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Kalihi Valley NB Regular Meeting DESCRIPTION:KALIHI VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 16\n \;\n\n \;\n\n REGULAR MEETING AGENDA \nWEDNESDAY\, NOVEMBER 13\, 2024 7:00 P.M.\nKAPALA MA HALE ROOM 277\n925 DILLINGHAM BLVD\nAND ON WEBEX\n \nMeeting Link: htt ps://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m098d4b5ba3f9928aeb24959da9d9a76d \ nMeeting Number / Access Code: 2483 860 1460\nMeeting Password: NB16 (6216 from phones and video systems)\nJoin by Phone: +1-408-418-9388 United Sta tes Toll\nJoin by Video System: Dial 24838601460@cchnl.webex.com \nRULES OF SPEAKING: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to click the “raise hand ” icon\, and when recognized by the Chair\, to address comments to the C hair. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments under two minutes\, a nd those giving reports are encouraged to keep their reports under three m inutes. Please ensure your microphone is muted unless you are speaking. Pl ease state your first and last name for the record before moving into your comment or question. Written testimony may also be submitted via email us ing the contact information listed on the Neighborhood Commission Office w ebsite. Please silence all electronic devices. NOTES: The Board may take a ction on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (Hawaii Re vised Statutes Chapter 92)\, specific issues not listed on this agenda can not be voted on\, unless properly added to the agenda.\nARCHIVE: Find an a rchive of handouts and referenced materials concerning to the Kalihi Valle y Neighborhood Board No.16 at:\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z1 fHoHMtwv6GFUbyc3MTvOmGOo2FuwXO \nVIDEO RECORD: Meeting Recordings can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DZJTKor6TTNYiqx5U-P2w\n\n1. C ALL TO ORDER: Chair Leialoha Tumbaga\n\n2. CITY MONTHLY REPORTS (Three Min utes Each):\nA. Honolulu Fire Department\nB. Honolulu Police Department\nC . Board of Water Supply\, Iris Oda\n3. RESIDENT’S AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS (Three Minutes Each):\n4. PRESENTATION (10 Minutes Each):\nA. The City’ s Department of Environmental Services on Sewer Rate Increase beginning Ju ly 1\, 2025\n5. CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS (Three Minutes Each):\nA. Mayor Ric k Blangiardi's Representative – Bandmaster Clarke Bright\nB. Councilmemb er Tyler Dos Santos-Tam\n6. STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS (Three Minutes Each):\ nA. Governor Josh Green’s Representative – Deputy Director Kristen Sak amoto\nB. Department of Land and Natural Resources\nC. Senator Donna Merca do Kim\nD. Representative May Mizuno\n\n7. BOARD BUSINESS:\nA. Resolution Urging Legislature to Adopt Good-Government Reforms\nB. Resolution Encoura ging Safe Routes to School\nC. Resolution Encouraging Safe Parks in Kalihi Valley\nD. Establishment of a Resolution Committee and its Members\nE. Ap proval of Regular Meeting Minutes: Wednesday\, October 9\, 2024\n8.   CO MMITTEE REPORTS/ASSIGNMENTS\nA. Transportation Committee\n\n \;\n\n9.    OTHER REPORTS\nA. Chair's Report\n\n10. ANNOUNCEMENTS\nA. Next Meetin g: Wednesday\, January 8\, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at Kapalama Hale Room 277.\nB . Broadcast Meetings: Neighborhood Board meetings aired on Olelo Channel 4 9 on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6:00 p.m.\, and the first and thi rd Sunday of the month at 9:00 a.m.\n\n11.    ADJOURNMENT\n\n2023-2024 K alihi Valley Neighborhood Board No. 16 Members:\nHernando Tan – hernando rtan@yahoo.com\nChester Koga – chesterkoga@yahoo.com\nAlan Kumalae – k umalaea001@hawaii.rr.com\nIkaika L. Hussey – ikaika@kalihi.org\nLeialoha Tumbaga – leialt98@gmail.com\nRandolph Franklin – bigvalley808@gmail. com\nSimeon Rojas –  simeonrojas@gmail.com\nMichael Gatti — mcgatti@g mail.com\nChris Lualemaga — clualemaga@gmail.com\nSpencer Johnson (NB As sistant) – spencer.johnson@honolulu.gov\n\nA mailing list is maintained for interested persons and agencies to receive this board’s agenda and m inutes.  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\, Hawaii 96817\, by tele phone on (808) 768-3710\, fax (808) 768-3711\, or e-mailing nco@honolulu.g ov. Agenda documents and minutes are also available online at http://www. ‌honolulu.gov/‌nco/‌boards.html\n\nAll written testimony must be rec eived in the Neighborhood Commission Office 48 hours prior to the meeting.   If within 48 hours of the meeting\, written and/or oral testimony may b e submitted directly to the Board at the meeting.  If submitting written testimony\, please note the Board and agenda item(s) your testimony concer ns.  Send to: Neighborhood Commission Office\, 925 Dillingham Boulevard\, Suite 160\, Honolulu\, HI  96817\, fax (808) 768-3711\, or email nbtesti mony@honolulu.gov.\n\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accomm odation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than En glish\, please call the Neighborhood Commission Office at (808) 768-3710 b etween 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or send an email to nco@honolulu.gov at lea st three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be pos sible to fulfill requests received after this date.\n\n \;\n\nDRAFT RE GULAR MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD\nTHURSDAY\, OCTOBER 3\, 202 4 at 6:00 P.M.\nPRINCESS RUTH KE‘ELIKŌLANI MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA – 1302 QUEEN EMMA STREET\, HONOLULU\, HI 96813\nAND VIA WEBEX TELECONFERENCI NG\n\nVideo recording of this meeting can be found at: https://www.youtube .com/watch?v=1avstDknXDo\n\nReports &\; other meeting materials can be found at:\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F4DdI9R8Er12TNf6Bl-yb4p 4EW0-68vu\n\nI. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:32]: 6:00 p.m.\n\nChair Ernest Car avalho called the Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Quorum was established with seven (7) members present. Note: This nine-member Board requires five (5) members to establish quorum and to take official Board action.\n\nMembers Present: Robert Armstrong\, Ernest Caravalho\, Sean Fitzsimmons\, Ross Isokane\, Kevin Lye\, Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock\, Laura Sturges\, Kevin McDonald (arrived 6:04 p.m.)\n\nMemb ers Absent: Lori McCarney.\n\nGuests: Fire Captain Mark Bates (Honolulu Fi re Department)\; Lieutenant Arnold Sagucio (Honolulu Police Department)\; Ian Santee (Mayor Rick Blangiardi)\; Stephen Downes (Governor Josh Green)\ ; Irene Banao\, Coranne Park-Chun (Honolulu City Lights Parade)\; Councilm ember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam\, Richmond Luzar\, Jack Truesdale (Councilmembe r Tyler Dos Santos-Tam)\; Brayden Cheung (Senator Karl Rhoads)\; Gordon Wo od\, Solomon Enos\, Tom Fee\, Gail Renard\, Geoffery Spangler (Hawaii Capi tol Pools Improvement Project)\; Sandy Ma (League of Women Voters Legislat ive Committee)\; Kim Coco Iwamoto (House District 25 Representative Elect) \, Ronald Higa (Liliha Neighborhood Board No.14)\; Lee Stack\, Bell Devill e\, Harlen Shephard\, Bobby Cuadra\, Nicole Reid\, Chris Kinimaka (Residen ts)\; Camilia Epa Gomes (Neighborhood Commission Office). Note: Name was n ot included if not legible. There were 30 total attendees.\n\nChair’s An nouncements – [0:01:23]: Chair Caravalho shared that due to a misinterpr etation on his part\, the Board will need to give their approval if they w ould like to add a presentation from DTS on the Honolulu City Lights Parad e to the agenda. Chair Caravalho shared that Brendan Bailey from Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) is unable to attend the Board meeting because HECO still needs time to complete their report. Chair Caravalho was notified f rom the presenter Greg Payton\, that the presentation for Mental Health Ko kua opening of the Edwin Thomas Building at 41 S. Beretania St. is not com plete and will not be presented at the Board meeting. Chair Caravalho shar ed the Board will need to make a motion in order to allow Irene from DTS f or the Honolulu City Lights Parade to be able to present.\n\nQuestions\, c omments and concerns followed – [0:02:32]\n\nMember McDonald joined the meeting at 6:04 p.m.\; 8 members present.\n\n[0:03:46] – Shubert-Kwock M OVED and Fitzsimmons SECONDED to add Irene from Department of Transportati on presentation for the Honolulu City Lights to the Board’s agenda. Disc ussion followed. Hearing no further discussion\, the board conducted a rol l-call vote. The motion was ADOPTED\; 6-2-0 (Aye: Fitzsimmons\, Isokane\, McDonald\, Shubert-Kwock\, Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: Armstrong\, Lye\; Ab stain: None) – [0:08:50]\n\nChair’s Announcements – Continued – [0 :09:00]: Chair Caravalho apologized to his Board members for interrupting them while they ask their questions to the representatives. He shared that moving forward\, he would like to request for future presenters to listen to board members as they speak and to not interrupt the board members whe n they ask their questions.\n\nII. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS – [0:09:45]\n\n Honolulu Fire Department – [0:09:46]: Fire Captain Bates provided the re port and shared the monthly statistics for September 2024. The safety tip for the month is in regards to fire alarms.\n• Report: https://drive.goo gle.com/file/d/1DDMMtAPw3ZK5bvhUALp1s5iwHvukpJ5H/view?usp=drive_link\n\nQu estions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:11:15]\nHonolulu Police De partment – [0:12:08]: Lieutenant Arnold Sagucio provided the report and shared the monthly statistics for September 2024. There were no criminal b reaches to report. Lt. Sagucio shared there will be a Solidarity March for Palestine on Saturday\, October 5\, 2024 at noon which will begin at Atki nson Drive entrance of Ala Moana Beach Park and end in Waikiki. Lt. Saguci o advised drivers to prepare accordingly. The Pride Parade will be on Satu rday\, October 19\, 2024. The parade will start at 4:00 p.m. and begin at Ala Moana Beach Park and end in Waikiki. The safety tip for the month is i n regards to food tampering involving candies and treats for individuals t rick-or-treating for Halloween.\n• Crime Mapping Statistics: https://www .honolulupd.org/information/crime-mapping/\n\nQuestions\, comments and con cerns followed – [0:15:30]\n\nIII. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF RECOGN ITION – [0:18:18]: Chair Caravalho announced that the presentation of ce rtificate of recognition will be deferred to next month due to the special guest unable to attend the meeting.\n\nIV. PRESENTATIONS – 0:18:27\n\nH awaiian Electric Follow up – [0:18:28]: Chair Caravalho shared that the HECO follow-up will be deferred to next month due to HECO needing more tim e to finalize their report.\n\nHonolulu City Lights Parade – [0:18:40]: Irene from Department of Transportation provided a flyer which she noted w ill also be distributed in November to all business and property owners wh o will be affected during the set-up and closure for the parade. The annua l parade will be celebrating their 40th year and will be held on Saturday\ , December 7\, 2024. The parade will start at 6:05 p.m. at ʻAʻala Park a nd go through S. King St. and end at Honolulu Hale. The parade route will close progressively and re-open progressively after the parade. The police \, street sweepers\, and traffic coning utility vehicles will be following the end of the parade and release traffic gradually. Irene shared at 11:0 0 a.m. on the same day of the parade\, Punchbowl St. will be closed for a separate event not associated with the parade.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:21:14]\n\n[0:23:08] – Shubert-Kwock MOVED and Fitzsimmons SECONDED to support the Honolulu City Light Parade on Saturday \, December 7\, 2024. Discussion followed. Hearing no further discussion\, the motion was ADOPTED\; 7-0-1 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fitzsimmons\, Isokane\, McDonald\, Shubert-Kwock\, Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: Lye\; Abstain: None) – [0:24:50]\n\nFort Street Mall Project: Wahi Pana/Hawaii Triennial Pub lic Art Exhibition – [0:25:50]: Marion Cadora and Kaʻili from the Mayor ’s Office of Culture and Arts as well as partners for the project were p resent to speak about the project. Before the presentation started\, Kaili shared a short announcement of the signage that was designed and develope d for the Chinatown district. These signs will alert residents\, business owners\, and visitors that there are security cameras monitoring activity in the area. The Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and Arts leads the W ahi Pana project along with multiple collaborators. The project received a $1 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies public art challenge. This project will feature art installations throughout all of Oahu that connec t key tourist destinations with their indigenous Native Hawaiian mo’olel o (stories). The stories will be interpreted through the art installations . The areas under consideration for the art installations is Kekaulike Mal l and Fort Street Mall. This project will create an opportunity for visito rs and residents to access critical and complex stories of places they vis it on the island. The project is currently working with the City Departmen t of Planning and Permit for a special district permit to propose these id eas. Background information was shared about the local artists creating th e art installations and the inspiration behind the proposed artwork for th e Downtown-Chinatown district.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns follow ed – [0:35:43]\n\n[0:40:37] – Armstrong MOVED and Shubert-Kwock SECOND ED to support the Fort Street Mall Project: Wahi Pana/Hawaii Triennial Pub lic Art Exhibition. Hearing no objection\, the motion was ADOPTED\; 8-0-0 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fitzsimmons\, Isokane\, Lye\, McDonald\, Shubert-Kwock\, Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: None\; Abstain: None) – [0:40:50]\n\nMental Health Kōkua opening of the Edwin Thomas Building at 41 S. Beretania Stre et: No representative present.\n\nHawaiʻi State Capitol Pools Improvement Project – [0:41:00]: Gordon Wood (Administrator\, State Department of A ccounting and General Services – Public Works division)\, presented a Po werPoint presentation on a state project that is still in the planning pha se to help repair the pools around the Hawaii State Capitol. Gordon Wood a nd his team along with the commissioned artist Solomon Enos shared informa tion on the purpose and inspiration behind the proposed artwork. The Hawai i State Capitol Building is unique among U.S State Capitols with architect ural elements to represent Hawaiʻi’s landscapes\, features\, and societ y. Mr. Wood shared PowerPoint slides of the history of issues and repairs caused by the pools which also caused corrosion of the building structure over many years. The new proposed project will aim to reduce maintenance r equirements\, preserve the structure\, and respect the original design int ent. The project will use modern glass installations that is durable and e asily maintained. This glass method is already used in the Capital distric t at the Capital modern. The project is also reversible should water fille d pools become feasible again. Solomon Enos was present to share his inten t and vison of the community artwork design for the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Pool. Mr. Wood showed the project timeline for the City’s special distr ict permit. The Major Special District Permit process requires the City De partment of Planning and Permitting (DPP) to host a public hearing on the application which is anticipated to be in January 2025. DPP will schedule the hearing and provide signage posting on the Capitol grounds.\n• Prese ntation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VfjkQT9v_OdwXSpB30a_UyCZVjHAFpUK /view?usp=drive_link\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0: 54:00]\n\n[1:01:38] – Armstrong MOVED and Sturges SECONDED to support th e Hawaiʻi State Capitol Pools Improvement Project. Discussion followed. H earing no further discussion\, the board conducted a roll-call vote. The m otion was ADOPTED\; 6-1-1 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fitzsimmons\, Lye\, Shubert-Kw ock\, Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: McDonald\; Abstain: Isokane) – [1:06:57 ]\n\n[1:08:05] – Isokane MOVED and Shubert-Kwock SECONDED to allow Counc ilmember Dos Santos-Tam report to be moved up on the agenda. Hearing no ob jection\, the motion was ADOPTED\; 8-0-0 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fitzsimmons\, I sokane\, Lye\, McDonald\, Shubert-Kwock\, Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: None\ ; Abstain: None) – [1:08:17]\n\nHearing no objections\, Chair Carvalho t ook the agenda out of order to hear item VII.D. City Council (District 6) – Tyler Dos Santos at this time.\n\nVII. ELECTED OFFICIALS – [1:08:21] \n\nCity Council (District 6) – Tyler Dos Santos-Tam – [1:08:21]: Coun cilmember Dos Santos-Tam provided the report and introduced his newest tea m member\, Jack Truesdale\, who will be replacing Richmond Luzar to provid e reports to the Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board. CM Dos-Santos Tam will continue his efforts for adaptive reuse of Downtown buildings. Bill 5 1(24) (relating to adaptive reuse) is currently in the process and has a t ask force working on adaptive reuse to make sure the Bill will facilitate the conversion of office buildings. Hawaii Pacific Universityʻs former li brary was converted (1060 Bishop St. Honolulu\, HI 96816) to 52 units for Hawaii residents who make below one hundred percent area medium income (AM I). RES24-203 (requesting the City administration to designate the Departm ent of Transportation Services as the primary governmental authority havin g jursidiction over Fort Street Mall and Union Mall) passed in City Counci l. CM Dos-Santos Tam shared about the impacts of the Iwilei homeless kauha le.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [1:13:10]\n\nCity Co uncil (District 6) – Tyler Dos Santos-Tam – Continued – [1:17:16]: C ouncilmember Dos Santos-Tam continued his report and shared that Bill 50(2 4) (relating to parades\, street festivals\, and other activities) will go through second reading in City Council on Wednesday\, October 9\, 2024. B ill 50(24) will be revised in the transportation committee when it returns from City Council to address a number of community concerns raised on the bill.\n• Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1anXtmuc9sHAqFI9AS E4r-mVx73UdpfWT/view?usp=drive_link\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns f ollowed – [1:19:30]\n\nV. BOARD BUSINESS – [1:34:19]\n\nResolution 202 4-05 Urging additional government reforms recommended by the Commission to improve standards of conduct – [1:34:19]: Chair Caravalho shared that t he resolution is in the Board’s Google Drive for the public to view.\n\n Presentation by League of Women Voters Legislative Committee – [1:34:40] : Sandy Ma (member of League of Women Voters of Hawaii) offered comments o n the proposed Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board Resolution 2024-05.\n \nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [1:40:47]\n\nShubert-Kwoc k left at 7:41 p.m.\; 7 members present.\n\nContinuation of discussion of Resolution 2024-05 – [1:47:49]: Chair Caravalho shared that in the Board ’s Google Drive there are two drafts for the resolution that the Board c an review.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [1:48:23]\n\n [1:54:15] – Lye MOVED and Armstrong SECONDED to support Resolution 2024- 05 Draft No.1 with the three resolved clauses and the technical amendments as noted verbally by Representative Kim Coco Iwamoto and the two typograp hic amendments that were mentioned by Kevin Lye. Hearing no objection\, th e motion was ADOPTED\; 7-0-0 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fitzsimmons\, Isokane\, Lye \, McDonald\, Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: None\; Abstain: None) – [1:55:1 0]\n\nUpdate on City Council Bill 50 (2024) Relating to Parades\, Street F estivals\, and Other Activities (specifically as the current bill’s lang uage could impact Downtown-Chinatown) – [1:55:30]: Member Isokane shared that Hallowbaloo will not occur this year. The organizer for Hallowbaloo withdrew his permit. Member Isokane mentioned the Board did pass a resolut ion this year to support community events in the Downtown-Chinatown distri ct. The district has lost out on various legacy community events that brou ght people to the community. The draft for Bill 50(24) was introduced in A ugust 2024 and imposed certain rules and restrictions that make it difficu lt for the district to hold community events.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [1:457:30]\n\n[1:58:00] – McDonald MOVED and Sturg es SECONDED the Board to not support Bill 50(24). Discussion followed. McD onald withdrew his original motion. [1:59:04] – McDonald MOVED and Sturg es SECONDED the Board to not support Bill 50(24) as written. Discussion fo llowed. McDonald withdrew his motion. [2:11:50] – McDonald MOVED and Stu rges SECONDED the Board to not support Bill 50(24) for the reasons that it sends funds to Waikiki for events held in the Downtown-Chinatown District and additionally\, the bill is too restrictive of events that might want to be held in Chinatown. Hearing no further discussion\, the motion was AD OPTED\; 7-0-0 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fitzsimmons\, Isokane\, Lye\, McDonald\, S turges\, Caravalho\; Nay: None\; Abstain: None) – [2:12:50]\n\nVI. PUBLI C CONCERNS – [2:13:00]\n\nAutumn Moon Festival Follow-Up – [2:13:20]: Lee Stack provided a report on the Autumn Moon Festival that occurred in S eptember. It was estimated that about a thousand people came to the event in Smith Beretania Park. There were over a hundred lanterns in Chinatown. Lee Stack expressed her appreciation for Member Shubert-Kwock for her year s of service for the Board and for the Chinatown community.\n\nHilton Hawa iian Village Waikiki Beach Resort – [2:14:36]: Bell (Hilton Hawaiian Vil lage Waikiki Beach Resort employee) shared that the Local 5 Union employee s at the resort are on strike due to the unfair pay and work conditions. T here are roughly 275 Local 5 Union members that currently live in the Down town-Chinatown district. Since the COVID-19 pandemic\, the resort has been raising room rates\, resort fees\, parting fees\, as well as number of ot her costs while cutting services. The current pay for most employees is no t enough to keep up with the rising costs of living in Hawaiʻi. The Local 5 Union workers at the resort are asking for support and understanding.\n \nRequest for Bus Lane – [2:19:05]: Harlen Shephard shared seniors and i ndividuals with accessibility issues have difficulty boarding on and off t he public bus on Bishop St. and Alakea St. These bus stops are crowded wit h motor vehicles\, which creates challenges for the public bus to reach th e accessibility curb of the bus stop. Harlen Shephard requested the Board to consider supporting the creation of a bus lane along segments of Bishop St. and Alakea St.\n\nVII. ELECTED OFFICIALS – [2:20:20]\n\nCongressman Ed Case’s Representative – [2:20:23]: No representative present.\n\nG overnor Josh Green’s Representative – [2:20:32]: Steven Downes provide d the report and shared follow-up responses to questions raised at last mo nth’s meeting.\n• Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tTsGbGo d4YB-zJVd8gOkccl1EFxEl3KH/view?usp=drive_link\n• Report: https://docs.go ogle.com/document/d/1Pk5T03tNy8qYp-_R4hD-HEoa9V4aYb_F/edit?usp=drive_link& amp\;ouid=111917663458444584436&\;rtpof=true&\;sd=true\n\nQuestions\ , comments and concerns followed – [2:22:35]\n\nMayor Rick Blangiardi’ s Representative – [2:24:14]: Deputy Director Ian Santee (Honolulu Emerg ency Services Department) provided the report and shared highlights from t he monthly newsletter for October 2024 and follow-up responses to question s raised at last month’s meeting.\n• Newsletter: https://drive.google. com/file/d/1bC9gVJLqZUq2TX-R8WA81wOfxVww9s3p/view?usp=drive_link\n\nQuesti ons\, comments and concerns followed – [2:28:00]\n\nState Senate (Distri ct 13) – Karl Rhoads – [2:35:00]: Brayden Cheung provided the report a nd shared covid-19 updates. Capital Improvement Project funds was released to the Hawaii State Library for a building assessment and master plan.\n • Report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Z0_9w9ieBGhe69QYQhhO9XSjN KjURga/edit?usp=drive_link&\;ouid=111917663458444584436&\;rtpof=true &\;sd=true\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [2:36:05]\ n\nState House (District 26) – Scott Saiki – [2:40:16]: No representat ive present. A report was submitted.\n• Report: https://drive.google.com /file/d/1s0F4WZyUjHZrfyvnqXqcvDzJPh_g2eCR/view?usp=drive_link\n\nState Hou se (District 28) – Daniel Holt – [2:40:20]: No representative present. \n\nVIII. QUARTERLY REPORTS – [2:40:31]\n\nChinatown Business Community Association (CBCA) – [2:40:31]: No representative present. A report was submitted.\n• Report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yWPzoDVof4bBsr fxPWj0rCGn20oimwG4/edit?usp=drive_link&\;ouid=111917663458444584436& \;rtpof=true&\;sd=true\n\nNeighborhood Citizen Patrol – [2:40:36]: Ke vin Lye deferred his report to the next Board meeting.\n\nIX. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – [2:41:00]\n\nThursday\, September 5\, 2024\, Regular Meeting W ritten Summary for Video Record – [2:41:05]: [2:41:24] – Isokane MOVED and Sturges SECONDED to approve the Written Summary for Video Record with the amendments stated by Member Lye. Discussion followed. The board condu cted a roll-call vote. The motion was ADOPTED\; 5-2-0 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fi tzsimmons\, Lye\, Sturges\, McDonald\; Nay: Isokane Caravalho\; Abstain: N one) – [2:47:20]\n\nX. CHAIRS REPORT – [2:47:30]\n\nBoard Member writt en request(s) to include topics on the next regular meeting’s agenda\; i nclusion for next month to be decided by Board vote per Neighborhood Plan §2-14-111(c) – [2:47:50]: Due to the lack of time\, this item was defer red.\ni. Board Member Lye: Proposal to re-implement equitable per-item and per-speaker on-screen timers for NB 13 as per best practices.\nii. Board member Lye: Amendments to Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record for the months of July 2024 and August 2024 (previously adopted by the bo ard in September 2024)\n\n[2:53:15] – McDonald MOVED and Isokane SECONDE D to defer the vote and discussion for items under X. Chair’s Report to the Board’s November 2024 meeting. Hearing no objection\, the motion was ADOPTED\; 7-0-0 (Aye: Armstrong\, Fitzsimmons\, Isokane\, Lye\, McDonald\ , Sturges\, Caravalho\; Nay: None\; Abstain: None) – [2:54:00]\n\nXI. AN NOUNCEMENTS\n\nThe next Downtown–Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 regu lar meeting is scheduled for Thursday\, November 7\, 2024\, at 6:00 p.m. a t Ke’elikolani Middle School and virtually via Webex.\n\nYouTube – An archive of video recordings of Neighborhood Board meetings can be found at : https://www.youtube.com/@cityandcountyneighborhoodc2559\n\nRebroadcasts 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 C hinatown>\;.\n\nXII. ADJOURNMENT – [2:54:35]: The meeting was adjourne d at 8:54 p.m.\n\nSubmitted by: Camilia Epa Gomes\, Neighborhood Assistant \, NCO\nReviewed by: Dylan Buck\, Community Relations Specialist\, NCO\nFi nalized by: Ross Isokane\, Secretary\, Neighborhood Board No.13\n\nTo view agenda and minutes\, visit our board website.\n\nEvent shows physical lo cation\; however\, other options of participation may also include WebEx a nd phone.  If available\, instructions for WebEx and phone can be found a t the top of the agenda. 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