KAILUA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 31

PLANNING, ZONING, AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, March 17, 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. Bill 56 (2025) SMA Minor applications present to appropriate Neighborhood
Board.
6. Bill 53 (2025) affordable housing
7. Bill 53 (2024) changes to SMA approval process (CD1 recommitted to Council Zoning Committee)
8. Kihapai Hale https://www.hawaiicdc.com/projects/kihapai-hale-kailua-oahu
a. Does the city need to develop a tsunami evacuation plan?
9. 330 Kuulei Rd. (Kuulei LLC) apartments – 60-foot building; in Koolaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan 40-foot commercial zoning height limit. Being constructed.
10. 734-735 Kihapai Place city owned property for affordable housing
11. Kalaheo Hillside
12. Kawainui-Hamakua Master Plan Project
13. Hawaii-California Training and Testing DEIS/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement DEIS
14. Marine Corps Base Hawaii
15. Dog park at Hamakua
a. DLNR is conducting an Environmental Site Assessment of the property
16. Ka’iwa Ridge (“Lanikai Pillbox”) Trail
17. Adventist Health Castle
18. Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and Ocean Outfall
19. City Stormwater Utility Facility
20. Kailua public schools land transferred from City and County to State DOE
21. Olomana Ag cluster
22. Ironwood trees along Kailua Road
23. 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
24. Wind turbines in the ocean
25. Kawainui Canal Shoreline Access
26. Geothermal in Kailua
27. Protection of Wedge tailed shearwaters ‘Ua’u kani
28. Municipal parking lot tree assessment
29. Ko’olau Distillery expansion in Kapaa Industrial Park
30. Manuiwa o ka Malanai proposed Fisheries Management Plan
31. Iwi kupuna Kailua
32. Kailua municipal parking lot changes
a. Archaeological study has been postponed
33. Kapaa Quarry Road/Kapaa Stream HECO construction
a. 8/26/24 BLNR granted a non-exclusive easement to HECO for utility purposes.
b. The agreement stated “HECO, its consultants, contractors etc. shall be responsible for cleaning and restoring the area to its original condition or a condition satisfactory to the DLNR upon completion of the project”
34. 1519 Uluhaku Place home construction without permits
a. A review of DPP data base showed that no building permits have been granted and noted 3 violations – plumbing without a permit, house looking abandoned and not clearing vegetation
35. Kaukanahua Ranch on the North Shore (gondola project)
36. Resolution 25-268 urging DPP to provide a public database of all discretionary permit applications including Conditional Use Permit -Minor and SMP minor permit applications (introduced 9/10/25)
a. Not reported out. Pending in committee.
37. Building permit application in Kaopa silt basin
38. Resolution 25-228 CUP-major require applicant to present project to appropriate neighborhood board (introduced 8/6/25)
39. 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.
40. Kinai`Eha programs at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center Campus
41. Pet crematory in Kapaa Industrial Park Conditional Use Permit
42. Hydrogen Sulfide release related to MCBH mangrove removal
43. Bill 17 allows for affordable housing to be the lesser maximum height for the underlying zoning district or special district
44. Resolution 26-17, CD1 agritourism require Conditional Use Permit Major
45. New Business
46. Adjournment

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Kailua Neighborhood Board No. 31

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

1. A committee meeting was held in-person on February 17, 2026, chaired by Donna Wong, and attended by committee members Jennifer Barra, Kelli Ann Kobayashi, Levani Lipton, and Gary Weller and KNB member Bill Hicks.

2. After lengthy discussion on City Council Resolution 25-228, which requires applicants seeking a discretionary Conditional Use Permit-major (CUP) to first present the proposed project to the neighborhood board of the district, Kelli Ann moved, Levani seconded, and the committee unanimously agreed that “The Kailua Neighborhood Board supports City Council Resolution 25-228 for neighborhood board and community awareness and comment on certain Conditional Use Permit-minor projects of significance to the community. The Kailua Neighborhood Board specifically concurs that this would ensure enhanced community engagement in decisions relating to the permitting of proposed projects that involve uses that are not typical in a particular Zoning District.”

3. The committee discussed Resolution 26-17, CDE1, which allows the Director to approve a CUP if certain criteria are followed. It was recommended that the committee not act on this Resolution at this time.

4. Members discussed the consultant’s answers to questions asked about the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness center Master Plan and unanimously agreed that the answers were unsatisfactory and did not answer our questions. The committee will now direct our questions to the Matelina Aulava-Youth Facility Administrator and Tammi Kaho`okele-Corrections Program Specialist II.