KAILUA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 31

PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND CIVIL DEFENSE (PSPHCD) COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, September 11, 2025
7:00 pm to 7:45 pm
In-person at the Kailua District Park District Meeting Room

Chair: Jeremy Treskon. Members: Bruce Andrews, Bill Hicks, David Laeha, Levani Lipton, and Malie Thoemmes; Kailua Alert & Prepared (BOD), Community Member Claudine Tomasa.

1. Call to order/Approval of minutes

2. Announcements/New Issues/Community Concerns
a. Kailua Alert & Prepared

3. Update/Report on Continuing Issues
a. Public Health & Safety
(1) Homeless in Kailua Subcommittee (Levani Lipton)
(2) Kailua Water Quality Subcommittee (Levani Lipton)
(3) Low Flying Commercial Tour Helicopter Flights Over Kailua
(4) January 1, 2022 Flash Flood in Kailua – Enchanted Lake and Kaelepulu Canal
(5) HPD Staffing Shortages and Public Safety Concerns
(6) Invasive Species/Little Fire Ants and Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB)
(7) MV-22 Ospreys flying over populated areas in Kailua
(8) Safety and Emergency Training for Kailua Neighborhood Board
b. Civil Defense
(1) Lack of Hurricane Shelters in Kailua
(2) Disaster Preparedness (Wildfires)
(3) Disaster Preparedness Subcommittee Community Point of Distribution Plan for Kailua (David Laeha)

4. 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, Hawai’i 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.

Public Safety, Public Health, and Civil Defense (PSPHCD) Committee
August 2025 Meeting Report

1. A committee meeting was held in-person on August 14, 2025, chaired by Jeremy Treskon and attended by committee members Bruce Andrews, Levani Lipton, and Claudine Tomasa.

2. Continuing issues were discussed.

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.