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

DOWNTOWN - CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 13

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025, at 6:00 P.M.

Keʻelikōlani Middle School Library

1302 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

AND VIA WEBEX

This meeting location is open to public participation.

Other available options including WebEx and phone-in instructions are as follows:

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m2eec5eabd07f32af605be6e0c6aac97b

Meeting Number / Access Code: 2490 552 4947

Password: NB13 (6213 from phones and video systems)

Join by phone: +1(408) 418-9388 [United States toll]

Meeting Materials Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F4DdI9R8Er12TNf6Bl-yb4p4EW0-68vu

Video Recordings: http://www.youtube.com/@NeighborhoodCommissionOffice

Rules of Speaking: Any audience member may raise their hand to speak on an agenda item at the announced time; when recognized by the Presiding Officer, questions/comments are limited to two (2) minutes. After the audience, Board members may raise their hand to speak with questions and comments limited to one (1) minute. Requests for follow-ups may or may not be granted by the Presiding Officer. Audience/Board members should refrain from interruptions and/or disruptive conduct. Any individual not following these rules may be ruled out of order.

Rules for Presentations/Reports: Presentation of materials are only permitted by individuals listed on the agenda (or by the Neighborhood Assistant/an Officer of the Board) during the listed presentation/report. Speakers are urged to keep their prepared remarks to under the allotted time on the agenda (unless otherwise authorized by the Chair/Presiding Officer). Subsequent responses during Q&A should be kept brief and direct (or may be addressed in private follow-ups).

Other Notes: The Board may vote upon any listed agenda item; items not listed cannot be voted upon unless allowed under HRS 92 (a.k.a. Sunshine Law). Matters raised during Public Concerns cannot be voted upon (but may be discussed by the Board at the discretion of the Presiding Officer). Members of the Board may not raise a matter not listed on the agenda during Public Concerns (but may request inclusion of an item on the agenda in advance of the meeting). Public testimony received in advance of the meeting may also be read aloud (during the listed agenda item or Public Concerns) at the discretion of the Chair.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS (including discussion on board/community inquiries; 5 minutes each)

2.1 Honolulu Fire Department

2.2 Honolulu Police Department

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (5 minutes in total)

3.1 Consideration of board action for removal of an officer (the board's secretary as elected by board vote in July 2024) as requested by Board Member Kevin Lye

3.2 Board action to approve outstanding draft Regular Meeting Written Summaries for Video Record previously taken/posted (Thursday, February 6, 2025 + Thursday, March 6, 2025 + Thursday, April 3, 2025)

4. PRESENTATIONS (including discussion on board/community inquiries; 10 minutes each)

4.1 Resident-reported traffic and safety issues surrounding Chick-fil-A Makiki location on S Beretania St -- Lindsay Chambers

a. Board vote on Resolution 2025-01 Urging the City & County of Honolulu to Study and Address Traffic and Safety Issues on S Beretania St near Chick-Fil-A Makiki -- Board Member Ross Isokane

4.2 Chinatown Improvement District (CID) Research and Projects -- Lee Stack [chinatownimprovementdistrict@gmail.com]

4.3 PBR Hawaii (on behalf of DTS) - Proposed fixed-transit (TheBus) route changes in advance of the opening of the second phase of Skyline on behalf of DTS -- Dave Simpson [dsimpson@pbrhawaii.com]

4.4 Kawaiaha'o E' Komo Mai Kakou! Open House (May 4, 2025, from 11:30am to 1:30pm) -- Andrew Dahlburg

5. PUBLIC CONCERNS (2 minutes each regarding issues not listed on the agenda)

6. ELECTED OFFICIALS -- Priority to be given to elected officials/representatives that are physically present at the meeting (including discussion on board/community inquiries; 5 minutes each)

6.1 Congressman Ed Case's Representative

6.2 Governor Josh Green's Representative -- Stephen Downes [stephen.downes@doh.hawaii.gov]

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

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

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

6.6 State House (District 25) -- Kim Coco Iwamoto [repiwamoto@capitol.hawaii.gov]

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

7. QUARTERLY REPORTS (including discussion on board/community inquiries; 3 minutes each)

7.1 Board of Water Supply (BWS) -- Iris Oda [IODA@hbws.org]

7.2 Honolulu Authority Rapid Transit (HART) -- Marissa Gonzales [marissa.gonzales@honolulu.gov

7.3 Chinatown Business Community Association (CBCA) -- Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock [clskwock@gmail.com]

8. CHAIR'S REPORT ON UPCOMING EVENTS AND INITIATIVES

8.1 Chair Caravalho + Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam's Community Walk to start at Foster Botanical Garden (Day and time to be announced at the meeting)

8.2 Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation community feedback request regarding "Dog Friendly Parks" proposal

8.3 Chair's recommendation to change meeting date from THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 to TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (in light of FRIDAY, July 4, 2025 holiday)

9. ANNOUNCEMENTS

9.1 2025 Neighborhood Board Elections Timeline: https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/neighborhood-board-elections

a. Friday, April 25, 2025: Voting begins; passcodes mailed out

b. Friday, May 16, 2025: Voting ends

c. Friday, May 23, 2025: Deadline for ballots postmarked no later than Monday, May 19, 2025 to be received

9.2 The next Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at Keʻelikōlani Middle School and virtually via WebEx.

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

10. 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 Kapālama Hale, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 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 https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/boards/.

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 or an interpreter for a language other 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.

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