PĀLOLO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 6
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025, at 7:00 P.M.
Pālolo Elementary School Cafeteria
2106 10th Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96816
AND ONLINE VIA WEBEX
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Rules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to raise their hand, and when recognized by the Chair, to address comments to the Chair. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments under three (3) minutes, and those giving reports are urged to keep their reports less than three (3) minutes. Please silence all electronic devices. §2-11-311 Order and decorum. (a) All commissioners shall promote and preserve the order and decorum of the commission’s proceedings.
Note: The Board may take action on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (HRS 92), specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on, unless added to the agenda. The presiding officer of the commission or the commission may expel any individual whose conduct at the commission meeting is disruptive, disorderly, contemptuous, or improper for the conduct of business at the commission meeting. [Effective 10/20/08] (Auth: RCH §§4-105(4), 14-102)
(Imp: RCH §§4-105(4), 14-102)
§2-14-117 Order and decorum. (a) All board members shall promote and preserve the order and decorum of the board’s proceedings. (b) The presiding officer of the board or a majority of the board may expel any individual whose conduct at the board meeting is disruptive, disorderly, contemptuous, or improper for the conduct of business at the board meeting.
[Eff 10/20/08] (Auth: RCH §14-103(a)) (Imp: RCH §14-104)
§2-14-118 Discussion. (a) When a board member or person properly before the board wishes to speak, the member or person shall address the chair, be recognized before proceeding, and shall confine remarks to the subject under discussion, avoiding personalities and abusive language.
§2-14-126 Parliamentary authority. The most current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall be the parliamentary authority of all boards when the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the charter, the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, and the plan are silent. [Eff 10/20/08] (Auth: RCH §14-103(a)) (Imp: RCH §14-104)
1. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Ranell Asuega Fualaau
2. MONTHLY REPORTS (Three (3) minutes each including Q&A)
2.1. Honolulu Fire Department (HFD)
2.2. Honolulu Police Department (HPD)
2.3. Board of Water Supply (BWS) – Dominic Dias
3. BOARD BUSINESS
3.1. Approval of Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record: Wednesday, April 9, 2024
3.2. NP §2-14-106 Three Absences Notice for Board Member
3.2.1. Juanita Kawamoto
3.3. Filling of Vacancies – Two (2) At-large Seats: Residents interested in filling a vacant board seat must bring current proof of residency to the board meeting or contact Neighborhood Assistant Camilia Epa Gomes [camilia.epa@honolulu.gov] to verify residency in advance.
4. PRESENTATIONS (3 minutes each including Q&A)
4.1. Hawaii Green Growth – Cyrus Howe
5. RESIDENT/COMMUNITY CONCERNS (Three (3) minutes each)
6. ELECTED OFFICIALS (Three (3) minutes each including Q&A)
7.1 Congressman Ed Case
7.2 City Councilmember Scott Nishimoto
7.3 Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s Representative – DFM Deputy Director Warren Mamizuka
7.4 Governor Josh Green’s Representative – Kiele Amundson
7.5 Representative Jackson Sayama
7.6 Senator Les Ihara Jr.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS
7.1. Next Meetings:
7.1.1. The Palolo Neighborhood Board will recess in June. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at Pālolo Elementary School and online via WebEx
7.2. ʻŌlelo Rebroadcasts: Rebroadcasts of the Pālolo Neighborhood Board No.6 meetings are scheduled each month on ʻŌlelo channel 49 for fourth Thursday at 9:00 p.m. and the first and third Sundays at 12:00 p.m. An archive of past meetings may be found on https://olelo.org/olelonet/ by searching <Palolo>.
8. 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 https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/boards/
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 REGULAR MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025 at 7:00 P.M.
PĀLOLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA, 2106 10TH AVENUE, HONOLULU, HI 96816
AND VIA WEBEX
Video Recording of Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbls7ZdibAE
Google Drive Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mRIiZ-kR00PVW8z-q2zHi9L60YE1mXmR
1. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:22]: Chair Ranell Asuega-Fualaau called the Pālolo Neighborhood Board No. 6 meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Six (6) members present. Quorum was established. Note: This 9-member Board requires five (5) members to establish a quorum and to take official Board action.
Board Members Present: Randolph Hack, Kaleolani Leo, Dean McColgan, Darlene Nakayama, Earl Shiraki, and Ranell Asuega-Fualaau.
Board Member(s) Absent: Juanita Kawamoto.
Guests: Firefighter Les Shiroma, Firefighter Cody Arequero, Firefighter John Mitsuhashi, and Firefighter David Clark (HFD); Lieutenant T. Nakamura (HPD); Warren Mamizuka (Mayor Rick Blangiardi); Kiele Amundson (Governor Josh Green); Dominic Dias (Board of Water Supply); Kylie Tokujo (Councilmember Scott Nishimoto); Jessica Miura (Hawaii Department of Agriculture); Robbie Snyder (Oʻahu Invasive Species Committee); Umida Yergasheva, Robbie Snyder, Andrew Phomsouvanh, Roya Dennis, Les Shirom, Ana Medrom, Reid Yoshikawa, Dahlia Asuega, Russell Asuega, Nia Asuega, William Malina, (Residents); Camilia Epa Gomes (Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO). Note: Name was not included if not legible. There were 25 total participants.
2. MONTHLY REPORTS – [0:00:31]
Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) – [0:00:34]: Firefighter L. Shiroma provided the report and shared the incident statistics for Mach 2025 and fire safety tips for the month regarding evacuation planning.
• Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qd9HrC6n4we9lPKOEVxkFTP4PJ-avLE7/view?usp=drive_link
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:03:20]
Honolulu Police Department (HPD) – [0:05:30]: Lieutenant T. Nakamura provided the report and shared the crime statistics for March 2025 and the safety tip for the month is to remind everyone of a useful phone app created by the City called HNL.INFO. The app provides traffic situations, weather advisories, upcoming public safety events and much more from the City departments.
• For more information on the HNL.INFO phone app please visit https://hnl.info/starter
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:07:25]
Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) – [0:08:43]: BWS Representative Dominic Dias left the meeting early. A report was submitted.
• Report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z68OXB4SxgerEwVlJTgHsB77upmDMwJB/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=111917663458444584436&rtpof=true&sd=true
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:09:00]
3. CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENT – [0:11:50]: Chair Asuega-Fualaau shared that the Neighborhood Commission has approved the Board’s request to temporarily reduce the number of vacant seats for the remainder of the 2023-2025 term to achieve quorum by removing one (1) seat from SD1 and SD2; and two (2) seats from SD3.
4. BOARD BUSINESS – [0:12:46]
Approval of Regular Meeting Written Summaries for Video Record: Wednesday, November 13, 2024; Wednesday, December 11, 2024, Wednesday, February 12, 2025, and Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – [0:12:46]:
[0:13:05] – Hack MOVED and McColgan SECONDED to approve the minutes for November 2024, December 2024, February 2025, and March 2025. Hearing no objections, the motion was ADOPTED; 6-0-0 (Aye:Hack, Leo, McColgan, Nakayama, Shiraki, Asuega-Fualaau; Nay: None; Abstain: None) – [0:13:30]
Filling of Vacancies – Two (2) At-Large – [0:13:37]: Keenan Tydingco introduced himself to the Board. Neighborhood Assistant has verified his residency in the Board district.
[0:15:10] – McColgan nominated Keenan Tydingco to fill the vacancy of the at-large seat. A roll-call was conducted. The nomination was ADOPTED; 5-0-0 (Aye: Hack, Leo, McColgan, Nakayama, Asuega-Fualaau; Nay: None; Abstain: None) – [0:16:24]
[0:16:35] – Chair Asuega-Fualaau called for a recess for the neighborhood assistant to swear in the newly elected Board member Kennan Tydingco.
[0:16:40] – Chair Asuega-Fualaau called the meeting back to order.
Member Tydingco joined the meeting at 7:16 p.m.; 7 members present.
5. PRESENTATIONS – [0:16:50]
Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Coqui Response – [0:16:50]: Jessica Miura (HDOA Acting Land Vertebrate Specialist) provided updates on the efforts to address the invasive species population within the Pālolo district. HDOA has been conducting surveillance, hand captures and spot treatments every Wednesday with weather and staff permitting. HDOA is appreciative for the Pālolo community for their cooperation and assistance in granting staff access to their properties for coqui frog related efforts. Ms. Miura recommended best management practices to the public who purchase any plants or gardening materials from coqui infested areas or checking their belongings or luggage when you are air traveling back to Hawaii. She advised the public to contact their office if you think there may be invasive species such as coqui frogs on your property. Due to the growing concern of the growth of the coqui frog population, HDOA will be conducting a 380-gallon trailer spray treatment that is a mixed solution with 16 percent citric acid. This spray will only be done in the forested area of Pālolo Valley and not in the residential area. She reminded everyone that the spray is food-grade. HDOA as well as other partnering agencies are looking into other technology and methods to help rid the invasive species. Therefore, citric acid is the only legal and safe method to use currently. Ms. Miura shared that HDOA has committed 213 working staff hours to the coqui population in Palolo area and 70 percent of those working hours are done at night.
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:25:05]
Oahu Invasive Species Committee (OISC) Coqui Response in Palolo – [0:27:06]: Robbie Snyder (OISC Community Engagement Liaison) shared since October 2024, OISC has been helping HDOA on the makai part of the coqui core population in Palolo. OISC work is mostly conducted during the night time going through rough terrain to treat areas. In the last 6 months, OISC has deployed 1400 gallons of citric acid and committed 187 staff hours for Pālolo district treatment. OISC looks forward to returning and updating the Board with quarterly reports. They urge the public to contact them if they hear any coqui frogs in their property or anywhere as soon as possible. Mr. Snyder shared that they have recently started using sound monitoring devices and will be able to collect enough data in about a year.
6. RESDIENT/COMMUNITY CONCERNS – [0:31:25]
Request for Illegal Trash Clean-up – [0:31:35]: A Palolo resident shared that someone dumped workout equipment at the corner of the intersection of Pālolo Ave and Carlos Long Street. This was the same corner someone dumped trash last month.
7. ELECTED OFFICIALS – [0:32:46]
Congressman Ed Case’s Representative – [0:32:49]: No representative present.
Councilmember Scott Nishimoto – [0:33:00]: Kylie Tokujo provided the report and highlighted the following: Councilmember Nishimoto will be co-hosting a free easter egg hunt and community food drive at Makiki District Park with State Representative Della Au Belatti on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. All canned food donations will support the Parish of St. Clement Food Pantry. Ms. Tokujo provided follow-up responses for the concerns raised at last month’s Board meeting.
• To sign-up for Councilmember Nishimoto’s e-blast please go to: http://eepurl.com/dl6xMz
• For questions or concerns please email: kylie.tokujo@honolulu.gov or call the office at 808-768-5005
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:34:55]
Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s Representative – [0:35:54]: Warren Mamizuka provided the following highlights from the Mayorʻs monthly newsletter for April 2025: Mayor Blangiardi’s town hall meetings across Oʻahu; the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Concert Hall re-opens after renovations; the City Department of Parks and Recreation is hiring for the City’s Summer Fun Program; Hōkūleʻa’s 50th Anniversary at Kualoa Regional Park; Honolulu Charter Commission members are sworn in for decennial review of the City Charter; a briefing on how residents can download HNL Alert. Mr. Mamizuka provided follow-up responses for questions raised at previous Board meetings.
• Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q95R98XHWPVy7yQTAVbCyNTqyAOYdnB1/view?usp=drive_link
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:40:30]
Governor Josh Green’s Representative – [0:42:15]: Kiele Amundson provided the report and highlighted the following: the Department of the Attorney General’s Office successfully prosecuted two men for selling illegal aerial fireworks on March 13, 2025 as well as perform sting operations; Governor Green announced the initial disbursements from the One ʻOhana Fund; the State Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced a new website dedicated to the critically endangered native Hawaiian plant, Ka Palulpalu o Kanaloa from Kahoʻolawe; the Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood announces its 2025 awards and sponsorship oppurtunities; $10 million in grants from the Helmsley Charitable Trust was given to two Oʻahu hospitals to expand critical cancer care; the Department of Health is informing the public that they are expanding their efforts to prevent a measles outbreak in Hawaiʻi; and shared April is Tsunami Awareness Month.
• Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I2PKk7qHiafIlNpvxcENaHAjzHbt7wSU/view?usp=drive_link
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:46:30]
Representative Jackson Sayama – [0:47:00]: Representative Sayama provided the report and highlighted the following: provided a recap on the Azama Park clean up; there will be an open public event on Saturday, April 26, 2025 to celebrate Earth Day from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Pālolo Valley District Park; conference committee meetings will begin at the State Capitol; and shared the Governorʻs message regarding the measles case that was reported.
• Pālolo Earth Day Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_h1itINZ-d_1gcExZ_yOlcy87HHTP8ND/view?usp=drive_link
Questions, comments, and concerns followed – [0:50:48]
Senator Les Ihara, Jr. – [0:58:55]: No representative present.
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [0:59:10]
Next Meetings – Pālolo Neighborhood Board No. 6 – [0:59:12]: Chair Asuega-Fualaau announced the Pālolo Neighborhood Board No. 6 next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at Pālolo Elementary School and online via WebEx.
City and County of Honolulu and Hawaiʻi Foodbank are Partnering to Fight Against Hunger – [0:59:21]: Neighborhood Assistant Camilia Epa Gomes will be collecting donated canned goods at the Neighborhood Board meeting tonight.
ʻŌlelo Rebroadcasts: Rebroadcasts of the Pālolo Neighborhood Board No.6 meetings are scheduled each month on ʻŌlelo channel 49 on the fourth Thursday at 9:00 p.m. and the first and third Sundays at 12:00 p.m. and that an archive of meetings may be found online.
9. ADJOURNMENT – [1:00:16]
Submitted by: Camilia Epa Gomes, Neighborhood Assistant, NCO
Reviewed by: Dylan Buck, Community Relations Specialist, NCO
Finalized by: Darlene Nakayama, Secretary, Neighborhood Board No.06
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