NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION

SURVEY COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA
MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.
Kapālama 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:

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Recordings of Commission meetings can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/@NeighborhoodCommissionOffice

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 2 minutes. Public testimony taken at the beginning of 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 – Committee Chair Steven Melendrez

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

III. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MINUTES
A. Thursday, February 20, 2025 Written Summary for Video Record

IV. BOARD BUSINESS
A. Neighborhood Commission Office Survey – Review of recent survey events and discuss published survey data for transfer to the Neighborhood Plan Committee for Neighborhood Plan consideration.

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Next Meeting – The next regular meeting of the Neighborhood Commission is scheduled for Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. on Webex, and at Kapālama Hale.

VI. ADJOURNMENT

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, HI 96817, by telephone on (808) 768-3710, fax (808) 768-3711, or e-mailing nco@honolulu.gov. Agenda documents and minutes are also available online at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/boards.html

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 requests received after this date.

DRAFT SURVEY COMMITTEE MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025 – 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=N__EpH122sY

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RDfCWkkwpkI1TIVmz8qdE22pfZqgN84f

I. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:07]: Committee Chair Melendrez called the meeting to order at 6:28 p.m.

Committee Members Present: Mahealani Bernal, Steven Melendrez, Claire Tamamoto, and Larry Veray.

Committee Members Absent: Richard Oshiro.

Guests: Lloyd Yonenaka and Dylan Buck (Neighborhood Commission Office – NCO). There were 6 total attendees. Name not included if not legible on sign-in sheet, not signed in and/or not participated in discussion.

II. PUBLIC CONCERNS – [0:01:10]: No discussion.

III. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MINUTES – [0:01:23]

Thursday, January 23, 2025 Written Summary for Video Record – [0:01:24]: [0:02:28] –Melendrez MOVED and Veray SECONDED to approve the Written Summary for Video Record as written. Hearing no objections or abstentions, the motion was ADOPTED; 4-0-0 (Aye: Bernal, Melendrez, Tamamoto, Veray; Nay: None; Abstain: None) – [0:02:35]

IV. BOARD BUSINESS – [0:02:53]

Neighborhood Commission Survey – [0:02:53]: Committee Chair Melendrez announced that the purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to conduct a final review of the testimony received and to make recommendations to the draft survey for it to be presented to the full Neighborhood Commission. Committee Chair Melendrez opened the floor for each committee member to present their findings from their assigned portions of the submitted testimony from Neighborhood Board members.
• Testimony: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eZf7l3naM-dBxTNjTBrhoxm72NFWhlB1/view?usp=drive_link
• Draft Survey: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T60vLjsnTf7Lh00pOJ1e5GFTjVWwSxkJ/view?usp=drive_link

Questions, comments and concerns followed – [0:03:25]. Following discussion, the sentiment of the Committee was to prepare a written report of the following areas to be considered by the full Neighborhood Commission in the final survey: (1) increased communication between the Neighborhood Commission Office, the Neighborhood Commission and the Neighborhood Boards regarding new policies; (2) reevaluation of meeting duration and locations; (3) addressing complaints and/or suggestions regarding the draft meeting minutes; (4) consideration of creating a new Board Member Guidebook outlining the roles and duties of various entities within the Neighborhood Board System; and (5) increased training for Board Members.

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [1:08:15]

Next Meeting – [1:08:15]: The next regular meeting of the Neighborhood Commission is scheduled for Monday, February 24, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Kapālama Hale and virtually via Webex.

VI. ADJOURNMENT – [1:08:20]: As there was no further business, Committee Chair Melendrez adjourned the meeting at 7:36 p.m.

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

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.