MĀNOA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 7

PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026 at 6:30 P.M.
Outside the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf,
2754 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822

I. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Chris Moylan

II. UPDATES ON ISSUES PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED – For each issue, members will report on what they have learned since the last meeting, and the group will discuss possible specific proposals for the full Board, and decide whether those are ready to be presented in resolution form.
a. Homelessness
b. Pickleball noise
c. Housing bill

III. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE NEW ISSUES

IV. SUMMARY OF ACTION ITEMS

V. SET TIME OF NEXT MEETING

VI. ADJOURNMENT

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NAME SUB DISTRICT CONTACT
Robert Fox 4 rfoxent@gmail.com
Dave Nagaji 2 davenagaji@gmail.com
Christopher R. Moylan (Chair) 3 chris.moylan@honolulu.gov

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Proactive Solutions Committee Minutes
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Members present:
Robert Fox
Chris Moylan, Chair
Dave Nagaji, Vice-Chair

Citizens present:
Tom Heinrich

The meeting was called to order at 6:32 p.m. outside the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, 2754 Woodlawn Drive, on March 18th. The committee members noted with sorrow that the cafe had posted signs that it is closing by the end of the month. Board member Fox joined at 6:33.

Undergrounding of utilities. Dave reported that after hours of conversation with Tom he had concluded that the committee should generate a resolution narrowly focused on undergrounding of all overhead wires along University from Seaview Avenue up to Oahu Avenue. He promised to generate a draft resolution and circulate it to the committee members and Tom during the upcoming weekend

Sidewalks. Chris handed out copies of a draft resolution urging the city to prioritize sidewalks in Manoa. Chris used terminology from the Oahu Pedestrian Plan to support the resolution. That terminology includes “major streets and school zones.” The definition of a major street was not specified, but the committee agreed that certainly the three arterials going up the hill (University/Oahu, Punahou/Manoa, and East Manoa) should qualify, and the significant cross streets linking them, Lowrey Avenue, Cooper Road, etc. The committee had no changes to make to the draft, but Chris decided to follow up to see if the “queue” that city staff had mentioned to Dave is an existing document, and whether there is an official definition of a major street in Honolulu.

Parking. Dave stated that he had decided that a resolution on parking would have no effect and was not worth writing. Chris and Robert argued that since the major source of parked cars in Manoa residential streets is overflow from UH, and that the University is currently considering redeveloping a significant parcel of its land, now is the time for us to lobby on behalf of homeowners in Manoa that UH should create more parking on its own land. Dave was persuaded by this argument and agreed to write one up for the committee to discuss at its April meeting with the goal of sending it to the board in May.

Chris invited Robert to join the committee. The invitation was accepted and the committee is back up to three members.

The next agenda item was Discussion of Possible New Issues. Robert proposed three: opposition to a housing bill, dealing with homelessness, and noise from pickleball. These topics will be added to the April committee agenda.

Action Items
• Dave to generate a draft resolution about undergrounding utilities on University Avenue.
• Chris to look into possible additions to the draft sidewalk resonlution.
• Dave to generate a draft resolution about parking at or near UH.

The next meeting of the committee is planned for Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the same location.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:39 p.m.

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