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With Permission / Courtesy of: City and County of Honolulu Neighborhood Commission Office

DOWNTOWN-CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 13

 

May 2023 Agenda

 

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2023 at 6:00 P.M.

Kapalama Hale - Room 277

925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160 Honolulu, HI 96817

REMOTE MEETING

This meeting location is open to public participation.

Other available options include participating by computer, phone or by video system.

WebEx and phone-in instructions are as follows:

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=mbf5edd9ca1f9dfd5c8e89d4239ca3b0b

Meeting Number / Access Code: 2498 485 4184

Password: NB13 (6213 from phones and video systems)

Join by Phone: +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll

Requisite precautions to mitigate disease transmission during the meeting will be enforced by the sergeant at arms. If you are not comfortable attending the meeting in person, the Neighborhood Commission website accepts written testimony readily, as described in the boxed information at the foot of this agenda document.

To maintain meeting efficiency, persons within the gallery wishing to speak aloud regarding items on the agenda below must make all reasonable efforts to queue with appropriate distancing near the guest microphone before the prior speaker has completed his or her presentation or statements. Alternative means of submitting questions without approaching the microphone are available; please be mindful of advisements about such by the Chair.

When recognized by the Chair, advance from the queue, approach the microphone while following distancing precautions, and avoid touching or adjusting the microphone. Kindly address your comments to the Chair; speakers are afforded up to two (2) minutes on any agenda item unless otherwise directed by the Chair.

The meeting may be recorded for viewing on lelo. To ensure that all verbal comments remain audible, please speak towards the designated microphone to enable your message to be heard during rebroadcasts of the meeting. Please silence all electronic devices while within the meeting venue.

To permit sufficient time for questions, those giving reports are urged to keep their presentations under three (3) minutes unless otherwise advised. Board Members shall adhere to speaking limits per Board protocol.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS (5 minutes each)

A. Honolulu Fire Department

B. Honolulu Police Department

III. NEW BUSINESS / PRESENTATIONS (15 minutes each)

A. Filling of Vacancy - One (1) At-Large: Residents interested in filling a vacant board seat must bring current proof of residency to the board meeting or contact Neighborhood Assistant Dylan Buck (dylan.buck@honolulu.gov) to verify residency in advance.

B. Presentation on Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) 2023 Roundtable on Crime and the Chinatown Downtown Neighborhood - Professor Jennifer Merkle and HPU Senior Class

C. Stanford Carr Development to brief on Maunakea Towers - Stanford Carr and Pamela Witty-Oakland

D. Department of Health (DOH) Laws surrounding Downtown Chinatown - Shawn Haruno

E. Introduction to the Community: New Owners of Stewbum & Stonewall changed their name to Beer House Beer Company - Arielle Tavis

IV. PUBLIC CONCERNS (20 minutes; two minutes for each speaker for issues not on the agenda)

V. ELECTED OFFICIALS (five (5) minutes each)

A. Governor Josh Green's Representative - Shawn Hamamoto [shawn.hamamoto@doh.hawaii.gov]

B. Mayor Rick Blangiardi's Representative - Ian Santee [isantee@honolulu.gov]

C. City Council (District 6) - Tyler Dos Santo-Tam [tdossantos-tam@honolulu.gov]

D. State Senate (District 13) - Karl Rhoads [senrhoads@capitol.hawaii.gov]

E. State House (District 26) - Scott Saiki [repsaiki@capitol.hawaii.gov]

F. State House (District 28) - Daniel Holt [repholt@capitol.hawaii.gov]

VI. MONTHLY REPORTS

A. Board of Water Supply - Steven Norstrom

B. Safe Haven - Greg Payton [gpayton@mhkhawaii.org]

C. Chinatown Business Community Association (CBCA) - Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock

D. Chinatown Improvement District - Lee Stack

E. Neighborhood Citizen Patrol - Kevin Lye

F. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART)

VII. BOARD BUSINESS

A. Motion - Allocation of $1,000 for Downtown-Chinatown Community Outreach Services

B. Motion - Approval of a Downtown Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 Facebook account

C. Reports by Board Members regarding attendance at other meetings affecting Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 business

D. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes: Thursday, April 6, 2023

E. Amendment of Regular Meeting Minutes: Thursday, November 3, 2022

F. Board Concerns: Proposed policy revisions provided to the Neighborhood Commission for their adoption, together with the Pearl City Neighborhood Board's adopted Resolution addressing this issue. Also portions of such proposed policies and the Sunshine Law (HRS 92-9 and HRS 92-3.7) together with the Neighborhood Plan's requirement for written minutes.

VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS

A. Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 is scheduled to hold its next meeting on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at Ke'elikolani Middle School and via Webex.

B. Rebroadcasts of Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 meetings are scheduled on lelo channel 49 for every third Thursday at 9:00 p.m., as well as 6:00 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. An archive of past meetings may be found on http://olelo.org/olelonet/ by searching on .

C. Find a monthly archive of handouts and referenced materials apropos to Downtown-Chinatown

Neighborhood Board 13 at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F4DdI9R8Er12TNf6Bl-yb4p4EW0-68vu

IX. ADJOURNMENT

A mailing list is maintained for interested persons and agencies to receive this board's agenda and minutes. Additions, corrections, and deletions to the mailing list may be directed to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) at Kap lama Hale, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, by telephone on (808) 768-3710, fax (808) 768-3711, or e-mailing nco@honolulu.gov. Agenda documents and minutes are also available online at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/boards.html

All written testimony must be received in the Neighborhood Commission Office 48 hours prior to the meeting. If within 48 hours of the meeting, 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, HI 96817, fax (808) 768-3711, or email nbtestimony@honolulu.gov.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Dylan Buck at (808) 768-3715, or by e-mailing dylan.buck@honolulu.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.

Last Updated: 28 April 2023
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