NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION

NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.
Kapālama Hale – Room 260
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=mdc3210c51bc720233ac58aad5fb0d77f
Meeting Number / Access Code: 2485 866 8237
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Recordings of Board meetings can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/@NeighborhoodCommissionOffice

Meeting Materials can be found at:
Committee’s Unofficial Website: https://n-plan.org/
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LS8mfBOkIKp5hqr6Fwr5Kn1HCYCURUu0

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

II. PUBLIC CONCERNS – Limited to two (2) minutes; for items not on the agenda

III. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MINUTES
A. Monday, November 18, 2024 Written Summary for Video Record

IV. NEW BUSINESS
A. Discussion of Review Process Direction
B. Review of Complaint Provisions (Proposed §3-2-101 – §3-2-105; Plan §2-18-101 – §2-18-105)
1. §3-2-101 Complaints. (Plan 2019 §2-18-101)
2. §3-2-102 Hearings initiated by the executive secretary or the commission. (Plan 2019 §2-18-102)
3. §3-2-103 Hearings initiated by a board, board member, or the public. (Plan 2019 §2-18-103)
4. §3-2-104 Sanctions. (Plan 2019 §2-18-104)
5. §3-2-105 Contested case process. (Plan 2019 §2-18-105)

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Next Meeting: The next committee meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, February 17, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. on Webex, and at Kapālama Hale. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 27, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. on Webex, and at Kapālama Hale.
B. Neighborhood Board Elections: Candidate Registration for 2025 Neighborhood Board Elections Now Open at https://web5.hnl.info/nbe. All current board members of the 2023-2025 Board term will need to register for the new term. Registration and candidate profile forms will not roll over from the previous Neighborhood Elections. Please visit https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/ for more details or contact the Neighborhood Commission Office at NCO@honolulu.gov or call (808) 768-3710.
• Important Dates:
Friday, February 21, 2025 – Candidate Filing and Voter Registration Deadline
Friday, April 25, 2025 – Voting Begins
Friday, May 16, 2025 – Voting Ends

VI. ADJOURNMENT

DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024 – 6:00 P.M.
KAPĀLAMA HALE CONFERENCE ROOM 260 – 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=NEzF2OM0l0A

Meeting materials can be found at:
• Committee’s Unofficial Website: https://n-plan.org/
• Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LS8mfBOkIKp5hqr6Fwr5Kn1HCYCURUu0

I. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:01]: Committee Chair Smith called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

Committee Members Present: Kathleen Elliott-Pahinui, Richard Oshiro, Patrick Smith, Larry Veray, Lloyd Yonenaka, and Steven Melendrez (6:31 p.m.).

Committee Members Absent: Mahealani Bernal.

Guests: Arleen Velasco, Michelle Matson (Diamond Head Neighborhood Board No.05); Robert Finley, Greg Misakian (Waikiki Neighborhood Board No.09); Kevin Lye (Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13); Tom Heinrich (Residents); Lloyd Yonenaka, Dylan Whitsell, Travis Saito and Dylan Buck (Neighborhood Commission Office – NCO). There were 16 total attendees. Name not included if not legible on sign-in sheet, not signed in and/or not participated in discussion.

II. PUBLIC CONCERNS – [0:00:10]

Various Concerns – [0:00:20]: Kevin Lye raised concerns with the publication date of the Monday, October 21, 2024 Written Summary for this committee, and noted that the email notification he received for this meeting included a link that directed him to the Nuʻuanu Neighborhood Board site by mistake.

III. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MINUTES – [0:01:29]

Monday, September 16, 2024 Written Summary for Video Record – [0:01:29]: Smith proposed that future records of these meetings replace “retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan” with “retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification”. [0:03:17] – Veray MOVED and Yonenaka SECONDED to approve the October 2024 Neighborhood Plan Committee Written Summary for Video Record as written. The motion was ADOPTED; 4-0-0 (AYE: Elliott-Pahinui, Smith, Veray, Yonenaka; NAY: None; ABSTAIN: None) – [0:03:28]

IV. NEW BUSINESS – [0:03:34]

Discussion of Strategy to Review Complaint Provisions – [0:03:34]: Committee Chair Smith announced that this agenda item is being considered because the complaint process has taken up a significant amount of time and resources from the Neighborhood Commission and the Neighborhood Commission Office. Deputy Whitsell reported that the NCO has been discussing potential amendments to the complaint process for the Neighborhood Commission to consider that would increase the efficiency of the process.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:05:09]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to consider a proposal, if one is prepared by the next meeting or two, which would result in a pause of the comprehensive review of the Neighborhood Plan in order to focus on reviewing the complaint process.

Review of Neighborhood Plan Part 3, Chapter 1, Subchapters 3 & 4 – Rules of the Commission & Review of Actions and Activities – [0:12:23]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the topic and proceeded with the first item.

§ 3-1-301 Attendance of commissioners (Plan 2019 §2-11-301) – [0:12:26]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:12:50]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to hold the Commissioners to the same standard as Board Members, by inserting similar language from Plan 2019 §2-14-106.

§ 3-1-302 Resignation (Plan 2019 §2-11-302) – [0:25:28]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:25:34]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-303 Meetings (Plan 2019 §2-11-303) – [0:29:35]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:29:40]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to amend the language in section (e), if allowed by statute, by striking “by means of a tape recorder or any other means of sonic reproduction” and replacing with “by means of audio-visual reproduction”.

Melendrez joined at 6:31 p.m.; 6 members present.

§ 3-1-304 Executive meetings (Plan 2019 §2-11-304) – [0:35:27]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:35:50]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-305 Meeting notice and agenda (Plan 2019 §2-11-305) – [0:37:45]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:37:53]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to reserve judgement on this section.

§ 3-1-306 Priority of business (Plan 2019 §2-11-306) – [0:43:09]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:43:25]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-307 Meeting minutes (Plan 2019 §2-11-307) – [0:47:10]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:47:22]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to reserve judgement on section (a) and to retain sections (b), (c), and (d) without modification.

§ 3-1-308 Quorum and majority vote (Plan 2019 §2-11-308) – [1:14:48]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:15:05]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-309 Voting (Plan 2019 §2-11-309) – [1:16:39]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:16:43]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification, unless the existing language conflicts with current law.

§ 3-1-310 Disclosure (Plan 2019 §2-11-310) – [1:25:38]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:25:38]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-311 Order and decorum (Plan 2019 §2-11-311) – [1:28:57]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:29:03]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-312 Adjournment (Plan 2019 §2-11-312) – [1:33:47]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:33:51]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to reserve judgement on section (4) and to retain sections (1), (2), and (3) without modification.

§ 3-1-313 Officers (Plan 2019 §2-11-313) – [1:38:50]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:39:02]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-314 Removal of an officer (Plan 2019 §2-11-314) – [1:45:53]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:46:01]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to strike “, with or without cause,”.

§ 3-1-315 Officer vacancy (Plan 2019 §2-11-315) – [1:57:44]: Committee Chair Smith introduced the item and opened the floor for any discussion.

Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [1:58:00]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to retain this section of the Neighborhood Plan without modification.

§ 3-1-316 Duties of officers (Plan 2019 §2-11-316): Postponed to the next meeting.

§ 3-1-317 Committees (Plan 2019 §2-11-317): Postponed to the next meeting.

§ 3-1-318 Appointment of delegates (Plan 2019 §2-11-318): Postponed to the next meeting.

§ 3-1-319 Parliamentary authority (Plan 2019 §2-11-319): Postponed to the next meeting.

§ 3-1-401 Request for review (Plan 2019 §2-11-401): Postponed to the next meeting.

§ 3-1-402 Review process of the commission (Plan 2019 §2-11-402): Postponed to the next meeting.

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [2:02:01]

Next Meeting: The Committee will recess in December 2024. The next Committee meeting is tentatively scheduled for Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Kapālama Hale and virtually via WebEx.

VI. ADJOURNMENT – [2:04:55]: The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

Submitted by: Dylan Buck, Community Relations Specialist, NCO
Reviewed by: Dylan Whitsell, Deputy, NCO
Finalized by:

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