‘EWA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 23

PARKS COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2024, 7:00 P.M.
ASING COMMUNITY PARK
91-1450 RENTON ROAD, EWA BEACH, HI 96706

Rules of Speaking: Aloha! This is your Community Public Forum; your input and cooperation are really appreciated. This is a meeting of the Ewa Neighborhood Board Parks Committee. As a reminder, the Ewa Neighborhood Board (and the Parks Committee) is an advisory board. We provide fairness, integrity and collaboration to all to increase and assure effective citizen participation in the decisions of government. Anyone wishing to speak is asked to raise their hand, and when recognized by the Chair, to address comments to the Chair. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments under two (2) minute – one (1) turn per person. Those giving reports are urged to keep their reports less than three (3) minutes and presentations under 10 minutes. Please silence all electronic devices.
Note: The Committee may act on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (HRS 92), specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on or added to the agenda.
1. CALL TO ORDER: Committee Co- Chair Alexander Gaos/John Rogers
1.1. Reading of the Rules of Speaking
1.2. Introduction of Ewa Neighborhood Board/Committee Members
1.3. Introduction of Attendees/Community Members

2. ONEʻULA BEACH PARK
2.1 Update on contract and work related to sprinkler system and field
2.2 Status on 2023 Budget CIP $2,700,000 for bathroom, showers, and parking lot improvements Tupola / Tulba CIP budget request
2.3. Status on 2024 Budget CIP $100,000 for designing a bathroom DDC CIP budget request
2.4. General discussion on other park issues, e.g., water fountain/comfort station repairs, use by different sports, parking.

3. PUʻULOA BEACH PARK
3.1 Requested release of funds by mayor to start design of comfort station roof/retrofit $1,000,000 Tulba CIP budget request

4. WATERING OF PARKS
4.1. Updates on discussions with golf courses regarding allocation of water in dry months to Ewa Mahiko District Park and Asing Park

5. EWA PUʻULOA DISTRICT PARK
5.1. Update on Planting trees around the permiter

6. EWA MAHIKO DISTRICT PARK
6.1. Tennis court converstion to pickle ball courts at Ewa Mahiko District Park
6.2. Permits for sports
6.3. Parking

7. KALAELOA PARKLANDS
7.1. Status of Change.org petition to build a pickleball complex in the newly acquired Kalaeloa Parklands.
7.2. Resolution Requesting that the city build a pickleball complex in the newly acquired Kalaeloa Parklands

8. KAPAPAPUHI PARK
8.1 Status on 2025 Budget CIP $250,000 for sidewalk repairs Tulba CIP budget request

9. ASING PARK
9.1 Status on 2023 Budget CIP $150,000 for parking lot lighting Tulba CIP budget request

10. RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING EWA COMMUNITY PARKS (Limited to three (3) minutes each report. Follow up questions & answers are limited to one (1) turn – three (3) minutes per person.
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next Meeting of the Ewa Neighborhood Board Parks Committee meeting date and location to be determined. As a reminder; this is NOT a Regular Board Meeting. Minutes of this meeting will be submitted to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) within 30 days of this meeting.
12. ADJOURNMENT

Hawaii Revised Statutes – §92-3 – Open meetings: Every meeting of this Committee, as a subset of the Board, shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting unless otherwise provided in the constitution or as closed pursuant to sections 92-4 and 92-5; provided that the removal of any person or persons who willfully disrupts a meeting to prevent and compromise the conduct of the meeting shall not be prohibited. The committee, as a subset of the Board, shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, in writing, on any agenda item. The committee, as a subset of the Board, shall also afford all interested persons an opportunity to present oral testimony on any agenda item. The committee, as a subset of the Board, may provide for reasonable administration of oral testimony by rule.
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, Hawaii 96817; Telephone (808) 768-3710 Fax (808) 768-3711; or call Neighborhood Assistant Jeffrey Jones at (808) 768-4224 or e-mail jeffrey.jones@honolulu.gov. Agendas and minutes are also available on the internet at www.honolulu.gov/nco.

All written testimony must be received in the Neighborhood Commission Office 48 hours prior to the meeting. If within 48 hours, 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, Hawaii 96817. Fax: (808) 768-3711. Email: nbtestimony@honolulu.gov.

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 jeffrey.jones@honolulu.gov at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.