WAIMĀNALO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 32

HYBRID REGULAR WAIMĀNALO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 32 MEETING AGENDA
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025, at 7:00 P.M.

IN PERSON
Waimānalo Public Library Meeting Room, 41-1320 Kalanianaʻole Hwy, Waimanalo, HI 96795

VIA WEBEX VIDEO TELECONFERENCE
MEETING INFORMATION

Meeting link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m4eab55b312ed0a612abb6a9bc7720f93
Meeting number:  2496 613 1930 Password: NB32 (6232 from phones and video systems)
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Purpose: The purpose of Neighborhood Boards and the Neighborhood Plan is to increase and assure effective citizen participation in the decisions of government.

Rules for Engaging: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to click the “raise hand” icon, and when recognized by the Chair, to address comments to the Chair. Remarks should not exceed three (3) minutes.  Please ensure your microphone is muted unless you are speaking.  You can mute and unmute for those dialing in on the phone by pressing * 6.  Please state your first and last name for the record, before moving into your comment/question etc.  Written testimony may also be submitted via email using the contact information listed on the Neighborhood Commission Office website.  ALOHA, “Akahai”, meaning kindness to be expressed with tenderness; “Lōkahi”, meaning unity, to be expressed with harmony; “ʻOluʻolu” meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness; “Haʻahaʻa”, meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty; “Ahonui”, meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance, in accordance with Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapter § 5-7.5.

Notes: 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 (2/3) vote, nine (9) of this 13-member Board, is needed to add an item to the agenda.  Adding an item to the agenda, however, is not permitted if 1. The item to be added is of reasonably major importance and 2. Action on the item by the Board will affect a significant number of persons.  Determination of whether a specific matter may be added to an agenda must be done on a case-by-case basis.  Please silence all electronic devices.  This meeting is being recorded.

1. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Kimeona Kane
A. Welcoming Remarks, Opening Pule/Oli – Chair Kimeona Kane, Volunteer participant
B. Purpose, Rules of the meeting and announcements – Chair Kimeona Kane
C. Roll Call – Neighborhood Board Assistant Rachel Cristobal/ Secretary Jehnna Mckeague
D. A message from our Kūpuna
E. ʻŌlelo Noʻeau o ka Mahina – #10 A hīkipalalē, hinolue o walawala ki pohā.  This is what the Hawaiians thought the first white men to visit the islands said.  It is untranslatable gibberish repeated with laughter when one is told something utterly incomprehensible.

2. EMERGENCY PROVIDERS (Limited to three (3) minutes)
A. Honolulu Fire Department, hfdnhb@honolulu.gov
B. Honolulu Police Department, https://www.honolulupd.org/information/

3. FILLING OF BOARD VACANCIES
A. One (1) vacancy in Subdistrict 9 (Old Homestead and beach homes to Makapuʻu)
B. One (1) vacancy in Subdistrict 10 (Ag Lots)
C. One (1) vacancy in Subdistrict 11 (Hale Aupuni)

4. FILLING OF COMMITTEE VACANCIES
A. Hawaiian Affairs and Natural Resources Committee – One (1) vacancy

5. PUBLIC AGENCIES’ REPORT (Limited to three (3) minutes)
A. Board of Water Supply – Danielle Ornelas. https://www.boardofwatersupply.com/
B. Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s Representative – Director Laura Thielen, laura.thielen@honolulu.gov (Five (5) minutes)

6. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS (Limited to three (3) minutes each)
A. Education Reports
1) Waimānalo Elementary and Intermediate School – Principal Jamie Dela Cruz, jaime.delacruz@k12.hi.us
2) Blanche Pope Elementary School, Kula Kaiapuni o Waimānalo – Principal Heidi Rezentes, heidi.rezentes@k12.hi.us
3) Mālama Honua Public Charter School – Principal Denise Espania, despania@malamahonuapcs.org
4) Hui Mālama O Ke Kai – Maile Vickery, info@huimalamaokekai.org
5) Windward Community College – Ardis Eschenberg, ardise@hawaii.edu
6) University of Hawaiʻi, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – Ilima Ho-Lastimosa, lipuupuu@hawaii.edu
7) Hawaiʻi Job Corps – Julie Dugan, Dugan.Julie@jobcorps.org
B. Community Organizations/Services Report Reports
1) Waimānalo Health Center – Jasmine Lefiti, Jlefiti@waimanalohealth.org (10 mins)
2) Waimānalo Hawaiian Homestead Association – Kenneth Ho, kianiani@gmail.com
C. Military Reports
1) Bellows Air Force Station – Major Dalin Chhen, dalin.chhen.4@us.af.mil, 808-864-0722
2) Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Colonel Jeremy W. Beaven, Kristi Kaluhiwa, Kristi.kaluhiwa@usmc.mil  (10 minutes)
3) Hawaiʻi Army National Guard – Colonel Ronald Hogsten, ronald.d.hogsten.mil@army.mil, 808-672-1828

7. RESIDENT/COMMUNITY CONCERNS & ANNOUNCEMENTS/PUBLIC REPORTS (Limited to three (3) minutes) For Community Concerns please review the NOTE section in the box at the top of the page regarding adding items to the agenda.
A. Grow Good Hawaiʻi with Hui Mālama o Ke Kai- Paul Arinaga, Shalia Kamakaokalani (10 minutes)
B. Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi Earth Week recap- Rafael Bergstrom
C. Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Community Engagement Program- Kaimo Muhlestein, 808 594-1835 (10 minutes)
1) Introduction, Mission, Engagement at the neighborhood board community meeting
2) Mana i Mauli Ola-strategic Plan
3) Brief Budget

8. ELECTED OFFICIALS’ REPORTS (Limited to five (5) minutes)
A. City Councilwoman Esther Kiaʻāina, ekiaaina@honolulu.gov (808) 768-5003
B. State Senator Chris Lee, senlee@capitol.hawaii.gov (808) 587-8388
C. State Representative Lisa Marten, repmarten@capitol.hawaii.gov (808) 586-9450
D. Govenor Josh Green, https://governor.hawaii.gov/, (808) 586-0034, Randi Jeung, randi.s.jeung@hawaii.gov
E. Congresswoman Jill Tokuda, https://tokuda.house.gov/

9. BOARD BUSINESS
A. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes (Requires a Board Member motion and a second.)
1) Monday, March 24, 2025 Meeting
B. Landfill Site Visit report, Position on the determination of the next landfill site for Oʻahu

10. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS – Chair Kimeona Kane (Five (5) minutes)
A. Neighborhood Commissions Office Announcements – Neighborhood Board Assistant Rachel Cristobal
B. The next Waimānalo Neighborhood Board No. 32 Regular Monthly meeting will be held on Monday, June 09, 2025 at 07:00 pm and will be a hybrid meeting.
C. 2025 ʻŌlelo Broadcast Schedule – The Waimānalo Neighborhood Board No. 32 meetings are broadcast on ʻŌlelo Channel 49 on the fourth (4th) Monday of the month at 9:00 p.m. and on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Saturdays of the month at 3:00 p.m.  Video replay can be found at http://www.honolulu.gov/cms-nco-menu/site-nco-sitearticles/1657-board-meeting-video-archive.html

11. ADJOURNMENT, CLOSING REMARKS, & PULE – Vice Chair Kūʻike Kamakea-ʻŌhelo (Two (2) Minutes)

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, Hawaiʻi 96817. Fax: (808) 768-3711. Email: nbtestimony@honolulu.gov

At Large- Kapiʻolani Nee,
At Large- Jehnna Mckeague, jehnnamckeague@gmail.com
Subdistrict 1- Lourdes Millan, millan.lourdes1@gmail.com
Subdistrict 2- Kimeona Kane, kimeonakane@gmail.com
Subdistrict 3- Moeata Mokulehua, j.mokulehua@gmail.com
Subdistrict 4- Brenda Wong, ihilanijowong@yahoo.com
Subdistrict 5- Kanela Kamahalonuilai,
Subdistrict 6- Ted Ralston, ted.ralston@gmail.com
Subdistrict 7- Kenani Gramberg, kenanigramberg@gmail.com
Subdistrict 8- Kūʻike Kamakea-ʻŌhelo, kuike.farmaloha@gmail.com
Subdistrict 9- VACANT
Subdistrict 10- VACANT
Subdistrict 11- VACANT