KAILUA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 31

PLANNING, ZONING, AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
7:00 to 9:00 pm
In-person at the Kailua District Park Multipurpose Room or District 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. Presentation: 20 Puʻukani Place Special Management Area (Major) Application by Ethan McKown G70
6. 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?
7. 330 Kuulei Rd. (Kuulei LLC) apartments – 60-foot building; in Koolaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan 40-foot commercial zoning height limit. Being constructed.
8. Kalaheo Hillside
9. Kawainui-Hamakua Master Plan Project
10. Marine Corps Base Hawaii
11. Dog park at Hamakua
a. DLNR is conducting an Environmental Site Assessment of the property
12. Ka’iwa Ridge (“Lanikai Pillbox”) Trail
13. Adventist Health Castle
14. Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and Ocean Outfall
15. Kailua public schools land transferred from City and County to State DOE
16. 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
17. Manuiwa o ka Malanai proposed Fisheries Management Plan
18. Iwi kupuna Kailua
19. 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
20. Building permit application in Kaopa silt basin
21. 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.
22. Kinai`Eha programs at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center Campus
23. Blackstone
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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
27. Chick-fil-A proposed corner Hahani and Hamakua (4 lots)
28. Kailua Library $5 million in state budget for plans, design and construction for facilities and other related improvements
29. 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)
30. New Business
31. Adjournment

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

1. A committee meeting was held in-person on May 19, 2026, chaired by Donna Wong, and attended by committee members Kelli Ann Kobayashi, Levani Lipton, and Gary Weller, and KNB member Bill Hicks.

2. Members present discussed the land transfer of all Kailua schools from either the City and County or the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Education (DOE). Of special concern is what the transfer to DOE means for public community parks that are adjacent to schools.

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