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:53-18515@honolulu.gov DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20251124T180000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20251124T210000 DTSTAMP:20251118T222151Z URL:https://www.honolulu.gov/nco/events/neighborhood-commission-2025-11-24 / SUMMARY:Neighborhood Commission Regular Meeting DESCRIPTION:NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION\n \;\n\n \;\n\nREGULAR MEETING AGENDA\nMONDAY\, NOVEMBER 24\, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.\nKapālama Hale – Room 153\n925 Dillingham Boulevard\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\nAND VIA WEBEX\n\nThis meeting location is open to public participation.\nOther available option s include participating by computer\, phone or by video system. \nWebEx an d phone-in instructions are as follows:\n\nMeeting Link: https://cchnl.web ex.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 Toll\n\nRecordings of Commission meetings can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/@Neighborh oodCommissionOffice\nGoogle Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ 1LS8mfBOkIKp5hqr6Fwr5Kn1HCYCURUu0\nRules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to sp eak 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 und er two (2) minutes. Public testimony taken on each agenda item. Please sil ence all electronic devices.\nNote: The Commission may take action on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (Hawaiʻi Revised Statu tes Chapter 92)\, specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on\, unless properly added to the agenda.\nNCO Toys for Tots – Toy Driv e: The NCO will be collecting donated children’s toys (new &\; unwrap ped) at tonight’s meeting. If you’d like to donate\, please bring your toy(s) to this meeting.\n\nI. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER\nA. Roll Call of Commissioners\, Establishment of Quorum\n\nII. APPROVAL OF MINUTE S\nA. Monday\, October 27\, 2025 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record\n\nIII. PUBLIC CONCERNS – Limited to 2 minutes for items not on the agenda\n\nIV. NEW BUSINESS\nA. Waimānalo Neighborhood Board No.32 – Request to permanently change all seats to At-Large\nB. Reported failure of Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) online system to allow residents t o sign up to receive agendas/minutes\nC. Report on discrepancy of some NCO information that appears to be incomplete covering subdistrict boundaries \n\nV. COMMITTEE REPORTS\nA. Neighborhood Plan Committee – Chair Larry V eray\n\nVI. ANNOUNCEMENTS\nA. Next Meetings: The Commission will recess in December 2025. The next Neighborhood Plan Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday\, January 12\, 2026\, at 6:00 p.m. at Kapālama Hale and virtua lly via WebEx. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday\, January 26\, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at Kapālama Hale and virtually via WebEx.\n\nVII. ADJOURNMENT OF SUNSHINE LAW MEETING\n\nVIII. ADJUDICATORY MATTERS – The Commission will exercise its adjudicatory functions in accordance with HRS § 92-6.\nA. 2025-12 Lye v. Caravalho\nB. 2025-13 Savaiinaea v. Dudley\n\ nA mailing list is maintained for interested persons and agencies to recei ve this board’s agenda and minutes. Additions\, corrections\, and deleti ons to the mailing list may be directed to the Neighborhood Commission Off ice (NCO) at Kapālama Hale\, 925 Dillingham Boulevard\, Suite 160\, Honol ulu\, Hawaiʻi 96817\, by telephone on (808) 768-3710\, fax (808) 768-3711 \, or e-mailing nco@honolulu.gov. Agenda documents and minutes are also av ailable online at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/boards.html\n\nAll written t estimony must be received in the Neighborhood Commission Office 48 hours p rior to the meeting. If within 48 hours of the meeting\, written and/or or al testimony may be submitted directly to the Board at the meeting. If sub mitting written testimony\, please note the Board and agenda item(s) your testimony concerns. Send to: Neighborhood Commission Office\, 925 Dillingh am Boulevard\, Suite 160\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, fax (808) 768-3711\, or e mail nbtestimony@honolulu.gov\n\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or o ther accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language ot her 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.\n\n \;\ n\n \;\n\nDRAFT REGULAR MEETING WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR VIDEO RECORD\nMOND AY\, OCTOBER 27\, 2025 – 6:00 P.M.\nKAPĀLAMA HALE CONFERENCE ROOM 153 – 925 DILLINGHAM BOULEVARD\, HONOLULU\, HI 96817\nAND VIA WEBEX TELECONF ERENCING\n\nVideo recording of this meeting can be found at: https://www.y outube.com/watch?v=vQglLTnnQrQ\n\nMeeting materials (Google Drive) can be found at:\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LS8mfBOkIKp5hqr6Fwr5Kn1 HCYCURUu0\n\nI. CALL TO ORDER – [0:00:01]\n\nChair Smith called the meet ing to order at 6:00 p.m. Quorum was established with 6 members present.\n \nMembers Present: Mahealani Bernal\, Angie Knight\, James Logue\, Harris Nakamoto\, Patrick Smith\, and Larry Veray.\n\nMembers Absent: Bill Clark and Christian de Quevedo.\n\nGuests: Winston Welch\, Michelle Matson (Diam ond Head Neighborhood Board No.05)\; Kevin Lye (Downtown-Chinatown Neighbo rhood Board No.13)\; Evelyn Cullen (Kalihi-Pālama Neighborhood Board No.1 5)\; Steven Melendrez (Mililani-Mauka Neighborhood Board No.35)\; Germaine Meyers (Nānākuli-Māʻili Neighborhood Board No.36)\; Tom Heinrich\, Cl aire Santos\, Greg Misakian\, Daisy Murai (Residents)\; Executive Secretar y Lloyd Yonenaka\, Dylan Whitsell\, Travis Saito\, and Dylan Buck (Neighbo rhood Commission Office – NCO). There were approximately 21 total attend ees. Name not included if not legible on sign-in sheet\, not signed in and /or not participated in discussion.\n\nII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – [0:00:3 3]\n\nMonday\, September 22\, 2025 Regular Meeting Written Summary for Vid eo Record – [0:00:33]: Chair Smith asked if anyone wished to offer amend ments to the distributed minutes. Hearing none\, the minutes were approved as written\; 6-0-0 (Aye: Bernal\, Knight\, Logue\, Nakamoto\, Smith\, Ver ay\; Nay: None\; Abstain: None) – [0:00:48]\n\nIII. PUBLIC CONCERNS – [0:00:54]\n\nOutstanding Requests for Information – [0:01:11]: Kevin Lye noted for the record that he had submitted a list of outstanding requests for information. He requested these be worked into the commission agenda at the appropriate time so outstanding questions can be addressed.\n\nQues tions\, comments\, and concerns followed:\n1. Future Agenda Item – [0:01 :51]: Chair Smith acknowledged receipt of Lye's submission but noted it ca me after the agenda was already published. He indicated these matters woul d be addressed in the future.\n\nDowntown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board Con cerns – [0:02:07]: Greg Misakian raised concerns about the Downtown-Chin atown Neighborhood Board meetings. Misakian expressed concern that the Cha ir seems to be disregarding concerns raised by multiple board members who have the floor and are speaking\, cutting them off while they're trying to speak and not allowing them to finish. He also requested the Commission l ook into this matter.\n\nQuestions\, comments\, and concerns followed:\n1. Commission Action – [0:03:57]: Chair Smith acknowledged he has attended several meetings and is working with the Chair. He noted there is some mo vement on that front but would rather not go into detail in public\, confi rming this is something the Commission is looking at.\n\nDifferent Perspec tive on Downtown Board – [0:04:35]: Germaine Meyers expressed appreciati on for the new Commissioners and leadership. She stated she has attended t he Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board several times and finds that the Chair is very good at holding meetings according to policy. Meyers noted t hat some board members\, including some present at tonight's meeting\, are very confrontational instead of collaborating offline\, and tend to be co nfrontational toward the Chair during meetings. She expressed hope that th e issue can be resolved\, emphasizing that meetings are about the communit y\, not infighting between board members.\n\nParliamentary Procedure and P olitical Activity – [0:07:01]: Tom Heinrich raised two issues. First\, h e suggested an appropriate parliamentary memo might be helpful soon regard ing "call the question." He explained that several chairs he has witnessed recently don't properly handle this motion. Second\, he cautioned that po litical season is already upon us\, suggesting an appropriate reminder mem o to all board members may be in order regarding limitations on direct pol itical activity during meetings\, noting he knows individuals who are alre ady candidates or planning to be formal candidates.\n\nTraining for Board Chairs and Members – [0:10:12]: Claire Santos commented on the topic of running board meetings and being a good Chair. She noted she has had discu ssions with Chair Smith and Executive Secretary Yonenaka about better trai ning for Board Chairs and members\, and acknowledged they are working on a chieving that.\n\nIV. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S REPORT – [0:11:00]\n\nSummar y of Chairs &\; Vice Chairs Meeting on Monday\, October 6\, 2025 – [0 :11:07]: Executive Secretary (ES) Yonenaka reported on two main topics fro m the Chairs meeting. First\, regarding training for board members on Robe rt's Rules of Order\, the NCO has created short training videos in the pas t and is looking at reviving and updating them. Second\, ES Yonenaka annou nced the NCO will update the website regarding board member information. A request was sent out today asking all board members to send information i ncluding a brief bio (optional)\, photo (optional)\, and contact informati on (required).\n\nUpdate on Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated minutes – [0:14:09]: Executive Secretary Yonenaka provided an update on AI-gene rated minutes. The NCO is trying to stay ahead of the curve and recognizes they will constantly have to work on the AI side to improve minutes. Curr ently\, AI does what you ask it to do. The office has gone from four pages to eight to ten pages of minutes\, and the general reaction has been that everybody seems to like the more detailed minutes. ES Yonenaka emphasized this will be an ever-evolving process as they try to make it better.\n\nQ uestions\, comments\, and concerns followed:\n1. Support for AI Minutes – [0:16:19]: Meyers\, Secretary for Nanakuli-Maili Neighborhood Board No . 36 since 2017\, stated she has seen all versions of minutes over the yea rs. She finds the AI-generated board meeting minutes pretty accurate and i nteresting because they summarize the meeting but capture "the heart" of w hat she feels is the perfect interpretation of Sunshine Law about getting the gist of the conversation.\n2. Caution on AI Complacency – [0:17:42]: Lye emphasized the importance of not getting lulled into complacency rega rdless of who generates the draft written summary. He noted that for Board No. 13\, they still see recurring errors that can be easily corrected by taking time to read or do a once-over glance at the draft.\n3. Complaint S tatus Inquiry – [0:18:46]: Lye asked about a complaint filed in late Sep tember 2025 that hasn't appeared before the Commission or been enumerated. He inquired whether there was any ex parte communication with participant s in the complaint and expressed hope that until the amended neighborhood plan is approved\, the current rules are being followed.\n4. Additional AI Cautions – [0:21:07]: Misakian echoed Lye's concerns regarding AI\, urg ing caution and care\, warning against complacency and laziness. Misakian also expressed concerns about the complaint system not being addressed in a timely manner\, noting numerous complaints with many delays. He question ed how the proposed 10-day format would affect these delays when there is already plenty of time in the life cycle but issues still aren't being add ressed.\n5. Board Member Responsibilities for Minutes – [0:23:05]: Meyer s\, speaking as a Board Secretary\, noted that all board members are volun teers. If board members feel it's critical to have precise and accurate mi nutes\, they have two opportunities: volunteer to be the secretary\, or du ring approval of minutes\, raise their hand to point out corrections and e mail them to the NA to save time during the board meeting for community co ncerns.\n6. Format Guidelines for Minutes – [0:25:36]: Heinrich suggeste d that a format guide sheet showing certain elements that need to be in mi nutes would be especially helpful\, regardless of how they're prepared.\n\ nV. NEW BUSINESS – [0:27:58]\n\nConsideration of Potential Charter Commi ssion Submissions Regarding the Neighborhood Commission and Neighborhood C ommission Office – [0:28:03]: Chair Smith explained this item is on the agenda because he received outreach from the Chair of the Charter Commissi on asking for submissions. He placed a copy of Article 14 of the City and County Charter online in the shared drive\, as it deals with the Neighborh ood Commission and Neighborhood Boards. At this time\, he would not recomm end the Commission make any submissions\, but opened the floor to commissi oners if anyone had thoughts. He noted submissions are due by November 7\, 2025\, so there is not much time.\n\nQuestions\, comments\, and concerns followed:\n1. Individual Submissions Encouraged – [0:29:24]: Knight stat ed she doesn't know if the Commission has to send any submissions as a Com mission\, but she exercised her right as a community person to submit a su bmission. She encouraged and empowered commissioners to do the same as ind ividuals.\n2. Individual vs. Commission Submissions – [0:29:49]: Chair S mith clarified that everyone is entitled to submit their own individual su bmissions\; this agenda item would only be for a submission on behalf of t he Commission itself.\n3. Monitoring Future Proposals – [0:30:09]: Heinr ich agreed that at this point\, anyone is free to submit their own proposa ls individually\, which is most appropriate given other committee work. Ho wever\, he strongly encouraged the NCO and Commission to pay attention aft er November 7\, 2025\, to what proposals are submitted. He noted that in t he last two Charter Commissions\, especially 2015-2016\, there was a direc t proposal by motion to repeal or remove Article 14 from the Charter. He u rged the Commission to pay attention as discussions progress\, noting the Commission and NCO may need to respond to proposals on behalf of the city administration.\n\nConsideration of Policy to Require Allowance of Board M ember Participation in Public Concerns on Issues Raised by the Public – [0:32:37]: Chair Smith explained there was a board meeting he attended whe re the Chair\, by agreed policy\, did not allow members of the board to ma ke comments or ask questions of members of the public who raised issues du ring public concerns. These were issues raised by the public\, but board m embers themselves were not allowed to participate. This struck him as prob ably not a good policy since boards are there to serve the public\, and so metimes board members can provide information that would be helpful. Execu tive Secretary Yonenaka noted that if a member of the public brings someth ing up to the board\, board members can certainly participate and ask ques tions. Deputy Whitsell clarified that the Office of Information Practices (OIP) opined that board members themselves should not be raising their own concerns during the public concerns section. However\, OIP further clarif ied that if a member of the public raises a concern in the public concern section\, yes\, board members can ask them to elaborate or get clarificati on\, but they shouldn't be using that section themselves to raise their ow n concerns.\n\nQuestions\, comments\, and concerns followed:\n1. Policy vs . Law Question – [0:33:29]: Chair Smith questioned whether just because board members can respond under Sunshine Law\, does that mean boards shoul d allow them to respond? He asked if a Chair creates policy saying board m embers will not be allowed to participate in public concern discussions\, does that become a Sunshine Law issue? The discussion explored whether OIP is saying board members "can" participate versus having a "right" to part icipate.\n2. Historical Confusion – [0:35:23]: Deputy Whitsell noted thi s all started with a memo from OIP that confused all the boards. Bringing the common-sense factor\, he agreed with the Chair that there's a time and place board members need to respond\, especially when emergency responder s are present\, because everybody was interpreting the memo as meaning the y couldn't ask questions when in fact they could.\n3. Clarifying Questions Allowed – [0:36:02]: Meyers explained that on her board\, as she unders tands OIP's statement\, board members cannot share community concerns them selves. During community concerns when the community brings up a concern\, the only thing board members cannot do is take action (make a motion to d o something about what was said). Her board's practice is to ask clarifyin g questions about what the community is expressing to help understand thei r concern.\n4. OIP Letter Clarification – [0:38:38]: Lye asked for clari fication on the origin of agenda item 5B and whether it was informed by th e OIP letter. He noted that OIP clearly stated board members can/may discu ss\, ask questions\, and receive information raised by the public as part of the public input agenda. However\, as Meyers stated\, the board cannot deliberate or decide on matters not listed on the agenda but raised by the public. He asked if the chair was trying to suggest a way to restrict or constrain the permission OIP appears to grant freely.\n5. May vs. Required – [0:39:34]: Chair Smith clarified his understanding that OIP's letter states the board "may" participate in discussion but does not stipulate th at boards are "required" to allow board members to participate. The questi on is whether boards can adopt a prohibition of board members from deliber ating on concerns brought up by the public during public concerns.\n6. Pol icy Not Legal Issue – [0:40:18]: Chair Smith stated he doesn't think thi s is a Corporation Counsel issue but merely a policy issue. He didn't chec k with OIP because they are most likely about protecting the public\, not protecting board members.\n7. Support for Board Member Participation – [ 0:41:02]: Misakian agreed with the Chair's original position\, stating thi s may fall under Robert's Rules. In his opinion\, the full board should ha ve an opportunity to speak. Once the issue is raised by the public\, the b oard should be able to speak\, and nobody should be silencing voices of ei ther the board or the public.\n8. Board Members as Community Messengers – [0:42:53]: Matson stated that board member participation would be valu able for evaluating whether to place items on the next agenda or assign to committees. She noted that many times constituents provide information bu t are not able to attend or log on to board meetings. Board members should be allowed to be messengers for their constituents and present concerns n ot on the agenda. Chair Smith stopped her\, clarifying that's forbidden by Sunshine Law - board members cannot represent constituents or bring up th ings not on the agenda. Only members of the public can bring up issues und er community concerns.\n9. Alternative Options for Board Members – [0:45 :31]: Commissioner Logue suggested that usually boards have a board busine ss section where such items could be brought up if on the agenda. The disc ussion explored whether board members could have concerns read by the chai r\, which Deputy Whitsell clarified is not allowed based on OIP's interpre tation. He explained that because board members have the privilege of bein g on the board and can request items be placed on the agenda (unlike the p ublic)\, OIP's view is that if community members raise something\, board m embers have the ability to put it on the agenda.\n10. Narrow Issue Restate d – [0:47:12]: Chair Smith restated the narrow issue: will the Commissio n allow a board or chair to prohibit members from discussion with an issue raised by the public?\n11. Board Practice at Mililani-Mauka – [0:47:34] : Melendrez explained their board members do participate with the public i n discussions. Before doing anything\, they defer back to their Chair for permission\, then all participate. It helps make a wider breadth of discus sion and they arrive at solutions for the community\, which the community appreciates.\n12. Speaking as Community Member – [0:48:22]: Welch stated that community concerns involve representatives of the community\, but bo ard members are also members of the community. If a board member has a con cern as a member of the community not on the agenda (perhaps an emergent c oncern since the agenda was published)\, they should be able to speak.\n13 . Clarifying the Prohibition – [0:50:02]: Knight asked if the question p rohibits all discussion of board members\, including clarifying questions. Chair Smith explained that the board he attended had a rule that did not allow board members to ask or make any discussion of public concerns. When someone raised a public concern\, board members were not allowed to respo nd in any way. The question is whether the Commission should make a policy (not in the rules but as policy) directing chairs or boards to allow memb ers to participate in discussions.\n14. Support for Clarifying Questions – [0:51:19]: Knight commented that as someone who has high schoolers and college students on Neighborhood Boards\, sometimes they don't give full context. It helps to have board members usher that person through what the y're saying. When taking notes to follow up on concerns\, it helps to ask more questions about context (specific parking issues\, street light locat ions) to be able to act on concerns.\n15. Policy Would Reduce Confusion – [0:52:10]: Meyers expressed hope that the Commission would create a po licy to clarify what is acceptable during community concerns\, which might be confusing for some Chairs and board members. OIP opined that board mem bers just can't deliberate and make decisions\, but that doesn't mean they can't ask clarifying questions to help come to solutions.\n\n[0:54:08] – Veray MOVED and Bernal SECONDED to adopt a policy that board members a re allowed to participate in discussion for items raised during public con cerns by the public. Hearing no objections\, the motion was ADOPTED\; 6-0- 0 (Aye: Bernal\, Knight\, Logue\, Nakamoto\, Smith\, Veray\; Nay: None\; A bstain: None) – [0:55:01]\n\nQuestions\, comments\, and concerns followe d:\n1. Implementation Through Plan Committee – [0:55:48]: Knight asked i f this would pass as a motion rather than writing an actual resolution or memo to the boards. Chair Smith stated a motion is sufficient.\n2. Caution on Plan Provision – [0:56:12]: Lye expressed support but cautioned that Neighborhood Plan 2-14-118(d) says boards can provide for reasonable admi nistration of oral testimony by rule. He's not sure if that applies but wo ndered if it leaves wiggle room for someone to protest the adopted motion. Chair Smith responded that the Commission does not deem it a reasonable r estriction\, which is exactly what they passed\, noting the Commission set s policy.\n\nDiscussion of Agenda Informational Links – [0:57:02]: Chair Smith noted he had a discussion with Buck (NCO) about this topic\, which was brought to his attention by someone questioning why the Commission doe sn't have specific links to folders in question. This agenda item is to ex plain the NCO's policy and reasoning. Buck explained that for agendas\, th e meeting link is for the specific recurring meeting. Below that\, the rec ordings link goes to the generic NCO YouTube page\, not a specific playlis t\, giving the option to see all published videos. The Google Drive link i s a general link to the Commission's folder\, where users can see previous years\, months\, testimony folders\, and committees. The reason for using a general link is to prevent someone from being locked into one specific month's folder. If they used a specific October link for this meeting\, us ers couldn't backtrack to see everything else available. They see having a specific link as a disservice. For minutes\, there is a specific meeting recording link for that month\, and then the Google Drive link again.\n\nQ uestions\, comments\, and concerns followed:\n1. Testimony Link Consistenc y – [0:58:49]: Lye asked for clarification whether the link to testimony accessed through the NCO website links to the same information accessible through the URL printed on Commission agenda documents. He wanted to ensu re there's a uniform way to reach testimony and board packets. Buck clarif ied that testimony folders are linked.\n2. Finding Commission Meetings – [1:00:25]: Matson expressed finding it disconcerting when logging on to Y ouTube and getting all the meetings\, making it difficult to find Commissi on meetings. She emphasized the importance of having direct links for Comm ission meetings\, agendas\, minutes\, and committee meetings so neighborho od board members can see what's happening at the Commission level. Buck ex plained that the YouTube page has 33 boards plus the Commission\, so the m ain page shows many videos based on posting time. However\, they do have p laylists. Users can bookmark the Commission's playlist on their computer\, and the first video should always be the latest.\n3. Gratitude for Links – [1:02:29]: Meyers expressed gratitude for the links on agendas. She ex plained that in a perfect world\, clicking links would show all reports an d testimonies at that moment\, but as board members know\, when clicking o n agendas just before meetings\, many times reporters don't provide report s until the meeting date. Some reports are emailed ahead of time\, sometim es not. She appreciates the growth and updates NCO has been making since s he joined her board in 2017.\n4. Sunshine Law Requirements – [1:05:00]: Misakian appreciated the comments but noted there is a rule and Sunshine L aw regarding meeting materials that should be made available so the public can see them and decide whether to attend meetings. If a PowerPoint prese ntation exists and will be shown at a meeting\, it should be uploaded a ce rtain number of days prior. That material is important\, and having it eas ily found\, especially for kupuna\, is what board members like Matson are requesting. He emphasized there is a documented process with rules and reg ulations that need to be followed.\n5. Openness to Suggestions – [1:06:5 0]: Chair Smith stated the Commission and NCO are trying to listen to the community and make things easy. The NCO does things certain ways for legit imate reasons. If anyone has specific suggestions\, they should send them to the NCO\, and if it's a great idea and possible to implement\, he's sur e they will.\n\nReview Committee Appointments – [1:07:20]: Chair Smith e xplained this item is to add an appointment to the Neighborhood Plan Commi ttee. Chair Smith would like to appoint Commissioner Knight as the seventh and final member.\n\nHearing no objections\, Commissioner Knight was appo inted to the Neighborhood Plan Committee – [1:08:12]\n\nVI. COMMITTEE RE PORTS – [1:08:56]\n\nNeighborhood Plan Committee – [1:09:01]: Chair Ve ray reported that the committee met last Monday\, October 20\, 2025. The a rea they've been working on is the complaint process. Chair Smith has led this effort for many months\, really trying to streamline it\, make it ext remely fair\, and get it to a point where it's not too long to act on comp laints. They were at the point of doing final review when the NCO came up with some creative ideas. They looked at those last week and are in the pr ocess of trying to incorporate some of those ideas. Veray asked for patien ce\, stating next month they'll go back and see what they were able to int egrate\, review it again\, and eventually get it to OIP for quick review\, then to Corporation Counsel\, then let the boards take a quick look for a ny final ideas before hopefully being done with that section. He also shar ed good news that they're going to jump into some exciting areas of the ne ighborhood plan based on surveys done in the past and things they're heari ng at meetings. They want to try to get those areas updated\, which is rea lly what board business usually involves. He invited anyone with time avai lable to join them at the next meeting (the third Monday in November) and thanked everyone.\n\nVII. ANNOUNCEMENTS – [1:11:30]\n\nNext Meetings – [1:11:30]: The next Neighborhood Plan Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday\, November 17\, 2025\, at 6:00 p.m. at Kapālama Hale and virtually via WebEx. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday\, November 24 \, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Kapālama Hale and virtually via WebEx.\n\nVIII. A DJOURNMENT OF SUNSHINE LAW MEETING – [1:12:54]: The meeting was adjourne d at 7:14 p.m.\n\nSubmitted by: Dylan Buck\, Community Relations Specialis t\, NCO\nReviewed by: Dylan Whitsell\, Deputy\, NCO\nFinalized by:\n\nTo v iew agenda and minutes\, visit our board website.\n\nEvent shows physical location\; however\, other options of participation may also include WebE x and phone.  If available\, instructions for WebEx and phone can be foun d at the top of the agenda. 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