The Honolulu Board of Parks and Recreation was created to advise the Mayor, the Honolulu City Council, and the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Director on matters relating to the recreational, cultural, and entertainment of City facilities, per City Charter Chapter 14 Section 6-1404. Members serve on a volunteer basis, and are appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.
The Board nominees represent a broad sampling of professionals with backgrounds and first-hand experience in: youth outreach, leadership development, küpuna engagement, environmental stewardship, Hawaiian cultural advocacy, designing public spaces, recreational programming, and promoting healthy lifestyles.
Board meetings are open the public, and are normally held once a month. Meeting information and notices are posted on the city event calendar and below. On this website you can also access archival footage from previous meetings and information about current Board members.
Upcoming Meetings
COMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENTS
AND PARTNERSHIPS
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the
Board of Parks and Recreation’s Committee
on Maintenance, Improvements and Partnerships
will be held on
Monday, March 17, 2025
In Person Meeting at City and County of Honolulu
Mayor’s Conference Room530 South King Street, 3rd Floor
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
(click the link below for the full agenda)
AGENDA
MEETING MATERIALS:
- Handout A_1 – CF – Service Frequency for Parks – Community Forestry Slides
- Handout A_2 – HS – Guidelines for Dune Restoration
- Handout A_2.1 – HS – Service Frequency for Parks
- Handout B_1 – BG – HBG Maintenance and Plant Collections Baseline Services
- Handout B_1.1 – BG – Guidelines for WBG Morning Opening Duties
- Handout C_1 – Mowing and Field Quality Standards
- Handout C_1.1 MSS – Specialty Care
- Handout C_1.2 DPR District Schedules
- Handout C_1.3 Mowing Trip Sheet
- Handout D_1 – Parks Board Presentation – cleaning directions
- Handout D_1.1 – Cleaning Directions
- Handout D_1.2 – Refresh Directions
- Handout D_1.3 – SINK CLEANING
Testimony
Written testimony will be accepted. Remote and in-person oral testimony will be permitted on all items on the agenda when each agenda item is taken up. Each speaker may not have anyone else read their statement and is limited to a three-minute presentation. Testifiers are encouraged to register/submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting by calling (808) 768-3003 or emailing parks@honolulu.gov.
Although remote oral testimony is being permitted, this is a regular meeting and not a remote meeting by interactive conference technology under HRS Section 92-3.7. Therefore, the meeting will continue notwithstanding loss of audiovisual communication with remote testifiers or loss of the public broadcast of the meeting.
- To testify by videoconferencing visit, please click: bit.ly/BoardofParksMeeting
- Dial in # (audio only): 1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 859 7927 2005, Passcode: 021630
Persons who have not registered to testify by the time the Board meeting begins will be given the opportunity to speak on an item following oral testimonies of registered speakers.
To aid the Board in the distribution of written testimony to members, the Board requests that written testimony be submitted 24 hours in advance.
- Prior to the Day of the Meeting: Written testimony may be sent to the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) via email to parks@honolulu.gov or faxed to (808) 768-3053.
- On the Day of the Meeting: Please provide 10 copies of written testimony to the Board of Parks and Recreation via Department of Parks and Recreation’s staff at the meeting location. If submitted, written testimonies, including the testifier’s address, email address, and phone number, will be available to the public on the Department of Parks and Recreation’s website.
- To request auxiliary aids or services, accommodations due to a disability, or an interpreter for a language other than English in reference to this announcement, please contact the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at (808) 768-3003 on weekdays from 7:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. or email parks@honolulu.gov as soon as possible or at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. Please note that we may not be able to fulfill requests without sufficient advance notice.
Previous Meetings
- Inventories - Irrigation at City Parks MSS
- Inventories - Irrigation & Plumbing MSS
- Inventories - Mowing Equipment
- Maintenance Baseline Survey Results for Bathrooms & Playgrounds
- PMRS Survery for Bathrooms & Playgrounds
- PMRS Maintenance Baseline Survey for Bathrooms & Playgrounds
- PMRS Maintenance Baseline Survey for Athletic Fields & Green Spaces
- Athletic Fields & Green Spaces Mowing Data
- DUF Tree Trimming Pruning Removal Planting Response Times
- DUF Botanical Garden - Baseline Services
- Board_of_Parks_Program_Committee_Agenda
- Parks Board Presentation – Senior Program
- Handout 1 – Results Survey Monkey Senior Program
- Handout 2 – 2024 Overall Class Type Counts
- Handout 3 – Senior Program Data
- Handout 4 – Data for Kaneohe Community Senior Center Attendance
- DUF Presentation
- DUF: Handout 1 – Overview of Community Forestry Program
- DUF: Handout 2 – Overview of Community Garden Program
- DUF: Handout 3 – Community Garden Program Info Brochure
- Update of Hiring Initiatives – “District Face Case”
- District 1
- District 2
- District 3
- District 4
- District 5
Board Members
President and Executive Director of the Waikīkī Business Improvement District, Trevor has experience in business advocacy, economic development, and government collaboration. He also previously was: the associate vice president of business advocacy for the Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i, the vice president of business attraction, and development for the Arizona Commerce Authority.
She is the Founder and Executive Director of Residential Youth Services & Empowerment (RYSE). Her previous work in youth outreach with Waikīkī Health and the YO! House is supported by professional and educational experience in social work and kinesiology. Her focus on keiki physical and mental health has a led to numerous community leadership roles in organizations specializing in the houseless, youth violence, and abuse prevention. She has also contributed to social work literature on youth homelessness, with publications appearing in two peer-reviewed journals.
He is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer for Kupu, an environmental non-profit focusing on developing the next generation of community leaders to cultivate a positive environmental impact in Hawai‘i and around the Pacific region. Launched in 2007, Kupu has generated more than $170 million in estimated socioeconomic impact for Hawai‘i and has educated, trained, or employed over 6,500 youth and young adults. As an environmental entrepreneur, Leong has helped to develop Hawai‘i’s green jobs industry, increase conservation awareness, and create career opportunities as the founder of Pono Pacific Land Management, LLC.
He is the Senior Project Manager for Community Strategies and former Director of the Hawaiian Culture-based Education Department at Kamehameha Schools. Robert engages with community partners to provide resources and support for issues affecting Native Hawaiians, leading large and complex projects for Kamehameha Schools particularly around O‘ahu’s Windward Coast. A former Summer Fun aide and high school baseball coach, Robert received his higher education at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
She is the Public Affairs Director for Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, and has worked in strategic communications for the company since 2008. She has previous marketing, media, and public relations experience in both the public and private sectors during her time in California. Her work on the islands includes incorporating the Disney brand into our unique communities, including promoting recreational opportunities for areas experiencing urban growth.
She is the Director at the University of Hawai‘i Center on Aging. She has an extensive background in long-term care coordination, caregiving, Alzheimer’s disease support programs, intergenerational programming, and age-friendly community development. In taking the leadership role for the University of Hawai‘i’s Center on Aging, she built a stellar team to strengthen the quality of community-engaged, applied aging research in Hawai‘i. She is also the Co-Coordinator of the Kūpuna Collective, a statewide network of kūpuna-serving organizations working to address critical aging issues and incubate innovative solutions.
A retired Honolulu Police Department Major with over 40 years of experience in the force, J Pedro specialized in juvenile services and community affairs will serving O‘ahu’s rank and file. A University of Hawai‘i alumn, J was also an active supporter of the Police Activity League (PAL), including coaching youth teams in football, basketball, and baseball.
He is the Vice President of Government Relations & Community Affairs for Hawai‘i Pacific Health (HPH) where he leads the legislative advocacy and community engagement activities for the non-profit healthcare system comprised of: Kapi‘olani, Pali Momi, Straub, and Wilcox medical centers. He has worked with HPH or over 23 years, with previous experience as a fundraising executive, commercial real estate analyst, and urban planner. His educational background is in law, business administration, economics, and government policy.
Judith is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, having been an instrumental part of UHM’s School of Architecture since 2012. A German native, Judith has previous DPR experience assisting the Trust for Public Land with renovations and planning for their philanthropic work at ‘A‘ala Park. Judith has a wide range of credits to her international work in the field of landscape architecture, including significant and award-winning professional and academic experience related to designing public parks. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
*Board and Committee chairs serve a one-year term.