KAHALU‘U NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 29
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Via WebEx or Call-In
In Person Venue
KEY Project
47-200 Waiheʻe Road Room 105
Kāneʻohe, HI 96744
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Meeting Materials: Find a referenced archive of handouts and materials for Neighborhood Board No.29 at:
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Rules of Speaking: To ensure the maximum opportunity for all attendees to be heard, the following guidelines apply: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to type their question in the chat box or raise their hand using the “raise hand” function in the online platform – which is indicated by a hand. If accessing the meeting using your phone and you have a comment, indicate this by pressing the symbols *9 – this will show the moderator that the person calling from that number wishes to speak. To mute/unmute your phone, press *6. In-person, please raise your hand. Please wait until recognized by the chair to begin comments and address those comments to the chair. All official reports, comments or concerns shall be five (5) minutes or less.
Please Kōkua: To help all attendees the opportunity to hear presentations & comments, please place your device on mute until you would like to speak. When you are recognized, unmute yourself and make your comments.
Note: The Board may take action on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (HRS 92), specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on, unless added to the agenda. A two-thirds vote (10) of this 15-member Board is needed to add an item to the agenda. Items may not be added if they are of major importance and will affect a significant number of people.
I. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Parker Spencer
II. EMERGENCY RESPONDER MONTHLY REPORTS (Limited to three (3) minutes each)
A. Honolulu Fire Department
B. Honolulu Police Department
III. FILLING OF VACANCIES ON THE BOARD (Residents must present I.D. & proof of address)
A. Election of Officers
i. Secretary
B. Board Member Vacancies
i. Sub-District Six (6): Two (2) Vacancies
• If interested, please contact Neighborhood Assistant Rachel Cristobal at rachel.cristobal@honolulu.gov with proof of residency.
IV. CITY / STATE / FEDERAL REPORTS
A. Mayor Rick Blangiardi Representative – Regina Malepeai, Department of Planning & Permitting
B. Councilmember Esther Kiaʻāina
C. Councilmember Matt Weyer – Kelly Anaya
D. Board of Water Supply – Barry Usagawa
E. Governor Josh Green Representative – Katie Lambert, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
F. Senator Brenton Awa
G. Representative Lisa Kitagawa
H. Windward Community College – Chancellor Ardis Eschenberg
I. Kāneʻohe Bay Regional Council – Clifford Loo
J. U.S. Congress Representative Jill Tokuda
K. Kāneʻohe Marine Corps Base – Kristi Kaluhiwa
V. RESIDENTS’/COMMUNITY CONCERNS (Limited to two (2) minutes each)
VI. BOARD BUSINESS
A. Approval of Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Regular Meeting Minutes
B. Discussion and Tentative Motion Regarding Water Service at ʻĀhuimanu Place – Members John Reppun & Ian Masterson
VII. SUBDISTRICT REPORTS (Limited to two (2) minutes each)
Kahaluʻu Board Boundary Map: https://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/nco/maps/29_Kahaluu.jpg
VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. 2025 Neighborhood Board Elections Timeline: Candidate registration form open until Friday, February 21, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
i. 2025 Candidate Registration Form
ii. 2025 Voter Registration Form
iii. 2025 Candidacy Declaration Form Verification
B. Next Regular Board Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at KEY Project.
X. 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, Hawaiʻi 96817; Telephone (808) 768-3710 Fax (808) 768-3711; or Email nco@honolulu.gov. Agendas and minutes are also available on the internet at www.honolulu.gov/nco
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.
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
DRAFT REGULAR MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024 at 6:00 P.M.
KEY PROJECT, 47-200 WAIHEʻE ROAD, ROOM 105, KĀNEʻOHE, HI 96744
AND VIA WEBEX
Video Recording of Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krbk_DJyc0o
Google Drive Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T530VW69IeAahTHy9svOIVH4gGqNA4bB
I. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:01]: Vice Chair Jessie Makaʻinaʻi called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
Note: This 15-member Board requires 8 members to establish a quorum and to take official Board action.
Board Members Present: Jessie Makaʻinaʻi, Daniel Bender, Ian Akahi Masterson, John Reppun, Rick Towill, Kenneth LeVasseur, Clifford Loo, Hi’iaka Jardine (6:04 p.m.), Arthur Machado (6:05 p.m.), Jarrett Machado (6:05 p.m.), and Edwin Ige (6:08 p.m.).
Board Member(s) Absent: Parker Spencer, Frances (Rocky) Kaluhiwa.
Guests: Sanford Yue (Honolulu Police Department); Barry Usagawa (Honolulu Board of Water Supply); Kimberly Ryan (Councilmember Esther Kia’āina); Chelsea Gonzales (Councilmember Matt Weyer); Katie Lambert (Governor Josh Green); Elizabeth Tatofi-Tavake (Senator Brenton Awa); Kristi Kaluhiwa and Tiffany Patrick (Kāneʻohe Marine Corps Base); Amy Luersen, Ben Shafer, Colin Lee (University of Hawai’i School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology), Donald Sakamoto, James Sipin, Joe Wat (KEY Project), Jordan Jenkins, Melody Aduja, Richelle Benson, Summer F., Tia Marie (Residents); Rachel Cristobal (Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO)). Note: Name was not included if not legible. There were 31 total participants.
II. EMERGENCY RESPONDER MONTHLY REPORTS – [0:00:10]
Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) – [0:00:14]: No representative present.
• Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r94F8vAWOjM5s_ioXG8ZNbVvGu2gNB87/view?usp=drive_link
Honolulu Police Department (HPD) – [0:00:37]: Lieutenant Sanford Yue provided the October 2024 monthly statistics.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:01:09]
Member Jardine joined at 6:04 p.m.; 8 members present. Quorum was established with 8 members present.
Members Arthur Machado and Jarrett Machado joined at 6:05 p.m.; 10 members present.
III. FILLING OF VACANCIES ON THE BOARD – [0:05:18]
Election of Officers – Secretary – [0:5:22]: No volunteers.
Sub-District Six (6): Two (2) Vacancies – [0:05:47]: No volunteers.
IV. CITY / STATE / FEDERAL REPORTS – [0:06:12]
Mayor Rick Blangiardi Representative – [0:06:16]: No representative present.
• Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JexHThCSrfi2p3jt2xE3H0Yyi1PNZnvT/view?usp=drive_link
• Memo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ltV6GDsDytpbmuIlOVSjhMcPKrdRkDv1/view?usp=drive_link
Councilmember Esther Kiaʻāina – [0:06:27]: Kimberly Ryan reported that both Resolution 24-243, which would recommend ways the City can support agricultural development, and Bill 64 will be heard at the Committee on Planning and the Economy on November 21, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Ms. Ryan provided responses to inquiries from the October Board meeting.
• Resolution 24-243 – Reconvening the Council’s Agricultural Development Task Force: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=22573
• Bill 64, FD1, CD1 (2024) – Amending the Land Use Ordinance: https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/bill64
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:07:32]
Member Ige joined at 6:08 p.m.; 11 members present.
Councilmember Matt Weyer – [0:11:17]: No representative present.
Honolulu Board of Water Supply – [0:11:39]: Barry Usagawa reported on one main break, and provided information about the Honolulu Board of Water Supply’s (BWS) 2025 poster and poetry contest: see https://boardofwatersupply.com/ – water conservation contests, and BWS’s recruitment for new staff: https://boardofwatersupply.com/jobs.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:13:06]
Member Jardine left at 6:13 p.m.; 10 members present.
Governor Josh Green Representative – [0:14:34]: Deputy Director Katie Lambert referenced the following newsletter highlights: Department of the Attorney General’s webpage for mental health and substance abuse support: https://ag.hawaii.gov/act_petition_info/; Department of Transportation’s triennial emergency exercise that was attended by nearly 100 public schools; and the recognition of the work of several State departments and State employees. Deputy Director Lambert provided responses to inquiries from the October Board meeting.
● Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jyyXBJV9I_gwlz7pTynXEmYDUD5PMBU9/view?usp=drive_link
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:20:57]
Senator Brenton Awa – [0:33:19]: Elizabeth Tatofi-Tavake provided the following information: She is now Senator Awa’s Office Manager; Samantha DeCorte is no longer with Senator Awa’s office—she is now a Senator representing areas including Waianae; Senator Awa is the Minority Leader; they are submitting bills for drafting and setting up their Minority Office, including looking for a Legislative Attorney and Minority Director. Ms. Tatofi-Tavake provided responses to inquiries from the October Board meeting.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:35:46]
Representative Lisa Kitagawa – [0:47:59]: No representative present. Vice Chair Makaʻinaʻi stated Representative Kitagawa’s office offered the Board members to email any questions. (There were no questions from Board members nor residents.)
Windward Community College – [0:48:27]: No representative present.
Kāneʻohe Bay Regional Council – [0:48:41]: No updates.
U.S. Congress Representative Jill Tokuda – [0:48:49]: No representative present.
Kāneʻohe Marine Corps Base – [0:49:01]: Kristi Kaluhiwa introduced Colin Lee from the University of Hawai’i and the new Kāneʻohe Marine Corps Base Community Planning and Liaison Officer Tiffany Patrick, both of whom shared background information about themselves, including relating to residing in Kailua. Mr. Lee shared information about the Climate Resilience Collaborative Ko’olau Poko Community Resilience project, which the University of Hawai’i School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology and the City and County of Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Resilience are implementing through a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. Website: www.soest.hawaii.edu/
• Koʻolua Poko Communitiy Reseilience: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VknsAjwctXVvjrqqdODXxYWPaUEzzPmU/view?usp=drive_link
Member Jarrett Machado left at 6:55 p.m.; 9 members present.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:02:58]
Councilmember Matt Weyer – Continued – [1:11:20]: Chelsea Gonzales provided information in response to inquiries, including relating to Capital Improvement Project (CIP) current and budgeted projects.
• Proposed CIP: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=21636
• Executive Program and Budget: https://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-329173/MM038(24)%20-B%20Capital%20Program%20&%20Budget.pdf
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:14:48]
V. COMMUNITY TOPICS – [1:27:34]
Hui ʻUlu Meaʻai Waiāhole Hydropower Project – [1:27:32]: Resident Amy Luersen provided a briefing about this project. In addition to having spoken about this project in the Board’s last meeting, she also referenced a community meeting on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at Kahaluʻu Elementary School.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:32:26]
Hui ʻUlu Meaʻai Waiāhole Hydropower Project¬ ¬– Continued — [1:53:11]: Member Reppun read a resolution. Vice Chair Makaʻinaʻi asked the Neighborhood Assistant to speak due to the resolution was not listed on the agenda [1:56:07]. Neighborhood Assistant Rachel Cristobal explained that due to the item not being listed under Board Business, if the Board continues to decide to vote and the resolution passes and a complaint is receive, the Board is required to have the item listed on the next meetingʻs agenda to do a vote again. Makaʻinaʻi MOVED and Bender SECONDED to support a resolution to explore the potential of a hydropower project for the community. Discussion followed. A roll call vote was taken. The motion to support the Resolution in Support of Exploring Potential for a Community Hydro Project WAS ADOPTED; 9-0-0 (Aye: Bender, Ige, LeVasseur, Loo, Machado (Arthur), Makaʻinaʻi, Masterson, Reppun, Towill; Nay: None; Abstain: None) – [2:03:45]
Water Service at ʻĀhuimanu Place – [2:08:33]: Postponed to the next meeting. (Member Masterson inquired about this Agenda item – [2:13:36].)
VI. RESIDENTS’/COMMUNITY CONCERNS – [2:08:35]
Ko’olau Resilience Hub Network Symposium – [2:08:54]: Joe Wat of the KEY Project announced the Ko’olau Resilience Hub Network Symposium will be held on Friday, December 6, 2024 at Windward Community College from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. He provided background information relating to the Castle Foundation and Vibrant Hawaii with respect to organizing community groups. They are looking for service providers in Kāne‘ohe and Kailua. Website: https://bit.ly/koolau-symposium.
Kāne‘ohe Neighborhood Board No. 30 November Meeting Agenda Items – [2:10:57]: Donald Sakamoto, At-Large Kāne‘ohe Neighborhood Board No. 30 Member, announced their meeting at the Ben Parker Elementary School Cafeteria next week. He stated that City Department of Environmental Services Director Roger Babcock will talk about Bill 60 and sewer fee increases.
VII. BOARD BUSINESS – [2:15:03]
Subdistrict 6 Vacancy Flyer – [2:15:06]: Vice Chair Makaʻinaʻi provided background information about this matter.
[2:15:56] – Members Reppun MOVED and Towill SECONDED to approve the amended Subdistrict 6 vacancy flyer. Being there were no amendments, the motion to approve the amended Subdistrict 6 vacancy flyer WAS ADOPTED; 9-0-0 (Aye: Bender, Ige, LeVasseur, Loo, Machado (Arthur), Makaʻinaʻi, Masterson, Reppun, Towill; Nay: None; Abstain: None) – [2:17:02]
Approval of Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record – [2:17:43]:
[2:17:53] – Members Bender MOVED and Reppun SECONDED to approve the Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record as written. There being no abstentions, the motion to approve the Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record as written WAS ADOPTED; 9-0-0 (Aye: Bender, Ige, LeVasseur, Loo, Machado (Arthur), Makaʻinaʻi, Masterson, Reppun, Towill; Nay: None; Abstain: None) – [2:17:58]
VIII. SUBDISTRICT REPORTS – [2:18:02]
There were no reports.
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [2:18:27]
2025 Neighborhood Board Elections Timeline – [2:18:29]: Vice Chair Makaʻinaʻi provided information about the election beginning Friday, December 20, 2024. For information: https://web5.hnl.info/nbe or contact NCO at nco@honolulu.gov or (808) 768-3710.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [2:19:15]
Next Regular Board Meeting – [2:24:04]: Vice Chair Makaʻinaʻi announced the next regular Board meeting is tentatively scheduled on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at KEY Project. She stated the Board was approached to have a special meeting in December.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [2:24:21]
X. ADJOURNMENT – [2:25:09]: The meeting was adjourned at 8:27 p.m.
Submitted by: Rachel Cristobal, Neighborhood Assistant, NCO
Reviewed by: Dylan Buck, Community Relations Specialist, NCO
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