Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board Meeting OCTOBER 2026 Agenda

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Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board Meeting OCTOBER 2026 Agenda
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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, OCTOBER 1, 2026, at 6:00 P.M.
Keʻelikōlani Middle School Library
1302 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
AND VIA WEBEX

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m29663bc8b7c3125302f5b0b3c65581ad
Meeting Number / Access Code: 2499 510 6332
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. 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 (HFD)
2.2 Honolulu Police Department (HPD)
2.3 Honolulu Emergency Services (HESD)
a. Community Outreach Response and Engagement (CORE) Services Update

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

4. BOARD BUSINESS
4.1 Board vote on audience question/comment time limit to 1 minute due to time constraints and to accommodate other speakers.
4.2 Board vote to approve draft written summary of the regular meeting video record for Thursday, September 3, 2026.

5. MONTHLY REPORTS (3 minutes on reports with board/community inquiries to follow)
5.1 Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) -- Iris Oda [IODA@hbws.org]
5.2 Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) -- Harry Cho [harry.cho@honolulu.gov]
5.3 Hawaiian Electric (HECO) -- Ricky Honma
5.4 Downtown Honolulu Business Improvement District -- Brooke Klejnot
5.5 Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Highways Division (HDOT) -- Robert Stellmacher [robert.stellmacher@hawaii.gov]
5.6 Chinatown Business Community Association (CBCA) -- Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock [clskwock@gmail.com]
5.7 Neighborhood Citizen Patrol -- Kevin Lye [kevinlye@gmail.com]
5.8 Oʻahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OʻahuMPO) Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) -- Nicole Shintani

6. ELECTED OFFICIALS -- (5 minutes each; with board/community inquiries to follow)
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) -- Michael Cov Ratcliffe [repratcliffe@capitol.hawaii.gov]

7. PRESENTATIONS (10 minutes max per presentation; with board/community inquiries to follow)
7.1 Aloha Mortuary Introduction -- Charish "Kawehi" Correa, President of Aloha Mortuary
7.2 Honolulu City Lights -- City & County of Honolulu and Friends of Honolulu City Lights
7.3 Oʻahu Resilience Hub Learning Community -- Sage Murakami, CERENE
7.4 Chinatown Business Directory -- Chinese Chamber of Hawaiʻi
7.5 A Downtown Family Christmas -- New Life Church -- Saturday, December 12, 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Smith & Beretania Park. Putting on a free public event with live music, games and free gifts for children -- Jacob Chung Jr.
7.6 Honolulu Safer Streets Project -- Beretania St., South King St., and Young St. Traffic Safety Improvements and Upcoming Community Meeting -- Honolulu Complete Streets Team

8. ANNOUNCEMENTS
8.1 The next Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at Keʻelikōlani Middle School and virtually via WebEx. 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 Board>.

9. 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, HI 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 online on https://www.honolulu.gov/nco/board-testimony/.

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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