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:53-18503@honolulu.gov DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250728T180000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250728T210000 DTSTAMP:20250722T232443Z URL:https://www.honolulu.gov/nco/events/neighborhood-commission-2025-07-28 / SUMMARY:Neighborhood Commission Regular Meeting DESCRIPTION:NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nINITI AL CONVENING MEETING AGENDA\nMONDAY\, JULY 28\, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.\nKapāla ma Hale – Room 153\n925 Dillingham Boulevard\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\nAND VIA WEBEX\n\nThis meeting location is open to public participation.\nOther available options include participating by computer\, phone or by video s ystem. \nWebEx and phone-in instructions are as follows:\n\nMeeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m4ed0ce4c5871978ea94a35efd24063d1 \nMeeting Number / Access Code: 2482 418 5050\nPassword: NC00 (6200 from phones and video systems)\nJoin by Phone: +1-408-418-9388 United States To ll\n\nRecordings of Commission meetings can be found at: https://www.youtu be.com/@NeighborhoodCommissionOffice\n\nGoogle Drive: https://drive.google .com/drive/folders/1LS8mfBOkIKp5hqr6Fwr5Kn1HCYCURUu0\n\nRules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to raise his or her hand\, and when reco gnized by the Chair\, to address comments to the Chair. Speakers are to ke ep their comments under two (2) minutes. Public testimony taken on each ag enda item. Please silence all electronic devices.\n\nNote: The Commission may take action on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapter 92)\, specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on\, unless properly added to the agenda.\n\nI. CA LL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER\nA. Roll Call of Commissioners\, Establis hment of Quorum\n\nII. PUBLIC CONCERNS – Limited to 2 minutes for items not on the agenda\n\nIII. INITIAL CONVENING BUSINESS\nA. Election of Offic ers to serve from July 1\, 2025 until June 30\, 2026: Chair\, Vice Chair\, Secretary\, and any other officers the Commission determines it needs to conduct its business.\nB. Determination of Meeting Date\, Time\, Location\ , and Format (Virtual Component)\nC. Determination of Recess Schedule (Up to 6 per year)\nD. Adoption of Oral Testimony Rules\n\nIV. APPROVAL OF MIN UTES\nA. Monday\, May 19\, 2025 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record\n\nV. NEW BUSINESS\nA. Diamond Head Neighborhood Board No.05: Reque st the Neighborhood Commission to Change the Representation of the Members on Neighborhood Board No. 5 From Subdistricts to the District At-Large (p er Neighborhood Plan §2-15-108)\n• Diamond Head Neighborhood Board No. 5 adopted a motion to request the Neighborhood Commission to change one (1 ) vacant Subdistrict 2 seat to an At-Large seat for the 2025-2027 board te rm.\n\nB. Makiki Neighborhood Board No.10: Request the Neighborhood Commis sion to Change the Representation of the Members on Neighborhood Board No. 10 From Subdistricts to the District At-Large (per the Neighborhood Plan §2-15-108)\n• Makiki Neighborhood Board No. 10 adopted a motion to requ est the Neighborhood Commission to change the representation of all 17 boa rd seats (from three subdistricts) to the district at-large for the 2025-2 027 board term and future board terms.\n\nC. ʻAiea Neighborhood Board No. 20: Request the Neighborhood Commission to Change the Representation of th e Members on ʻAiea Neighborhood Board No. 20 From Subdistricts to the Dis trict At-Large.\n• ʻAiea Neighborhood Board No. 20 adopted a motion to request the Neighborhood Commission to change one vacant Subdistrict 1 sea t to an At-Large seat for the 2025-2027 board term.\n\nD. Pearl City Neigh borhood Board No.21: Discussion of incorporating Pearl City High School st udents on a proposed committee on youth issues for Pearl City.\n\nVI. EXEC UTIVE SECRETARY’S REPORT\nA. Regularly scheduled meetings with Chairs an d Vice Chairs of all Neighborhood Boards\nB. Update on NCO integrating an AI program to improve draft meeting minutes\n\nVII. COMMITTEE REPORTS\nA. Elections Committee – Chair Claire Tamamoto. Members: Bill Clark and Ric hard Oshiro (Ex-Officio)\nB. Survey Committee – Chair Steven Melendrez. Members: Mahealani Bernal\, Claire Tamamoto\, Larry Veray and Richard Oshi ro (Ex-Officio)\nC. Neighborhood Plan Committee – Chair Patrick Smith. M embers: Mahealani Bernal\, Steven Melendrez\, Larry Veray and Richard Oshi ro (Ex-Officio)\ni. Presentation of proposed modifications to the Complain ts Provision (Chapter 18) of the Neighborhood Plan\n\nVIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS\ nA. Next Meeting: The next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for Mo nday\, August 25\, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Kapālama Hale and virtually via W ebEx.\n\nIX. ADJOURNMENT OF SUNSHINE LAW MEETING\n\nX. ADJUDICATORY MATTER S – The Commission will exercise its adjudicatory functions in accordanc e with HRS § 92-6.\nA. 2025-06 Lee v. Huls\nB. 2025-07 Misakian v. Finley \, Henski\nC. 2025-08 Iwaki v. Finley\nD. 2025-09 Misakian v. Finley\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nDRAFT REGULAR MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR V IDEO RECORD\nMONDAY\, MAY 19\, 2025 – 6:00 P.M.\nKAPĀLAMA HALE CONFEREN CE ROOM 153 – 925 DILLINGHAM BOULEVARD\, HONOLULU\, HI 96817\nAND VIA WE BEX TELECONFERENCING\n\nVideo recording of this meeting can be found at: h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn8uKsucdfU\n\nMeeting materials (Google Dr ive) can be found at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LS8mfBOkIKp5 hqr6Fwr5Kn1HCYCURUu0\n\nI. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:06]: Chair Oshiro calle d the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.\n\nQuorum was established with 5 membe rs present. Note – This 9-member commission requires 5 members present t o establish quorum and to take official commission action.\n\nMembers Pres ent: Mahealani Bernal\, Bill Clark\, Steven Melendrez\, Richard Oshiro\, P atrick Smith\, and Larry Veray (6:46 p.m.).\n\nMembers Absent: Claire Tama moto and James Logue.\n\nGuests: Rafia Hasina\, Winston Welch (Diamond Hea d-Kapahulu-St. Louis Heights NB05)\; Kevin Lye (Downtown-Chinatown NB13)\; Kathryn Henski\, Greg Misakian (Waikiki NB09)\; Daisy Murai (Residents)\; Executive Secretary Lloyd Yonenaka\, Dylan Whitsell\, and Dylan Buck (Nei ghborhood Commission Office - NCO). There were 17 total attendees. Name no t included if not legible on sign-in sheet\, not signed in and/or not part icipated in discussion.\n\nII. PUBLIC CONCERNS – [0:01:10]\n\nElection C oncerns – [0:01:21]: Rafia Hasina expressed concerns about the election process\, noting that residents in her apartment building were confused ab out how to use their ballots. Hasina requested guidelines or training to h elp board members assist their communities with the voting process. Hasina also suggested more training and awareness programs for immigrant communi ty members who serve on Neighborhood Boards.\n\nRequest for Information Pr ocess – [0:04:12]: Kevin Lye asked for clarification on who is responsib le for acknowledging\, registering\, and responding to requests for inform ation under Neighborhood Plan sections 2-11-103 and 2-11-401. He stated th at he has submitted requests for information but received no confirmation of receipt or response.\n\nWebsite Accessibility Issues – [0:05:46]: Gre g Misakian reported ongoing difficulties accessing the Neighborhood Commis sion Office (NCO) website over the past month. He noted that while sometim es the front page is accessible\, document access often fails. He received a 404 error when attempting to access the site through the Honolulu City and County website and expressed concern about security errors. He emphasi zed that website inaccessibility disenfranchises residents who want to par ticipate in meetings.\n\nIII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – [0:07:38]\n\nMonday\ , April 28\, 2025 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record – [0: 07:44]: [0:07:57] – Smith MOVED and Clark SECONDED to approve the Writte n Summary for Video Record as written. Kevin Lye and Greg Misakian propose d amendments. [0:12:30] – Smith MOVED and Clark SECONDED to approve the Written Summary for Video Record as amended. Hearing no objections\, the m otion was ADOPTED\; 5-0-0 (Aye: Bernal\, Clark\, Melendrez\, Oshiro\, Smit h\; Nay: None\; Abstain: None) – [0:12:45]\n\nIV. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S REPORT – [0:13:03]\n\nUpdate on NCO Survey to the General Public – [0: 13:03]: Executive Secretary Lloyd Yonenaka reported that he is still worki ng with the survey company to analyze the results in greater detail. They are examining the data by demographic groups to better understand what dif ferent communities think about Neighborhood Boards. The purpose is to deve lop targeted marketing strategies to reach specific groups. He anticipated having more complete information in a couple of weeks.\n\nElection Proces s Update – [0:14:23]: In response to concerns about the election process \, Executive Secretary (ES) Yonenaka explained that the candidate names on ballots were not listed alphabetically by last name as required by the Ne ighborhood Plan. Instead\, the system used the "how do you want your name to appear" field from candidate applications to determine the order. ES Yo nenaka emphasized that no candidates were left off the ballots\, though th e order was incorrect\, and noted that the candidate profiles also did not match the ballot order. ES Yonenaka stated that the election would procee d as is\, with votes already closed\, and any issues would be addressed af ter vote tabulation and certification.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concern s followed – [0:18:54]\n\nV. COMMITTEE REPORTS – [0:31:13]\n\nElection s Committee – [0:31:20]: No report.\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:31:42]\n\nNeighborhood Plan Committee – [0:48:50]: Comm ittee Chair Smith reported that the committee is making good progress and anticipates having recommendations ready for the Commission to review in a pproximately two months. The committee is currently focused on complaint p rocedures.\n\nVI. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [0:49:25]\n\nNext Meetings – [0:49:3 3]: The Neighborhood Commission will recess in June 2025. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday\, July 28\, 2025\, at 6:00 p.m. at Kapāl ama Hale and virtually via WebEx. The Neighborhood Plan Committee tentativ ely scheduled their next meeting for Monday\, June 16\, 2025\, subject to committee member availability.\n\nChair Oshiro accidentally skipped the Su rvey Committee Report and took that item up at this time.\n\nSurvey Commit tee – [0:50:50]: Committee Chair Melendrez reported that the committee s uccessfully presented their findings to the Commission and the Neighborhoo d Plan Committee. They asked the Neighborhood Plan Committee to consider i ncorporating their recommendations into revisions of the Neighborhood Plan .\n\nQuestions\, comments and concerns followed – [0:51:20]\n\nVII. ADJO URNMENT OF SUNSHINE LAW MEETING – [0:53:28]: The meeting was adjourned a t 7:01 p.m.\n\nSubmitted by: Dylan Buck\, Community Relations Specialist\, NCO\nReviewed by: Dylan Whitsell\, Deputy\, NCO\nFinalized by:\n\n \; \n\nTo view agenda and minutes\, visit our board website.\n\nEvent shows physical location\; however\, other options of participation may also incl ude WebEx and phone.  If available\, instructions for WebEx and phone can be found at the top of the agenda. 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