KAILUA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 31

PLANNING, ZONING, AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
7:00 to 9:00 pm
In-person at the Kalama Beach Park’s Boettcher Estate Meeting Room

Chair: Donna Wong. Members: Jennifer Barra, Kelli Ann Kobayashi, Levani Lipton, Kalama Souza, Steve Trecker, and Gary Weller.

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Announcements
4. Resident and Community Concerns
5. Kihapai Hale 734-735 Kihapai Place city owned affordable housing project https://www.hawaiicdc.com/projects/kihapai-hale-kailua-oahu
a. Does the city need to develop a tsunami evacuation plan?
6. 330 Kuulei Rd. (Kuulei LLC) apartments – 60-foot building; in Koolaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan 40-foot commercial zoning height limit. Being constructed.
7. Kalaheo Hillside
8. Kawainui-Hamakua Master Plan Project
9. Marine Corps Base Hawaii
10. Dog park at Hamakua
a. DLNR is conducting an Environmental Site Assessment of the property
11. Ka’iwa Ridge (“Lanikai Pillbox”) Trail
12. Adventist Health Castle
13. Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and Ocean Outfall
14. Kailua public schools land transferred from City and County to State DOE
15. New landfill location
a. At Mayor Blangiardi’s Windward Town Hall 5/8/25 meeting the Mayor said that the next landfill will not be at either of the 2 quarry sites
16. Manuiwa o ka Malanai proposed Fisheries Management Plan
17. Iwi kupuna Kailua
18. Kailua municipal parking lot changes
a. Archaeological study began March 2026
b. Will excavate 15 test sites
c. Eight parking stalls will be closed at a time
19. Building permit application in Kaopa silt basin
20. Charter amendment # 148
a. Amending the Charter to add historic preservation as an allowable use of monies in the Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund and rename the fund Land, Natural Resources, and Historic Preservation Fund to better reflect the purpose of the fund.
21. Kinai`Eha programs at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center Campus
22. Blackstone
23. Bill 17 (2026) – Relating to Affordable Rental Housing
https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=26972
a. Changes the maximum building height from 60 feet to the lesser of the maximum height for the underlying zoning district or special district, or 60 feet.
24. Bill 18, CD1 (2026) – Relating to Affordable Housing
https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=27355
a. Status: Passed 1st Reading, 3/3/26 hearing was held by the HPP Committee, was Amended by a CD1, but not approved out of Committee. Bill 18, CD1 was postponed to a date and time to be determined by the Committee Chair.
b. Summary: Amends the maximum building height to 60 feet or the maximum height for the underlying zoning district or special district, whichever is greater.
c. 3/3/26 Housing, Homelessness & Parks postponed to a date and time to be determined by the Committee Chair
25. Bill 7 Ordinance 19-8 (ROH Chapter 32)
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/honolulu/latest/honolulu/0-0-0-37103
The original intent of Bill 7 (2019) was two-fold. First, to increase the supply of affordable housing rental housing in low-rise multifamily dwellings in apartment, apartment mixed-use, and business mixed-use zoning districts, and reduce the proliferation of monster homes in the residential zoning districts. Second, to make changes to the Building Code by creating new standards for special mid-rise residential construction to allow for the development of smaller parcels in high-density districts
a. Bill 7 Kailua housing projects
(1) 330 Kuulei Road
(a) Target population: family & homeless
(b) 5 stories, 38 units. Length of Affordability: 61 years
(c) Area Median Gross Income (AMGI) 30% to 100%
(d) Rents range from $642 (1 bedroom) to $2,237 (2 bedroom)
(e) Completion December 2025
(f) Commercial area 1,992 sq ft
(g) No on-site parking. Parking available in adjacent municipal lot, commercial lots, and street parking.
(2) 528 Wailepo Street
(a) Not for sale 7,248 sq ft lot. Estimated value $1,841,400
(3) 58 Kihapai Street
(a) Zoned A-2
(4) 614 Wailepo Street
(a) Multifamily, 38 units, new construction. Affordable for 61 years
(b) 4 story elevator serviced
(c) Available from 30% Area Gross Median Income (AGM) to 60% AGM
(d) Property owner AHE Group – Makani Maeva
26. Chick-fil-A proposed corner Hahani and Hamakua (4 lots)
27. Kailua Library $5 million in state budget for plans, design and construction for facilities and other related improvements
28. Kailua public schools land transferred to DOE with the purpose to “generate revenue from uses for public purposes, such as workforce housing.” ACT 155 (2013) Effective July 1, 2022
a. Transferred under SB 2613 CD1 2026:
Kaelepulu Elementary School
Kailua Elementary School
Kailua High School
Kalaheo Elementary and High School (2 parcels)
Maunawili Elementary School
Olomana School (portion)
b. Transferred under ACT 210 – 2018:
Aikahi Elementary School
Enchanted Lake Elementary School (portion)
Kainalu Elementary School
Kailua Intermediate School (portion)
Kailua Elementary School (portion
Keolu Elementary School (portion)
Lanikai Elementary School
Maunawili Elementary School (portion)
29. New Business
30. Adjournment

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Kailua Neighborhood Board No. 31

Planning, Zoning & Environment (PZ&E) Committee
June 2026 Meeting Report
Chair, Donna Wong

1. A committee meeting was held in-person on June 16, 2026, chaired by Donna Wong, and attended by committee members Levani Lipton, Steve Trecker, and Gary Weller, KNB member Bill Hicks, and presenters Ethan McKown and Jeff Overton.

2. Presentation: 20 Puukani Place SMA by Ethan McKown and Jeff Overton. After the presentation, discussion and Q&A with the presenters the committee approved the following motion:
The Kailua Neighborhood Board recommends that the following conditions be added to the 20 Puukani Place application before it is approved by the Council Zoning and Planning Committee:
1. Condition: that clarifies that the Project plans, including any exhibits and calculations required by the LUO must be updated to accurately portray the Project site boundaries and accurately determine whether the Project is consistent with LUO development standards.
2. Condition: the Applicant, in consultation with SHPD, shall implement an archaeological monitoring plan during ground-disturbing activity and Project construction to ensure that archaeological and cultural resources are identified and treated properly. Also clarifies that the archaeological monitoring plan must include the onsite presence of a licensed archaeologist during excavation work to ensure that iwi kupuna and other historic resources are appropriately handled. The archaeological monitoring plan must meet the standards of Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-279.
3. Condition: that the Applicant must protect from further disturbance any previously unidentified archaeological sites or remains that are encountered.
4. Condition: that if iwi kupuna are found a burial treatment plan must meet the standards of HRS 13-300-33.
5. Condition: clarifies that prior to the issuance of any building permit for the Project, the Applicant shall submit to the DPP for review and approval a revised landscape plan that shows the use of low-risk plants as designated on the Plant Pono website at https://plantpono.org/pono-plants/. Also clarifies that no high-risk plants as designated on the Plant Pono website at https://plantpono.org/high-risk-plants/ may be planted on the Project site.
6. Condition – lighting
a. Prohibits artificial light from exterior light fixtures from directly illuminating or projecting across property boundaries toward the shoreline and ocean waters, except as otherwise permitted by HRS 205A-7.1(b).
b. Requires exterior light fixtures to be fully shielded.
c. Requires exterior lighting to be turned off when human activity is not occurring in the illuminated area
7. Condition: All Project site work and construction activities are limited to daylight hours (from sunrise to sunset) to avoid collisions and fatalities during seabird fledging season from September 15 through December 15.
8. Condition: Require a nesting survey for seabirds and burrow nests must be conducted prior to and during any construction activities year round.
9. Condition: If a burrow nest is discovered, work will cease within a minimum radius of 200 feet of the nest for a minimum of 100 to 115 days.
10. Condition: If Wedge-tailed Shearwater or any sea bird nests or burrows are found work must be discontinued for 100 to 115 days until all fledging’s have left their nests.
11. Condition: require barbless fencing to be used for all fence construction to avoid the entanglement of Hawaiian hoary bats.
12. Condition: clarifies that a 300-foot buffer must be observed if a monk seal pup is present.
13. Condition: approximately one year after the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the Project, the Applicant shall submit to DOFAW for review and approval a post-construction survey to detect whether the Project site contains any invasive species that have spread from the imported fill materials and recommend mitigative measures to address any spread. The Applicant shall implement the recommendations of the post-construction survey approved by DOFAW.
14. Condition: landscaping must not extend seaward of the shoreline as depicted in the current certified shoreline survey for the shoreline lot, or in the event there is no current certified shoreline survey for the lot, seaward of the shoreline as defined in HRS 205A.
15. Condition: require the landowner to acknowledge that “bed and breakfast homes and transient vacation units”, as defined in ROH Chapter 21, the LUO, are not allowed.
16. Condition: require the landowner to acknowledge that “land makai of the regulatory shoreline is State public land within the State Land Use Conservation District and must remain available for public use and recreational activities”.
17. Condition: Require that Erosion and Sedimentation Plans are provided to the Building Department prior to construction to ensure that preventative measures such as windscreens, sediment logs, silt fencing, erosion control blankets, mulch, and sediment basins etc. will be in place to capture construction dust and debris and prevent runoff from leaving the site and affecting the shoreline and/or groundwater.

3. The proposed Chick-fil-A at the corner of Hamakua and Hahani was discussed.

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