NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2024 at 6:00 P.M.
Kapalama Hale – Room 153
925 Dillingham Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96817
AND VIA WEBEX

This meeting location is open to public participation.
Other available options include participating by computer, phone or by video system.
WebEx and phone-in instructions are as follows:

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m4ed0ce4c5871978ea94a35efd24063d1
Meeting Number / Access Code: 2482 418 5050
Password: NC00 (6200 from phones and video systems)
Join by Phone: +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll

Recordings of Board meetings can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DZJTKor6TTNYiqx5U-P2w

Rules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to raise his or her hand, and when recognized by the Chair, to address comments to the Chair. Speakers are to keep their comments under two (2) minutes. Public testimony taken on each agenda item. Please silence all electronic devices.

Note: The Commission may take action on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92), specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on, unless properly added to the agenda.

I. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER
A. Roll Call of Commissioners, Establishment of Quorum

II. PUBLIC CONCERNS – Limited to 2 minutes for items not on the agenda

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Monday, April 22, 2024 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record

IV. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S REPORT
A. Recap of the Informational Meeting with Chairs and Vice Chairs held on Monday, April 29, 2024
B. Recap of the Active Shooter Training for all Board Members held on Monday, May 22, 2024

V. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Elections Committee – Chair Claire Tamamoto. Members: Bill Clark and Richard Oshiro (Ex-Officio)
B. Survey Committee – Chair Steven Melendrez. Members: Jon Ching, Mahealani Bernal, Claire Tamamoto and Richard Oshiro (Ex-Officio)
C. Neighborhood Plan Committee – Chair Patrick Smith. Members: Mahealani Bernal, Jon Ching, Steven Melendrez, and Richard Oshiro (Ex-Officio)
i. Appointment of Board Members to the Neighborhood Plan Committee

VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Next Meeting: The next regular meeting of the Neighborhood Commission is tentatively scheduled for Monday, June 24, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. on Webex, and at Kapālama Hale First Floor Conference Room: Room 153.

VII. ADJOURNMENT

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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 at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be possible to fulfill

DRAFT REGULAR MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024 – 6:00 P.M.
KAPALAMA HALE CONFERENCE ROOM 153 – 925 DILLINGHAM BOULEVARD, HONOLULU, HI 96817
AND VIA WEBEX TELECONFERENCING

Video recording of this meeting can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqdFXJnbVRg

I. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:01]: 6:00 p.m.

Chair Oshiro called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Quorum was established with 7 members present. Note – This 9-member commission requires 5 members present to establish quorum and to take official commission action.

Members Present: Mahealani Bernal, Bill Clark, James Logue, Steven Melendrez, Richard Oshiro, Patrick Smith and Claire Tamamoto.

Members Absent: Jon Ching.

Guests: Michelle Matson (Diamond Head Neighborhood Board No.05); Greg Misakian (Waikīkī Neighborhood Board No.09); Ernest Caravalho, Kevin Lye (Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13); Charmaine Doran, Larry Veray (Pearl City Neighborhood Board No.21); Kathleen Elliott-Pahinui (North Shore Neighborhood Board No.27); Ed Fujioka (Residents); Executive Secretary (ES) Lloyd Yonenaka, Deputy Dylan Whitsell, Travis Saito and Dylan Buck (Neighborhood Commission Office – NCO). There were 22 total attendees. Name not included if not legible on sign-in sheet, not signed in and/or not participated in discussion.

II. PUBLIC CONCERNS – [0:01:17]

Concerns with NCO Website Modernization – [0:01:28 – 0:19:10]: Kevin Lye (NB13), Greg Misakian (NB09), Larry Veray (NB21), and Winston Welch (NB05) provided feedback and concerns related to the NCO’s new website. Lye noted that the electronic notice of meeting agendas and minutes are being sent from a new address, the notice does not include a direct link to the minutes as it did before, and this meeting notice has not been published on the City’s Event Calendar. Misakian noted that the old website had records as far back as 2005 and that several recent resolutions have not been copied over to the new website yet. Veray commented that he is overall supportive of the NCO’s new website, but the issues should have been addressed before it went live. Welch commented that it is unclear what documents are missing from the new website.

Concerns with Order & Decorum at the Waikīkī NB09 – [0:05:13]: Greg Misakian (NB09) again raised concerns with the lack of order & decorum at recent Waikīkī NB meetings, including personal character attacks, and reported that the issues are getting worse.

Opposed to In-Person Only Meetings – [0:07:55]: Ed Fujioka commented in opposition to the Salt Lake NB18 meetings not including a virtual component, as he is not able to attend in-person due to medical conditions.

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – [0:19:10]

Monday, March 25, 2024 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record – [0:19:10]: [0:19:15] – Smith MOVED and Clark SECONDED to approve the March 2024 Written Summary for Video Record as amended. Hearing no objections, the motion WAS ADOPTED; 7-0-0 (Aye: Bernal, Clark, Logue, Melendrez, Oshiro, Smith, Tamamoto; Nay: None; Abstain: None) – [0:19:34]

IV. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S REPORT – [0:19:41]

Informational Meeting with Chairs and Vice Chairs – [0:19:41]: ES Yonenaka reported that a virtual-only meeting has been scheduled to provide updates on NCO operations (budget, improvements, general reminders) to the Chairs and Vice Chairs of each Neighborhood Board. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 29, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting notice has been sent to all Chairs and Vice Chairs.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:21:34]

V. COMMITTEE REPORTS – [0:40:12]

Elections Committee – [0:40:12]: Committee Chair Tamamoto reported that she will begin planning a meeting, after July 2024 to prepare for the 2025-2027 Neighborhood Board Elections. Committee Chair Tamamoto announced the requirements to be a candidate and encouraged everyone to apply.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:40:02]

Survey Committee – [0:43:08]: Committee Chair Melendrez reported that the committee last met on Monday, April 15, 2024, to finalize the draft survey before proposing it to the Neighborhood Commission for consideration. As additional edits were proposed, another meeting is being scheduled for Monday, May 13, 2024, before the survey is proposed to the full Commission for consideration.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:44:14]

Neighborhood Plan Committee – [0:56:26]: Committee Chair Smith reported that the committee plans to meet in May 2024 to make some recommendations to the full Commission for appointments of Neighborhood Board Members to the Neighborhood Plan Committee.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:57:07]

VII. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [0:58:14]

Next Meeting – [0:58:14]: The next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at Kapalama Hale Conference Room 153 and virtually via Webex.

VIII. ADJOURNMENT OF SUNSHINE LAW MEETING – [0:59:07]: The meeting was adjourned at 6:59 p.m.

Submitted by: Dylan Buck, Neighborhood Assistant, NCO
Reviewed by: Dylan Whitsell, Deputy, NCO
Finalized by: Mahealani Bernal, Secretary, Neighborhood Commission

To view agenda and minutes, visit our board website.

Event shows physical location; however, other options of participation may also include WebEx and phone.  If available, instructions for WebEx and phone can be found at the top of the agenda.