BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Pacific/Honolulu X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific/Honolulu BEGIN:VEVENT UID:53-18638@honolulu.gov DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250701T180000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250701T210000 DTSTAMP:20250701T021457Z URL:https://www.honolulu.gov/nco/events/13-downtown-chinatown-nb-regular-m eeting-2025-07-03/ SUMMARY:13. Downtown-Chinatown NB Initial Convening Meeting DESCRIPTION:DOWNTOWN - CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 13\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\n\nREGULAR MEETING AGENDA – INITIAL CONVENING\nTUESDAY\, JULY 1\, 2025\, at 6:00 P.M.\nKeʻelikōlani Middle School Library\n1302 Q ueen Emma Street\, Honolulu\, HI 96813\nAND VIA WEBEX\n\nThis meeting loca tion is open to public participation.\nOther available options including W ebEx and phone-in instructions are as follows:\n\nMeeting Link: https://cc hnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=mffb3407f07d79be40c3f86f5a13c7d72 \nMeeting Number / Access Code: 2492 279 6255\nPassword: NB13 (6213 from phones and video systems)\nJoin by phone: +1(408) 418-9388 [United States toll]\n\nM eeting Materials Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F4DdI9R8Er1 2TNf6Bl-yb4p4EW0-68vu\nVideo Recordings: http://www.youtube.com/@Neighborh oodCommissionOffice\n\nRules of Speaking: Any audience member may raise th eir hand to speak on an agenda item at the announced time\; when recognize d by the Presiding Officer\, questions/comments are limited to two (2) min utes. After the audience\, Board members may raise their hand to speak wit h questions and comments limited to one (1) minute. Requests for follow-up s may or may not be granted by the Presiding Officer. Audience/Board membe rs should refrain from interruptions and/or disruptive conduct. Any indivi dual not following these rules may be ruled out of order.\n\nRules for Pre sentations/Reports: Presentation of materials are only permitted by indivi duals listed on the agenda (or by the Neighborhood Assistant/an Officer of the Board) during the listed presentation/report. Speakers are urged to k eep their prepared remarks to under the allotted time on the agenda (unles s otherwise authorized by the Chair/Presiding Officer). Subsequent respons es during Q&\;A should be kept brief and direct (or may be addressed in private follow-ups).\n\nOther Notes: The Board may vote upon any listed a genda item\; items not listed cannot be voted upon unless allowed under HR S 92 (a.k.a. Sunshine Law). Matters raised during Public Concerns cannot b e voted upon (but may be discussed by the Board at the discretion of the P residing Officer). Members of the Board may not raise a matter not listed on the agenda during Public Concerns (but may request inclusion of an item on the agenda in advance of the meeting). Public testimony received in ad vance of the meeting may also be read aloud (during the listed agenda item or Public Concerns) at the discretion of the Chair.\n\n1. CALL TO ORDER\n 1.1 Roll Call\n\n2. INITIAL CONVENING BUSINESS (10 minutes in total)\n2.1 Board vote on election of officers for annual period from July 1\, 2025\, to June 30\, 2026 (nominations by board members)\n2.2 Board vote on approv al of board rules for new term (proposed by Chair pro tem Caravalho)\n\n3. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS (including discussion on board/community inquiries\ ; 5 minutes each)\n3.1 Honolulu Fire Department\n3.2 Honolulu Police Depar tment\n\n4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (1 minute)\n4.1 Board vote to approve NCO draft Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record (Thursday\, June 5\ , 2025)\n\n5. PRESENTATIONS (including discussion on board/community inqui ries\; 10 minutes each)\n5.1 Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation: Dog friendly park proposal and ask for community feedback (suggestions\, q uestions\, and recommendations) – Nathan Serota [nathan.serota@honolulu. gov]\n5.2 Tradewind Capital: Update on process and plan to introduce a Hon olulu City Council bill to adopt an Ordinance (in Revised Ordinances of Ho nolulu) to create the Downtown Business Improvement District – Chris Fon g [cfong@tradewindcapital.com]\n\n6. PUBLIC CONCERNS (2 minutes each regar ding issues not listed on the agenda)\n\n7. CHAIR’S REPORT ON UPCOMING E VENTS AND INITIATIVES\n7.1 Information related to 4TH Of July Holiday Week end and future events\n\n8. ANNOUNCEMENTS\n8.1 The next Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday\, Aug ust 7\, 2025\, at 6:00 p.m. at Keʻelikōlani Middle School and virtually via WebEx.\n8.2 Rebroadcasts of Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 meetings are scheduled on ʻŌlelo channel 49 for every third Thursday at 9:00 p.m.\, as well as 9:00 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month. An archive of past meetings may be found on http://olelo.org/olelonet/ by searching on <\;Downtown>\;.\n\n9. ADJOURNMENT\n\nA mailing list is ma intained for interested persons and agencies to receive this board’s age nda and minutes. Additions\, corrections\, and deletions to the mailing li st may be directed to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) at Kapālam a Hale\, 925 Dillingham Boulevard\, Suite 160\, Honolulu\, Hawai‘i 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 ht tps://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/boards/.\n\nAll written testimony must be rece ived 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 s ubmitted directly to the Board at the meeting. If submitting written testi mony\, please note the Board and agenda item(s) your testimony concerns. S end to: Neighborhood Commission Office\, 925 Dillingham Boulevard\, Suite 160\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, fax (808) 768-3711\, or email nbtestimony@hono lulu.gov.\n\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation d ue to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English\, p lease 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.\n\n \;\n\nDRAFT REGULAR MEE TING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD\nTHURSDAY\, JUNE 5\, 2025 at 6:00 P. M.\nPRINCESS RUTH KE‘ELIKŌLANI MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA – 1302 QUEEN E MMA STREET\, HONOLULU\, HI 96813\nAND VIA WEBEX TELECONFERENCING\n\nVideo recording of this meeting can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =w8Q0C5NLriM\n\nReports &\; other meeting materials can be found at:\nh ttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F4DdI9R8Er12TNf6Bl-yb4p4EW0-68vu\n\ n1. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:01]: 6:00 p.m.\n\nChair Ernest Caravalho calle d the Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 meeting to order at 6:0 0 p.m. Quorum was established with seven (7) members present. Note: This n ine-member Board requires five (5) members to establish quorum and to take official Board action.\n\nMembers Present: Robert Armstrong\, Ernest Cara valho\, Ross Isokane\, Kevin Lye\, Lori McCarney\, Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock a nd Laura Sturges.\n\nMembers Absent: Sean Fitzsimmons and Kevin McDonald.\ n\nGuests: Firefighter Kaleo Kia (Honolulu Fire Department)\; Sergeant Fre eman (HPD)\; Stephen Downes (Governor Green)\; Jack Truesdale (Councilmemb er Tyler Dos Santos-Tam)\; Leonard Kam (Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Ch inatown 808)\, Ed Korybski (Fort Street Mall Business Improvement District )\; Sandra Pohl (Downtown Art Center)\; Roberta Hickey-Gomes (Mediation Ce nter of the Pacific)\; Senator Karl Rhoads (State Senate District 13)\; Ka tie Ozawa (Representative Kim Coco Iwamoto)\; Angie Knight (The Institute for Human Services)\; Harry Cho (HART)\; Patrick Watson (Public Relations Consultant for Frank V. Coluccio Construction)\; Ronald Higa (Neighborhood Board No.14)\; Mariam Swann\, Emily Perry\, Rick Keene (Residents)\; Cami lia Epa Gomes (Neighborhood Commission Office). Note: Name was not include d if not legible. There were 26 total attendees.\n\nChairʻs Announcement – [0:00:42]: The Board was reminded by Chair Caravalho that Board agenda s must be submitted to the NCO seven calendar days before the meeting. Boa rd members wishing to add an item on the next regular meeting agenda must send a written request to the Chair at least ten days before the next meet ing. These requirements are outlined in the Neighborhood Plan §2-14-111(b \,c-2).\n\n2. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS – [0:01:20]\n\nHonolulu Fire Departm ent – [0:01:20]: No representative at this time.\n\nHonolulu Police Depa rtment – [0:01:30]: Sergeant Freeman provided the crime statistics for M ay 2025.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:02:38]\n\n3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – [0:09:17]\n\nBoard action to approve outstanding draft regular meeting written summary for video record (Thursday\, May 1\, 2025) – [0:09:17]: Chair Caravalho shared he will be considering the ap proval of the minutes as a package.\n\n[0:12:54] – Chair Caravalho calle d for a roll-call vote to approve the minutes as written for May 2025. A r oll-call vote was conducted. The motion was ADOPTED\; 5-2-0 (Aye: Isokane\ , McCarney\, Shubert-Kwock\, Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: Armstrong\, Lye\; Abstain: None) – [0:12:37]\n\nHearing no objections\, Chair Caravalho to ok the agenda out of order to hear Section 2.2.1 Honolulu Fire Department at this time.\n\n4. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS – [0:12:58]\n\nHonolulu Fire D epartment – [0:12:58]: Firefighter K. Kia provided the incident statisti cs for May 2025 and information on how to use the incident trend dashboard and fire response search tool.\n• Report: https://drive.google.com/file /d/1cTORfpJ-pmjih2iTJSTxtil_HRXDWhUl/view?usp=drive_link\n• To access th e fire response search tool and incident trend dashboard\, please visit: h ttps://fire.honolulu.gov/news-and-info/\n\n5. PRESENTATIONS – [0:16:10]\ n\nChinese Chamber of Commerce and Chinatown 808 – Notifications of 2025 -2026 events – [0:16:11]: Leonard Kam provided details on upcoming event s in the district. Mr. Kam noted that there will be no alcohol served at a ny of the events listed below.\n• Mid-Autumn Festival and Parade – [0: 16:52]: The event will be on Saturday\, October 4\, 2025 and mainly take p lace in the Chinatown Cultural Plaza. The parade aspect will be from the i ntersection of Smith St. and N. King St. and go along N. King St. and turn on Maunakea St. which will head towards the Chinatown Cultural Plaza and end by the statue of Sun Yat-Sen. The parade will start around 6:30 p.m. T he organization has already been advised by Honolulu Police Department and Department of Transportation Services. There will be food\, craft booths\ , live entertainment\, and a lion dance. This event is presented by Chinat own 808.\n• Chinatown Open House (Choy Cheng) – [0:18:11]: The event w ill be on Friday\, February 13\, 2026 and will be the traditional lion dan ces portion throughout Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year’s. Roads will be closed around 6:00 p.m. and start from the intersection of Nuuanu Ave. and King St. and go throughout King St./Maunakea St./Smith St./Nuuanu Ave./Hotel St./Kekaulike Mall area/River St./Bethel St./ and N. Beretania Street. Firecrackers and the lion dances will take place throughout the n ight till 9:00 p.m.\n• Chinatown New Year Celebration – [0:19:04]: Thi s is in conjunction with the above Chinatown Open House. This portion is t he food\, crafts\, live entertainment portion that will take place in Chin atown Cultural Plaza. This portion will be a two-day event (February 13-14 \, 2026). The event will end at 10:00 p.m.\n• Festival and Parade – [0 :19:30]: This event will be a street festival that will take place along N . Beretania St. between Aala St. and Maunakea St. and also take place in A ala Park. The parade will start at 4:30 p.m. from the State Capitol ground s and flow along Hotel St. There will be 3 entertainment stages\, food tru cks\, and crafts booths along the street. The event will end at 10:00 p.m. \n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:20:20]\n\nFort Stree t Mall Business Improvement District (BID) and Downtown Art Center: Introd uction of future community events on Fort Street Mall and Wilcox Park area – [0:26:37]: Ed Korybski (Fort St. BID) and Sandra Pohl (Downtown Art C enter) both informed the Board of efforts to activate Fort Street Mall for community engagement and safety. Mr. Korybski shared several ideas of pro posed future community events that will help revitalize the area. He is cu rrently awaiting approval of grants to do regular events such as monthly n ight markets. He mentioned they are waiting on the City Department of Tran sportation Services to draft new regulations so that they may procure perm its. Sandra Pohl provided details on the event that will take place in For t Street Mall on September 26-27\, 2025 which will be open to the public t o enjoy art\, music\, food\, and plein air paintings.\n\nQuestions\, comme nts and concerns followed – [0:30:40]\n\nHonolulu Department of Parks an d Recreation: Dog friendly park proposal and ask for community feedback (s uggestions\, questions\, and recommendations) – [0:37:45]: This item was deferred to next month’s Board meeting.\n• Letter: https://drive.goog le.com/file/d/1svyBboAhXT3XxX2E85hctcFs79oNaTa9/view?usp=drive_link\n\nQue stions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:38:03]\n\nEarly Eviction Me diation Program – [0:38:20]: Roberta Hickey-Gomez from Mediation Center of the Pacific (MCP) provided information on the Early Eviction Program (E EM) that is offered by MCP. The program provides landlords and tenants wit h the opportunity to talk with the help of an impartial mediator and negot iate agreements. Ms. Hickey-Gomez provided details on: history and backgro und of the program\, benefits to the landlords and tenants\; mediation pro cess\; scheduling for appointments\; program tools provided by MCP\; partn erships with community organizations\; and Senate Bill (SB) 825 (relating to eviction mediation)\, sent to Governor Green for signature.\n• Presen tation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16mbfZa_uOujL6X9iu18BnB_VoW cjqzNd/edit?usp=drive_link&\;ouid=111917663458444584436&\;rtpof=true &\;sd=true\n• To submit a mediation request\, please visit: https://w ww.mediatehawaii.org/eem\n\nMember Shubert-Kwock left the meeting at 6:39 p.m.\; 6 members present.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:44:05]\n\n \;\n\n6. PUBLIC CONCERNS – [0:51:09]:\n\nInstitute of Human Services (IHS) Community Event – [0:51:20]: Angie Knight (IHS Community Relations Manager) informed the Board of the community event tha t will take place at Aʻala Park on Saturday\, June 28\, 2025 from 3:00 p. m. to 6:00 p.m. This event aims to bring together shelter and case managem ent clients (past and present)\, staff\, and community members in light-he arted fun and entertainment. The afternoon will also include honoring rece ntly passed Tutu Bert\, wife of The Institute for Human Service's founder\ , Father DuTeil. The event is free and open to the public.\n\n7. ELECTED O FFICIALS – [0:53:48]: Chair Caravalho announced priority will be given t o elected officials/representatives who are present in person at the meeti ng and then proceed to elected officials/representatives who are present v irtually on WebEx.\n\nState Senate (District 13) – Karl Rhoads – [0:54 :00]: Senator Rhoads provided his report and highlighted the following: a follow-up response for a question raised at last month’s Board meeting\; scam alert involving texts that demand payment for unpaid traffic citatio ns\; second reported measles case on the island of Oʻahu\; Grant-in-Aid a ppropriation for Lanakila Senior Multi-Purpose Center\; Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 131 regarding the Hawaiʻi Theatre was adopted by the Hou se and Senate\; the Hawaʻi State Library is launching it’s 2025 Summer Reading Challenge for all ages\;\n• For questions and concerns\, please call Senator Rhoads office at (808) 586-6130 or email senrhoads@capitol.ha waii.gov\n• Report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xNVj9vf4qst889u2 px5yzJGxqAdmXu1c/edit?usp=drive_link&\;ouid=111917663458444584436&\; rtpof=true&\;sd=true\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:57:55]\n\nMember McCarney left the meeting at 7:02 p.m.\; 5 members pre sent.\n\nGovernor Josh Green’s Representative – [1:07:20]: Steven Down es submitted his report and was present to take any questions or concerns. \n• Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j4YKMFZukCCMZarnLG0fC7_ qNRhmEj4A/view?usp=drive_link\n• Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d /1W3M4uGrRivyD87acrmw3h22YFEVEHwP-/view?usp=drive_link\n\nQuestions\, comm ents and concerns followed – [1:07:28]\n\nCongressman Ed Case’s Repres entative – [1:09:55]: No representative present.\n\nMayor Rick Blangiard i’s Representative – [1:10:08]: The Mayorʻs representative notified C hair Caravalho he is unable to attend the Board meeting tonight but has su bmitted a memo in lieu of the report.\n• Memo for the record: https://dr ive.google.com/file/d/1gOn1O6zmxkIxnbD_rqPLMeQqGr_0RkAs/view?usp=drive_lin k\n\nCity Council (District 6) – Tyler Dos Santos-Tam – [1:10:37]: Jac k Truesdale was present to take any questions or concerns.\n• Report: ht tps://docs.google.com/document/d/1A_4SOFaeC0ny7H5n5DFXFNAIeZxi_Hzx/edit?us p=drive_link&\;ouid=111917663458444584436&\;rtpof=true&\;sd=true\ n• Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ckzO36lgF76_Qb78r4rEpHFI aiY8W1nj/view?usp=drive_link\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [1:10:50]\n\nState House (District 25) – Kim Coco Iwamoto – [1:15 :17]: Kate Ozawa was present to take any questions or concerns.\n\nQuestio ns\, comments and concerns followed – [1:16:00]\n\nState House (District 28) – Daniel Holt – [1:17:32]: No representative present.\n\n8. QUART ERLY REPORTS – [1:18:18]\n\nHonolulu Authority Rapid Transit (HART) – [1:18:20]: Harry Cho provided the report and shared details on the Chinato wn Neighborhood Design Workshop that HART will be hosting on Thursday\, Ju ne 26\, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Keʻelikōlani Middle School C afeteria. Mr. Cho also provided follow-up responses for questions raised a t last month’s Board meeting. Patrick Watson provided updates on the roa d restoration work on Nimitz Highway to Ala Moana Boulevard. The restorati on will take place from Monday\, June 9\, 2025 to Monday\, June 30\, 2025 (Monday through Friday) from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Traffic will be mainta ined during work hours and drivers should expect lanes to be held or detou red.\n• Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/128oNTM3xeCCggNdb2v-h-En3 ocjTu0CW/view?usp=drive_link\n\n• To register to attend the Design Works hop for Chinatown online\, please visit: https://honolulutransit.org/event s/neighborhood-design-workshop-holau-chinatown-station-20250626/\n• For current updates on HART’s Downtown Utilities Relocation (CCUR III) proje ct information\, please sign up for Frank V. Coluccio Construction Company (FVCCC) weekly e-blast at https://eepurl.com/h1g2W5\n• If you have any additional questions or need further assistance\, you can reach us via ema il at ccur3@honuaconsulting.com\n• Please sign-up for HART’s weekly ne wsletter: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001DFT CDgfTjag6k-qOH81D1A%3D%3D=\n• Stay informed about HART and the Honolulu Rail Transit Project at https://honolulutransit.org/\n\nQuestions\, commen ts and concerns followed – [1:25:00]\n\n9. CHAIR’S REPORT ON UPCOMING EVENTS AND INITIATIVES – [1:32:40]\n\nKing Kamehameha Day Parade – [1: 32:50]: Chair Caravalho shared the parade will take place on Saturday\, Ju ne 14\, 2025. The parade will start at 9:00 a.m.\n\n10. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [1:33:20]\n\nThe next Downtown–Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 regula r meeting is scheduled for Tuesday\, July 1\, 2025\, at 6:00 p.m. at Keʻe likōlani Middle School and virtually via WebEx.\n\nRebroadcasts of Downto wn–Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 meetings are scheduled on ʻŌlelo channel 49 for every third Thursday at 9:00 p.m.\, as well as 9:00 a.m. o n the fourth Saturday of each month. An archive of past meetings may be fo und on http://olelo.org/olelonet/ by searching in archives <\;Downtown C hinatown>\;.\n\n11. ADJOURNMENT – [1:34:05]: The meeting was adjourned at 7:34 p.m.\n\nSubmitted by: Camilia Epa Gomes\, Neighborhood Assistant\ , NCO\nReviewed by: Dylan Buck\, Community Relations Specialist\, NCO\nFin alized by: Ross Isokane\, Secretary\, Neighborhood Board No.13\n\nTo view agenda and minutes\, visit our board website.\n\nEvent shows physical loc ation\; however\, other options of participation may also include WebEx an d phone.  If available\, instructions for WebEx and phone can be found at the top of the agenda. 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