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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, MARCH 5, 2026, 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 thirty (30) seconds. 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: Those providing presentations to the Board are encouraged to do so via PowerPoint presentation, and to submit the presentation to the Chair at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. To permit sufficient time for questions, those giving presentations/reports are urged to finish within the allotted time on the agenda. Subsequent responses during Q&A should be kept brief and direct (or may be addressed in private follow-ups).

Other Notes: Members of the Board may not raise a matter not listed on the agenda during Public Concerns (but may request the 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). A majority vote (5) of this 9-member Board is required to meet quorum requirements.

1. CALL TO ORDER

1.1 Roll Call

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

2.1 Honolulu Fire Department

2.2 Honolulu Police Department

3. PRESENTATIONS (including discussion on board/community inquiries; 5 minutes each)

3.1 "Umi on Smith! -- A celebration marking 10 years of art, collaboration, education, and the continued perpetuation of Hawaiʻi and Hawaiian Culture: Umi on Smith will occupy Smith Street on Friday, May 1st between Hotel & King streets. Expected closure times start at 6:30 p.m. -- 11:59 p.m. Event programming will occupy the attached surface parking lot & offer the public a free concert with a roster of local talent. Kaiao space will celebrate 10 years of installations with art projections starting at 5 p.m. Food vendors & local artisans will pop up booths while a beer garden will be adjacent to the stage. This event mirrors one in Hilo hosted by Ola Brewing & Sig Zane. This event is a free community concert & art installation block party on Smith Street hosted by Kaiao space & Chinatown Social Club. Contact is Kennedy Augafa representing Chinatown Social Club/Sig Zane & Nicole Reid for Imagine & Create Foundation. [admin@manifesthawaii.com]

3.2 DoHo Night Market -- Affordable Hawaiʻi Foundation 501(c)(3) dba Activate DoHo is throwing their second night market on Fort Street Mall. The event is free to the public and will feature local food and market vendors, live music, performances, and more! -- Friday, April 17 from 4 p.m. -- 9 p.m. at Fort Streel Mall & Robert Wilcox Park. -- McKinley Eads [Mckinleye@avalonhi.com]

3.3 Heart of Honolulu -- No Alcohol -- Saturday, April 11, 2026. from 11 a.m. -- 4 p.m. -- Street closure is Nuʻuanu Ave, Chaplain Lane to Hotel, Hotel to King Street, and both sides of Pauahi Street to parking lot egress. -- Only Bus reroute is #4 on Nuʻuanu Ave. -- Sandra Pohl [foundingdirector@downtownarthi.org]

3.4 St. Patrick Day Celebration -- Event to be held on Fort Street Mall between Hotel and King Street. No road closer. It will feature food, entertainment, and beverage stations. Also an ask to the board to help change the ordinaces to have the malls operate as a mall and not a street. As for now the malls must give a 90 day notice for events and thus they are treated like street closers. -- Ed Korybski [ed@fortsbid.org]

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

5. BOARD BUSINESS

5.1 Neighborhood Board Clean up discussion. Vote on date and place of clean up.

6. ELECTED OFFICIALS -- Priority to be given to elected officials/representatives that are physically present at the meeting (including discussion on board/community inquiries; 3 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]

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

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

7.2 Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) Harry Cho [harry.cho@honolulu.gov]

7.3 Chinatown Improvement District -- Lee Stack [chinatownimprovementdistrict@gmail.com]

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

7.5 Neighborhood Citizen Patrol -- Kevin Lye [kevinlye@gmail.com]

8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (1 minute)

8.1 Approval of Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record (Thursday, February 5, 2025)

9. ANNOUNCEMENTS

9.1 City and County of Honolulu and Hawaiʻi Foodbank are partnering up to Fight Against Hunger: Neighborhood Assistant Camilia Epa Gomes will be collecting donated canned goods at the next Neighborhood Board meeting.

9.2 The next Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 2026, 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 https://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 as soon as possible, preferably at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. If a request is received with fewer than three (3) business days remaining before the meeting, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but it may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.


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