WAIMĀNALO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 32

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA OF THE WAIMĀNALO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD #32
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2026, at 7:00 P.M.

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

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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 – Vice Chair Kūʻike Kamakea-ʻŌhelo
a) Opening Pule/Oli – Volunteer participant
b) Welcoming Remarks, Rules of the meeting and announcements – Vice Chair Kūʻike Kamakea-ʻŌhelo
c) Roll Call – Neighborhood Board Assistant Melissa Urubio
d) ʻŌlelo Noʻeau o ka Mahina – #18 Ahu kupanaha ka lā i Mānā, Peculiar is the action of the sun in Mānā. Said of a delusion. Mānā, Kauaʻi, is a place where mirages were once seen.
e) Lohe i ke Kūpuna
2) EMERGENCY PROVIDERS REPORT (Limited to three (3) minutes)
a) Honolulu Fire Department, email the Honolulu Fire Department’s Public Information Office at hfdnhb@honolulu.gov
b) Honolulu Police Department, https://www.honolulupd.org/information/
c) City and County of Honolulu Department of Ocean Safety, Lieutenant Aka Tamashiro

3) PUBLIC AGENCIES’ REPORT (Three (3) minutes each)
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)
c) Hawaiʻi State Department of Transportation – Casey Abe, casey.abe@hawaii.gov

4) FILLING OF TWO (2) VACANCIES ON THE BOARD (Proof of Residency and Oath of Office as needed)
a) One (1) AT-LARGE vacancy
b) One (1) AT-LARGE vacancy

5) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS (Three (3) minutes each)
a) Education Reports
i) Waimānalo Elementary and Intermediate School – Principal Jamie Dela Cruz, jaime.delacruz@k12.hi.us
ii) Blanche Pope Elementary School, Kula Kaiapuni o Waimānalo – Principal Heidi Rezentes, heidi.rezentes@k12.hi.us
iii) Mālama Honua Public Charter School – Principal Denise Espania, despania@malamahonuapcs.org
iv) Kula Kaiapuni o Kailua – Hōkū Akana
v) Hui Mālama O Ke Kai – Maile Ahsam, info@huimalamaokekai.org
vi) Windward Community College – Ardis Eschenberg, ardise@hawaii.edu
vii) University of Hawaiʻi, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – Ilima Ho-Lastimosa, lipuupuu@hawaii.edu
viii) Hawaiʻi Job Corps – Julie Dugan, Dugan.Julie@jobcorps.org
b) Community Services Reports
i) Waimānalo Health Center – Jasmine Lefiti, JLefiti@waimanalohealth.org
ii) Waimānalo Hawaiian Homestead Association – Kenneth Ho, kianiani@gmail.com
c) Military Reports
i) Bellows Air Force Station – Major Eric Johnson, eric.johnson.138@us.af.mil
ii) Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Colonel Jeremy W. Beaven, Kristi Kaluhiwa, Kristi.kaluhiwa@usmc.mil
iii) Hawaiʻi Army National Guard – Colonel Ronald Hogsten, ronald.d.hogsten.mil@army.mil, 808-672-1828

6) RESIDENT/COMMUNITY CONCERNS & ANNOUNCEMENTS/PUBLIC REPORTS (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) Office of Hawaiian Affairs Legislative Package Presentation – Micah Kahiwa (15 minutes)
b) Department of Hawaiian Home Lands update on the Wong Farm Homestead Project – Trevor Vagay, P.E., The Limtiaco Group Trevor@tlcghawaii.com, Office (808) 687-8740 (15 minutes)
c) Makua of Blanche Pope, Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Waimānalo Class of 2032, Maile Nuʻuhiwa-Santos
d) Other

7) ELECTED OFFICIALS’ REPORTS (Five (5) minutes)
a) City Councilmember 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) Governor Josh Green, https://governor.hawaii.gov/, (808) 586-0034, Randi Jeung, randi.s.jeung@hawaii.gov
e) Congressmember Jill Tokuda, https://tokuda.house.gov/

8) BOARD BUSINESS
a) Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes, Monday, January 12, 2026
b) Dog Friendly Parks Proposal Consideration and Discussion, pending proposals and consultation with Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries and the Native Hawaiian community where applicable.
c) Position on RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE IMPROVEMENT OF WAIMANALO AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS drafted by Taylor Hunt.
d) Update on Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Interim Rules – Wayne Tanaka, Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi
i) Recommend approving the Chair of the Waimānalo Neighborhood Board, or assigned designee, to provide testimony regarding invasive species and management as they arise.

9) MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS – Vice Chair Kūʻike Kamakea-ʻŌhelo (Five (5) minutes)
a) Neighborhood Commission Office Announcements – Neighborhood Board Assistant Melissa Urubio
i) City and County of Honolulu and Hawaiʻi Foodbank are Partnering up to Fight Against Hunger: Neighborhood Assistant Melissa Urubio will be collecting donated canned goods at the next Neighborhood Board Meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026.
b) The next Waimānalo Neighborhood Board No. 32 Regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 13, 2026.
c) 2026 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.

10) 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, 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 https://www.honolulu.gov/nco/boards.

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 as soon as possible, preferably at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. If a request is received with fewer than three (3) business days remaining before the meeting, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but it may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.

All 13 seats are At Large
Kanela Kamahalonuilai, Treasurer
Kūʻikeokalani Kamakea-ʻŌhelo, Vice Chair
Kimeona Kane, Chair
Lillie Makaila
Jehnna McKeague
Moeʻata Mokulehua, Secretary
Kapiʻolani Nee
Ted Ralston
Brenda Wong
Hōkū Akana
Kukui Akana
Vacant
Vacant