WAI‘ANAE COAST NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 24

HOUSING / HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA
Friday, September 5, 2025 @ 6:00p.m.- 7:00p.m.
In-Person
Physical Location: at Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP) Leeward District Service Center
85-555 Farrington Highway, Waiʻanae, HI 96792

Rules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to a) in attendance at physical location please raise your hand to be recognized by the chair; When recognized by the Chair, state your name for the record and then address comments to the Chair. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments under two (2) minutes, and those giving reports are urged to keep their reports to three (3) or five (5) minutes or less, including Q&A, and depending on your Item section allotment.
Please silence all electronic devices in physical location if you need to answer a call please step outside.

Working Agreements: Please be respectful while others are speaking, let’s agree to disagree and please refrain from making any comments and gestures towards fellow community members on any topic. While addressing concern please stay within the 2 minutes or yield the remaining of your time if less and try to stay on topic one concern at a time. No more than two concerns shall be heard in one single meeting any more than the allotted amount please feel free to fill out our concern sheets in writing or speak to me after our meeting is adjourned.

Note: This committee may not act on any agenda item, unless voted and added to General Board Meeting. We are here to discuss our concerns as a community and address and find solutions together. If a vote is needed after proper protocols, it may be added to our General Board Meeting for discussion and voting.

I. Oli/Opening Protocol: Welcoming chant or pule to ground the meeting in aloha ʻāina and kuleana to Waiʻanae.
a. “E hō mai ē / E hō mai ē / E hō mai ē/ I ke aloha”

II. Call to Order & Introductions
a. Chair calls meeting to order, notes time, and quorum.
b. Self introductions of subcommittee members and guests.

III. Approval of Minutes (if applicable)
a. Review and approve previous subcommittee meeting minutes.

IV. Cultural Manaʻo / Community Grounding
a. Reflection of Waiʻanae’s history of resilience and mālama ʻāina.
b. Share ʻike kūpuna on kuleana to kūpuna, keiki, and houseless ʻohana

V. Presentation: Houseless Community Project – Charles Hewlen

VI. Public Input: Space for community members to share manaʻo (limit to 2 minutes per speaker)

VII. Order of Business
a. Updates: Reports from outreach groups, service providers, and community advocates.
b. Needs Assessment: Identify urgent houseless needs (health, food, sanitation, cultural support).
c. Cultural Solutions: Discuss how ʻike Hawaiʻi such as mālama ʻāina, laulima. And hoʻokipa, can guide outreach.
d. Partnerships: Planning resource pop-ups (food distribution, healthcare screenings, cultural healing spaces).
e. Recommendations: Drafting actions for full Neighborhood Board consideration.

VIII. Action Items
a. Confirm tasks and kuleana for subcommittee members.
b. Identify items to present to full Neighborhood Board.
c. Suggest future agenda topics.

IX. Community Announcements

X. Next Meeting: The next Housing / Homelessness Committee Meeting will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025, location and time TBD.

XI. Closing Manaʻo and Oli
a. Closing reflection or chant to mahalo all participants and reaffirm collective kuleana.
i. “Mahalo ē / mahalo ē / mahalo nui loa ē”

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, Hawaiʻi 96817, by telephone on (808) 768-3710, fax (808) 768-3711, or e-mailing 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, or 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 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.

To view agenda and minutes, visit our board website.

Event shows physical location; however, other options of participation may also include WebEx and phone.  If available, instructions for WebEx and phone can be found at the top of the agenda.