ktQaqZKrEfGX3nu/view?usp=sharing
d. Private: Green Stormwater Infrastructure in the Ala Wai Watershed – Cyrus Howe (cyrus@hawaiigreengrowth.org), Hawaiʻi Green Growth
Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wA59rPgIelJeDrkPtglBXGFOTu_mfh4Hbzfrv6sllpY/edit?usp=sharing

5. BOARD BUSINESS
a. 5-Absence Letter for Board Member Lindsey Allred and Motion to Declare the Seat Vacant
b. Filling of Vacant At-Large Board Seat(s) – Residents interested in filling a vacant board seat must attend the board meeting and provide proof of residency or contact Neighborhood Assistant Curtis Hayashi (curtis.hayashi@honolulu.gov) to verify residency in advance.
c. Election of Board Chair – To serve until June 30, 2025
d. Election of Board Secretary – To serve until June 30, 2025
e. Approval of Written Summary for Video Record: Monday, October 21, 2024

6. STATE OF HAWAIʻI OFFICIAL REPORTS (3 minutes each)
a. Governor Josh Green’s Representative on constituent concerns, general announcements, newsletter updates, and the planned Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) rental complex at the Old Bowl-O-Drome in Mo’ili’ili at 820 Isenberg Street (https://dhhl.hawaii.gov/po/oahu/820-isenberg-street-redevelopment-o%CA%BBahu/) – Brooks Baehr (brooks.baehr@hawaii.gov, (808) 587-5051, https://governor.hawaii.gov/contact-us/)
b. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on events, general announcements, and university matters/projects – Elmer Kaʻai (elmerk@hawaii.edu)
c. Senate District 10: Senator Les Ihara, Jr. on constituent concerns, legislative/office updates, newsletter updates, and general announcements (senihara@capitol.hawaii.gov)
d. Senate District 11: Senator Carol Fukunaga on constituent concerns, legislative/office updates, newsletter updates, and general announcements (senfukunaga@capitol.hawaii.gov)
e. Senate District 12: Constituent concerns, legislative/office updates and general announcements
f. House District 22: Constituent concerns, legislative/office updates and general announcements
g. House District 23: Representative Ikaika Olds on constituent concerns, legislative/office updates and general announcements
h. House District 24: Constituent concerns, legislative/office updates and general announcements

7. COMMUNITY CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS (3 minutes each)
Residents, not board members, can share comments and concerns that are not listed on the agenda. Per the “Sunshine Law” (HRS 92), concerns not on the agenda may be presented, but the Board cannot take action.

8. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Regular Meeting and Future Agenda Items: The McCully-Mōʻiliʻili Neighborhood Board No. 8 is scheduled to meet on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at the McCully District Park Classroom 1 (ground floor) and online via Webex. To request a meeting agenda item, please contact the Chair at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled meeting.

‘Olelo Broadcast and Reporting Neighborhood Issues: The meetings can be viewed on Channel 49 at 9:00 p.m. on the 3rd Friday of the month and the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at 3:00 p.m. Visit https://www.honolulu.gov/csd/concern or use the Honolulu 311 App (https://honoluluhi.citysourced.com/) to report neighborhood issues.

9. ADJOURNMENT

A mailing list is maintained for interested persons and agencies to receive this board’s agenda and minutes. Additions, corrections, and deletions to the mailing list may be directed to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) at Kapālama Hale, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, HI 96817, by telephone on (808) 768-3710, fax (808) 768-3711, or emailing nco@honolulu.gov. Agenda documents and minutes are also available online at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/boards.html.

All written testimony must be received in the Neighborhood Commission Office 48 hours prior to the meeting. If within 48 hours of the meeting, written and/or oral testimony may be submitted directly to the Board at the meeting. If submitting written testimony, please note the Board and agenda item(s) your testimony concerns. Send to: Neighborhood Commission Office, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, HI 96817, fax (808) 768-3711, email nbtestimony@honolulu.gov, or complete the form on https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/testimony/.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, please call the Neighborhood Commission Office at (808) 768-3710 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or send an email to nco@honolulu.gov at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.