WAI‘ANAE COAST NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 24
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 @ 6:30- 9:30 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=maeed5df2e50a092fa1c71b930428e094
Meeting number: 2492 938 7667
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Physical Location: Waianae District Park Multi-Purpose Room
85-601 Farrington Hwy, Waianae, HI 96792
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Rules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to a) in attendance at physical location please raise your hand to be recognized by the chair; When recognized by the Chair, state your name for the record and then address comments to the Chair. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments under two (2) minutes, and those giving reports are urged to keep their reports to three (3) or five (5) minutes or less, including Q&A, and depending on your Item section allotment.
Please silence all electronic devices in physical location if you need to answer a call please step outside.
Working Agreements: Please be respectful while others are speaking, let’s agree to disagree and please refrain from making any comments and gestures towards fellow community members on any topic. While addressing concern please stay within the 2 minutes or yield the remaining of your time if less and try to stay on topic one concern at a time. No more than two concerns shall be heard in one single meeting any more than the allotted amount please feel free to fill out our concern sheets in writing or speak to me after our meeting is adjourned.
Ground Rules: We have a tight schedule. To finish on time, community concerns and questions for presenters will be limited. Subcommittees are created to provide further discussion and address concerns. The Board agenda is to bring to the floor so that the community may be aware of the events and interact unrestricted at subcommittees.
Note: The Board may take action on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (HRS 92), specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on, unless added to the agenda. A two-thirds vote (5) of this 9-member Board is needed to add an item to the agenda. Items may not be added if they are of major importance and will affect a significant number of people.
*COVID-19 Adjusted Protocols: Due to the transition from all virtual-to-virtual meetings with a physical location, we will implement both in person and online courtesy and procedures. During the remote meeting, please mute your device when you are not speaking or requesting to speak.
1. Call to Order: Philip Ganaban, Chair
2. Pule Wehe: Calvin Endo
3. City Emergency & First Responders Reports: (Limited to three (3) minutes each, including (Q&A)
3.1 Honolulu Fire Department (HFD)
3.2 Honolulu Police Department (HPD)
3.3 Ocean Safety (Lifeguard)
4. City Monthly Reports, Military, Public Safety & Community Reports: (Limited to three (2) minutes each including Q&A)
4.1 Board of Water Supply (BWS) – Christopher Sugimoto, Civil Engineer (written)
4.2 U.S. Army Garrison
4.3 U.S. Navy– Victor Flint, Community Planning & Liaison Officer (written)
4.4 Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s Representative – Director Dawn Apuna
4.5 Honolulu Councilmember Andria Tupola, District 1
5. Elected Officials or their Representatives: (Limited to three (2) minutes each)
5.1 Congresswoman Jill Tokuda District 2 Report
5.2 Governor Green’s Representative
5.3 State Senator Cross Crabbe, Senate District 22
5.4 State Representative Cedric Gates, House District 45
5.5 State Representative Darius Kila, House District 44
6. Community Presentations:
6.1 John Mizuno and Eric Ford, Kauhale updates
6.2 Pastor Alan, Women and Children Housing Program
6.3 Taeyong Kim Environmental Communications INC., Zone Change for Property at 85-133 Lualualei Homestead Road.
7. Residents’/Community Concerns: Each presentation is limited to two (2) minutes. Unless time permits, there can be only two presentations in a meeting.
8. Board Business:
8.1 Approval of Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Minutes
8.2 Approval of Tuesday, Sept 3, 2024 Agenda
8.3 Filling of Vacancy: 1 At-Large Seat (No restriction on Waianae or Makaha – Be Prepared to Show Residency)
8.4 Voted for January 2025
8.5 Report of Board Members’ attendance at other Meetings and declaration of conflict of interest regarding any issue under board business that would require disclosure or recusal.
8.6 Increased Gun Violence in Our Community: Please continue as a community to engage with family and friends. We need each other to help heal and move forward; let us bring back Ohana to our community
8.7 Vote for new Secretary
9. Board Committee Reports and Membership: (Limited to three (3) minutes each.) Monthly meetings are tentatively scheduled until an official agenda is filed with the Honolulu City Clerk’s Office.
• Transportation: Chair Tiana Wilbur, Richard Landford, 1st Thursday
• Parks & Ocean Safety: Chair Kalei Wilbur, 2nd Tuesday
• Housing & Homelessness: Chair Calvin Endo and VC Tiana Wilbur, 3rd Tuesday
• Natural Resources: Water and Land: Chair Philip Ganaban and VC Richard Landford, 3rd Thursday
• Hawaiian Affairs: Chair Kaukaohu Wahilani, 1st Thursday
• Education, Health & Public Safety: Chair Calvin Endo 3rd Tuesday
• Business and Economic Development: Chair Philip Ganaban and VC Richard Landford, 3rd Thursday
• Community Service Committee EAD; Chair Johnnie – Mae Perry, email: waianaenb569@gmail.com, 1st Friday’s
10. Announcements
10.1 The next regular Waiʻanae Neighborhood Board No. 24 meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct 1, 2024.
10.2 If you are interested in attending any Neighborhood Security Watches in your area, please get in touch with us so we can connect you.
10.3 Community events: see Westside stories.
10.4 Community Consciousness and Values: Be part of the Solution, not the Problem; let’s bring unity back to the community!
10.5 Other Announcements
11. Adjournment
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If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, call the Neighborhood Assistant Jeffrey Jones at 768-3720, e-mail jeffrey.jones@honolulu.gov at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.
All written testimony must be received in the Neighborhood Commission Office 48 hours prior to the meeting. If within 48 hours, written and/or oral testimony may be submitted directly to the board at the meeting. If submitting written testimony, please note the board and agenda item(s) your testimony concerns. Send to: Neighborhood Commission Office, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160 Honolulu, Hawaii 96817. Fax: (808) 768-3711. Email: nbtestimony@honolulu.gov.