WAIMĀNALO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 32

INITIAL CONVENING MEETING AGENDA OF THE WAIMĀNALO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD #32
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025, 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 – Chair Pro Tem Kimeona Kane
a) Welcoming Remarks – Chair Pro Tem Kimeona Kane
b) Opening Pule/Oli – Volunteer participant
c) Rules of the meeting and announcements – Chair Pro Tem Kimeona Kane
d) Roll Call – Neighborhood Board Assistant Brandon Tsark
e) ʻŌlelo Noʻeau o ka Mahina- #12 Ahu ka lālā kukui. The Kukui branches lay about in heaps. Strewn about in every direction. An expression that refers to an untidy place or the stewing of dead bodies after battle.
2) ELECTION OF OFFICERS TO SERVE JULY 2025 TO JULY 2026 AND CONFIRMATION OF BOARD DETAILS. [NP A §2-14- 120(b)].
a) The officers to be elected are the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and any other officer(s) determined to be needed to conduct the Board’s business.
b) Meeting Date, Time, Location, and Format
c) Determination of Recess Schedule – Up to Three (3) Per Year
d) Adoption of Oral Testimony Rules
e) FORMATION OF COMMITTEES (§2-14-124 Committees (a) The Board may establish committees from among its membership and the public without regard to place of residence. The Committee Chair shall be a member of the Board. The committee members shall be appointed by the Board. The Board Chair shall be a non-voting ex-officio member of all committees, unless otherwise directed by the Board.)
3) 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

4) 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)
i) Waimānalo Beach Park Comfort Station design – Director Laura Thielen (15 minutes)
5) FILLING OF FOUR (4) VACANCIES ON THE BOARD (Proof of Residency and Oath of Office as needed)
a) One (1) vacancy in Subdistrict 7 (ʻOluʻolu Homestead, plus makai side of Kalanianaʻole Hwy
b) One (1) vacancy in Subdistrict 9 (Old Homestead and beach homes to Makapuʻu)
c) One (1) vacancy in Subdistrict 10 (Farm Lots)
d) One (1) vacancy in Subdistrict 11 (Hale Aupuni)
6) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS (Limited to 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) Hui Mālama O Ke Kai – Maile Vickery, info@huimalamaokekai.org
v) Windward Community College – Ardis Eschenberg, ardise@hawaii.edu
vi) University of Hawaiʻi, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – Ilima Ho-Lastimosa, lipuupuu@hawaii.edu
vii) Hawaiʻi Job Corps – Julie Dugan, Dugan.Julie@jobcorps.org
b) Community Services Reports
i) Waimānalo Health Center – Jasmine LeFever, JLefever@waimanalohealth.org
ii) Waimānalo Hawaiian Homestead Association – Kenneth Ho, kianiani@gmail.com
c) Military Reports
i) Bellows Air Force Station – Major Dalin Chhen, dalin.chhen.4@us.af.mil, 808-864-0722
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
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) Koʻolau Resilience Hub Network- Joseph Wat
b) Kakoʻo Punana Leo O Koʻolaupoko & KKO Puʻohala
c) Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi Earth Week recap- Rafael Bergstrom
d) Early Eviction Mediation Program, Roberta Hickey-Gomez, Program Manager for the Early Eviction Mediation Program at the Mediation Center of the Pacific (5 Minutes)
e) Other

8) ELECTED OFFICIALS’ REPORTS (Limited to 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/
9) BOARD BUSINESS
a) Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes, Monday, June 09, 2025, (requires a Board Member motion and a second).
b) Landfill Site Visit report, Position on the determination of the next landfill site for Oʻahu
c) Recommendation to change all Subdistrict positions to At Large positions and submit recommendation to the Neighborhood Commission Office
d) Recommendation to submit a letter of support to the Congressional District on behalf of Hawaiʻi Job Corps Hawaiʻi

10) MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS – Chair Pro Tem Kimeona Kane (Five (5) minutes)
a) Neighborhood Commissions Office Announcements – Neighborhood Board Assistant Brandon Tsark
b) The next Waimānalo Neighborhood Board No. 32 Regular Monthly meeting is to be determined.
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.

11) ADJOURNMENT, CLOSING REMARKS, & PULE – Board Member Moeata Mokulehua (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) 768-3705 Fax (808) 768-3711; or contact the Neighborhood Board Assistant, Brandon Tsark by email at brandon.tsark@honolulu.gov. Agendas and minutes are also available on the internet at wwddw.honolulu.gov/nco.
If you require special assistance, auxiliary aid and/or service to participate in this event (i.e., sign language interpreter; interpreter for a language other than English, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the NCO at (808) 768-3710 or email your request to nco@honolulu.gov at least three (3) business days prior to the meeting.
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