Council Meeting - Regular Meeting

Thank you.

Aloha and good morning. Council Member Tolba, can you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Thank you so much. Council Member Tolba, would you like to introduce your guests, giving us the message of aloha?

Thank you, Chair. Aloha, colleagues and guests. It is my honor today to welcome someone very special to our council chambers. Lopaka Kapanui has spent 30 years of sharing the stories, history, and cultural traditions of Hawaii. He is a master Hawaiian traditional storyteller. Many of you may also know him as the Ghost Guy. Through his business, Mysteries of Hawaii, Lopaka brings to life some of our island's most fascinating legends, mysteries, and supernatural stories. He's recognized for his ability to weave together folklore, documented history, and firsthand accounts. That is what makes Lopaka's work so meaningful, a bridge between our past and our present. He ensures the stories of Hawaii are not only remembered, but experienced. Lopaka is also an accomplished author, having written six books, including Hawaii Night Marchers. He gives generously of his time sharing his mo'olel with students, families, schools, libraries, and organizations like Hugs Hawaii. Through decades of dedication, Lopaka ensures our stories and traditions are passed on to future generations. This is why I asked Lopaka to share the message of aloha this morning. His words remind us of the values that should guide us today, kindness, humility, respect, unity, and kuleana. Lopaka, mahalo for being here and sharing your knowledge, and thank you. Please, ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together and welcome Lopaka Kapanui.

And thank you for leaving out the part about professional wrestling. I appreciate that. I was adopted as a child, about a year old, by a Portuguese Catholic family. And in the course of growing up, my adopted father, his two sons, Daniel and Paul, wherever we went, whoever we met, he would introduce them as my son Daniel and my son Paul and point to me and said, and my adopted son, never by my name. And there was a father and son baseball game when I was seven. It was at the old Termite Palace, the old stadium. And my adopted father went to his sons, Paul and Daniel, and said, look, look, a father and son baseball game. We should go. We could win. And both of his sons says, nah, not like. So I came up to him. I said, dad, dad, let's do it. We can win. He said, yeah, we can win. He said, but the thing says father and son baseball game. You're not my son. So no can. And so... I got older and I put all those issues behind me and I got on with my life. And then fast forward, I'm on a healing journey for my longevity, my physical part of my longevity and my spirituality. And a large part of this healing journey is there's a list of 40 things in your life you have to let go of that are not serving you. And these are things you let go of that are now, because you didn't let it go, affecting your mental health, your physical health, your spirituality, your personal relationships. So I'm working with that. And then Last week, Saturday, I'm meeting a group at 7 here at the Kamehameha Statue, and I'm thinking to myself, okay, what are some other things I have to let go? And then I realized, in the course of growing up, my nephew, my adopted nephew, was, you know how one kid you're growing up, they're just, like, on your nerves all the time? Like, even if they breathe, it's like, oh. And so that was this kid. And in 2016, as an adult, he came to one of my shows and took some of my merchandise and walked off because of family. So I ignored him. I blocked his calls. And this went on all the way up until now. It just wouldn't have anything to do with him. So I'm standing at the statue Saturday thinking to myself, what else do I have to let go so I can move on? And I turn and look this way. And there's my nephew. And he's coming toward me. And for some reason, there was no tension. I just gave him this big hug and we cried for a little while. And then he gave me this poo, this conch shell. that he made himself. And I looked at him. I said, you know, this is a symbol for the Ha'imo'olelo, for the storyteller. I said, how did you know this? He goes, oh, I never know. I just seen them on the reef in Kona. So I just pick them, and I'll go make them for you, because I know I going to see you. And so we had lunch this past Monday. And if you can imagine, two big local brothers at Zippy's crying and laughing and eating food. And we let it go. The chant I'm gonna do is a chant that you do when the rain is coming. And so you're not making the rain go away in this chant, you're asking the rain to be to be calm. And so the chant says, Let the rains be calm in the cistern. From the sea comes the rain. From the mountains come the rain. Cast aside this rain to the cistern so it no longer bothers us but stays. And so with this, I hope this reminds you at some point today or whenever it's convenient for you. that in order to calm the rains in our lives, we have to let go, completely let go. . Mahalo. Thank you.

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Council Member Cordero. Here. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Here. Council Member Kia'aina.

Here.

Council Member Nishimoto. Here. Council Member Okimoto.

Present.

Council Member Tauba.

Here.

Council Member Tupoula.

Ayo.

Council Member Weyer. Here. Chair Waters. Here. Mr. Chair, nine members are present.

Thank you. Floor Leader Kia'aina, introduction of guests.

Thank you, Chair. I understand that Dita Holyfield, the Director of the Department of Enterprise Services, is here, the Deputy Director for Parks and Recreation, Kehalani Pu'u, Manager Ernie Lau from the Honolulu Border Supply, Jennifer Santos, the Executive Director for the Mayor's Office of Culture and Arts. And we have other cabinet members that may be outside the chamber doors in the hallway, as well as appointees and nominees for the city's boards and commissions we're considering today, as well as, of course, our community members and stakeholders who are here to testify on items on today's agenda.

Thank you so much. Members, moving to the top of page four, order of the day. From the Committee on Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Council Member Weyer.

Thank you, Chair. I move that Committee Report 222.26 and Resolution 26.172, City 1, as amended, be adopted.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Weyer for the explanation.

This is confirming the reappointment of Na'alehu Anthony to serve on the Board of Water Supply of the City and County of Honolulu.

Thank you so much. Is Na'alehu Anthony present? I see Ernie Lau here. Mr. Lau, aloha. Please proceed.

Aloha, Chair and members. Ernie Lau, Manager and Chief Engineer for the Board of Water Supply. Unfortunately, Board Member Anthony is unable to make it today. I'm here to stand in strong support of his reappointment to the Board of Water Supply. He has been really instrumental, especially on issues like Red Hill, and I really would appreciate him being reappointed to the Water Board.

Mahalo nui. Thank you. We also have Awapuhi Chanel Kalauli Robinson. Aloha, welcome.

Hi, good morning. My name is . I do support his reappointment, but I did want to make comments, specifying, one, his ancestry being Native Hawaiian, that the federal, as well as the state and the city, put more sustenance in the fact that he is a lineal heir, and the waterway that's being affected, called Kapukaki, is part of Native Hawaiian cultural sites. One of the things that I wanted to bring up is that because of the Supreme Court ruling for the Kapa'akai analysis, I do think that Na'alehu could be very instrumental in issuing and gathering support from both the city, the federal, and the state in conducting a proper federal EIS on the Red Hill. Waterway and I am a plaintiff in the Red Hill disaster and we are looking for support between the city, the state, and Fed in making sure that our Native Hawaiian cultural practice, our vai, is actually protected. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify on the reappointment of Naolehu Anthony? Pikachu Billionaire, please proceed.

Aloha, thank you, Chair. Pikachu Shabani Billionaire from District 9, Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands. I do want to approve the reappointment and thank you for Uncle Ernie Lau to come here, because Mr. Naalehu has a strong name. You know from the Big Island recent hurricanes, I'm at a loss for words, because that is owned by OHA, and there's a graveyard, and there's a lot of water, there's damages, you can see all over Kauai and Niihau. I know we're in Honolulu, so my heart goes out to everyone. You can see it on social media. And then we got stuck in Waianae and everyone across, so I do approve this appointment, and my heart goes out to every neighbor island suffering right now. Aloha.

Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify? Seeing none, members, we're in discussion. Council Member Kia'aina.

Thank you, Chair. Just wanted to speak in strong support of Ngālehu Anthony and also just acknowledge the testifier who talked about his background on Native Hawaiian rights. I think it's critically important in very complicated and contentious issues here in the state of Hawaii. I also wanted to tell the administration that While I agree that you have a very strong board, I would be remiss if I did not tell you that I would like for you, moving forward, to look at gender equity in your appointments, and I'd like to see some Wahine nominated for this board. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Any further discussion, members? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Knowing no objections or reservations, CR222-2026 and Resolution 26-172-CD1 has been adopted. Congratulations and thank you, Na'alehu Anthony. Moving to the top of page five, resolution 26-196, confirming the appointment of Gary Okimoto to serve on the Civil Service Commission of the City and County of Honolulu. Mr. Okimoto here, aye, aloha. Thank you for being here today. Would you like to say a few words? Push the button. Turn the, there you go.

Retired from the police department. Take any questions that you may have.

Okay, members, any questions for the nominee? Seeing none, thank you, sir. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Okay, thank you, members. We are in discussion. Seeing none, resolution 26-196 has been referred to the Committee on International and Legal Affairs. Thank you, sir, we'll see you at the committee hearing. As I mentioned, Resolution 26-197 has been canceled. So turning to the top of page six, Vice Chair Tupoula, first reading measures.

I move that first reading items listed on page six of the agenda pass first reading. Second. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Vice Chair Tupoula for the explanation.

Bill 55, 2026, to rezone land situated at Waikiki, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii. Bill 56, 2026, relating to Corporation Council.

Thank you. I believe we have a few registered testifiers, starting with Awapuhi Kalauli Robinson.

Hi, good morning. My name is Ava Pui, Chanel Kalali Robinson. I'm speaking on an opposition to Bill 55 as a native Hawaiian to rezone land situated in Waikiki. Waikiki is a to our native Hawaiian people. And therefore, I think that there should be legal standing that a analysis be addressed. And that was a Supreme Court ruling, so I just wanted to oppose and let you know even though you're going to rezone it for mixed use from apartments to business or community, it still affects the royal patent that the TMK sits on. And I think they should be consulted.

Thank you. Next we have, well, is there anybody else who would like to testify? Please come forward.

Hello, Pikachu, Shelby, Benner. So I support most of the bills on today's agenda, but Bill 55, I oppose. When I run it by AI, you need about 2,050-something households, and you're looking at Waikiki alone, where you can see the homeless just on the bus away here. You can see all the destruction. And so when you're making the mixed-use changes, like the previous testifier says, it gets very sensitive when Waikiki comes from water. You know, it's one of the best places, but it's seeming like Lahaina, we're getting raided by all kind of other people that are not from here, and they don't respect our culture or follow the laws. And so I oppose this bill because it seems like a trick in a bag and you know We oppose the taxation all these other things and and I'm just gonna keep it simple. Thank you very much Thank you.

There's anybody else who like to testify Seeing none members. We are in discussion Seeing none any objections or reservations say no objections or reservations. Oh Sorry bill 56 any testifiers on bill 56. I Seeing none, any discussion on Bill 55 or 56? Please come forward. Aloha, Kelvin.

Aloha, my name Kelvin Ole Konihike. I'd like to talk about relating to the Corporation Council. That's the kind of people higher up than you guys Council members. Is there above level? Do they have authority over you folks? Do they answer to the governor or the mayor? And whose voice would come first, his or yours, council member, going down to the public, the people, the community? Where did Chena come in? Was that? You cannot tell me the level of who authority get the power to have their voices heard from all the kind above you guys, where you guys representing us guys. Thank you, Allah.

Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify on first reading items? Seeing none, members, any discussion? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? There'll be no objections or reservations. The first reading items on page six of the agenda have passed first reading. Moving to the top of page seven from the Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology, Council Member Cordero.

I move that Committee Report 232-2026 be adopted, and Bill 54-2026, which relates to parking, pass second reading. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Thank you for the explanation. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Members, we are in discussion. Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kiya Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba.

Aye.

Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 232-2026 has been adopted. Bill 54-2026 has passed second reading. From the Committee on International Legal Affairs, Council Member Nishimoto.

I move that Committee Report 236 be adopted and Bill 52 pass second reading.

Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Nishimoto for the explanation. Relating to streets, sidewalks, malls, and other public places.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, I believe we have one testifier standing by.

OK, please proceed. Aloha, Pikachu Shelby Billionaire. And I did submit testimony, written testimony, under every single agenda item, just to let you all know. So I only oppose two bills. This bill. Everything else is in support. And when you do the math, because last time I was here with Ryan, who lives in Waikiki, didn't know his own council member, Scott Nishimoto, because he was really talking about sidewalks. What it really means is panhandling for those watching on Lello TV. The original fees is $100, $250 to $500. So I agree with the intent of the law. I'm opposing that you amend it. For example, we've got people in Waikiki, Nanakuli, any streets selling T-shirts, cucumbers, and I'm sure they don't have a licensed DCC insurance. That first fee will be $500, $700, and $1,000 respective. That's not written here. You have to actually read the bill. And so for a lot of people, it's just... Panhandling, they should get scolded. They should get spanked. But we are dealing with drug dealers, fentanyl, and other people that are importing, exporting stuff way beyond these means. So somehow I would like you guys to amend the bill. You probably won't. I'm just saying it out loud. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Anybody else like to testify on Bill 52? Aloha, please proceed.

Mahalo, aloha. So in relation to Bill 52, my name is Abapui Chanel Kalali Robinson, and I just wanted to speak on the fact that if we were to adopt these measures, how would HPD be able to handle that? We do have a lot of staffing issues, and so I'm not sure if it would be of credit to the homeless community or those that are incapacitated because it could affect them. And I just think it's something that we should consider.

Thank you. Members, we're in discussion. Council Member Tavola.

Thank you so much, Chair. I did mention to HPD a few concerns. I want to work with them on this. I have some reservations just because I wanted to see island-wide kind of how this is being handled. I know that in Waikiki it's definitely an issue. I wanted to know specifically in my district how many citations have went out. just make sure that we're assessing this jump. I definitely think we need to increase the fees, I mean, as far as the violation, but jumping from 100 to 500, and then as well, like in how many districts of this island have they been trying to enforce this and it hasn't worked, and if it hasn't repetitively worked, then the jump is necessary. But when I looked up in some of the records, they had enforced using this particular law only a few times. So I want to make sure that if we're putting these laws in the books, we're increasing the penalties, the fines, that HPD has definitely seen that that fine is not enough and that it's not deterring the illegal activity. But also within each of our council districts, how many of us... have this happening, because I feel like I have a lot, but I don't know if they're actually enforcing peddling in my district. We have it on Farrington Highway. We have it in some of our streets, in some of the popular places for people to hike. People set up and kind of set up shop around there. So I think going forward, I'm going to try to reach out to them and see if I can get some of that information. But just reservations for now, and thank you for your work on this chair.

Thank you. Any further discussion members? Seeing none. Oh, I'm sorry. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam.

Chair, thank you. I'd like to echo those, you know, issues and concerns in Chinatown where we have, of course, many legal vendors who are, you know, selling in stores as well as Longcake, Haldike Mall and other parts of the district. We also have a from time to time a proliferation of illegal vendors. Many of them are seemingly elderly, and they sell things, they get scolded, and we go through this cycle constantly. As this bill moves forward, I'd like to really look, as Council Member Tupola mentioned, at the enforcement provision, how our existing law is enforced, what obstacles we have in enforcing these, because if it's not being enforced at all, you know, raising the fines may not end up deterring these folks anyway if all they're going to get is sort of a stern talking to and told to go away. So as this bill moves forward, I do think we need to talk with HPD a lot more and figure out exactly what else we can do to deter the illegal peddling.

Thank you. Points well taken. Any further discussion? Seeing none, we'll call Mr. Clark.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kea Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Toba.

Reservations.

Council Member Tupola.

Reservations.

Council Member Weyer. Reservations. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 236-2026 has been adopted, and Bill 52-2026 is passed, second reading. Moving to the top of page eight from the Committee on Zoning, Planning, and Planning, Council Member Kia-Aina.

I move that Committee Report 247-2026 be adopted, and Bill 37-2026 pass second reading.

Second. That's been moved and seconded. Council Member Kea'aina for the explanation.

This bill amends portions of the state land use district boundary maps from the agricultural district to the urban district for certain lands situated at Kapolei and Honoulu'uli in Ewa, Oahu.

Thank you. We have Awapuhi Kalauli Robinson.

Hi, good morning. My name is Ava Pui-Chanel Kalauli Robinson, and I oppose Bill 37. And the reason I oppose Bill 37 is because the tax map keys that are being utilized actually name me as one of the land commission awards in Honolulu. This was conducted in December 2017, which was for your strategic plan of transit-oriented development. and the lands that belong to Kalauli are within the Honauliuli Ahupua'a, and I have four Apanas that are accounted for. I also just finished the HCDA Kapa'akai analysis for Honauliuli, which does validate me as a lineal heir, and the issue that I'm having is that during the time of the inception of the second city, there are living litigants such as my son, that are not spoken for and unfortunately, that is a procedural issue that the state and the federal has overseen because our royal patents are for all heirs and at the moment, we have a regulation where you have to be 18 and over. So I was married to a Robinson, but my last name is Kalauli. And so because the living litigants, the living heirs to these properties are not being included because they're too little, there's something that needs to be done before we even continue to build or even amend boundary maps, because amending boundary maps means you're adjusting a TMK, and when you adjust the TMK, it adjusts an interest, which means that you need to consult with a Kapa'a Kai analysis, and switching from agriculture to urban, that affects our food source, which is a direct correlation to affecting us as a community. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify?

Pikachu Billionaire, please proceed. Hello, Mike. Pikachu, Shelby Billionaire. So originally on the written testimony, if you guys read it, I said yes to everything from here point on. But after talking to sis slash cousin slash the baby who was five months old, it is true about the Land Commission Awards Rural Patent Elodio title. I had to make this stuff up. King Commitment III, and we learned it from England, from the Queen of England. And we do have the LC. I have the royal patent for 2242. That's Paki. That's the royal bloodline for Makaha, Maui, and we can continue this all day long. Yeah, Bernice Poahi, her last name's Paki, not Bishop. When you're married, right, they got the Haole last name, and they stole everything through the wheels and the truss. Now I got a five-month-old baby, and my mom was willing to show her in front of everyone that they're supposed to inherit this land. So when you're swapping stuff above, it doesn't mean we have a low-deal title. We own it. We don't own the land. We're entitled to protect it forever, and that's why we're doing Elodio title. We're not talking about tax map keys, because when you call the IRS, there's no tax law. It's a tax code. And so when you're swapping stuff to not pay taxes or to swap around with DPP, it does hurt, because when you go to the Bureau of Conveyances, you will find CIS's royal patent filed with that paperwork, and that's where we always get into litigation. So thank you very much, so you're well aware of what's going down. If there's a lawsuit in the future, you know where it will come from. Thank you very much. Aloha. Thank you. Please proceed, Calvin.

Calvin Ulleh, Kona Ike. I third that, all that. I oppose that bill. You cannot change any kind of subvert, you know, building more houses or whatever that is not really for the real purpose, the needy, and the people that was here first, and especially Lahaina, the fire over there. But you cannot change one's own, that agriculture for the food, survival, sustainability for our generation and cultures. And especially not having the people, the right people to be on the table and listening to all these changes and not bono. Thank you very much, aloha. Thank you.

Aloha, please proceed.

Aloha. The state, the city, the feds do not own any land in Hawaii. They never proved nothing. Now, when you rezone private property, such as all of your title lands, raw patent crown lands, and ceded lands, and even Kuleana lands, do the city, state, or even the federal have the ownership papers for these lands? You folks are all illegal by rezoning any land. So I thank you very much. Thank you.

Members, we're in discussion. Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero.

Aye.

Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kiana. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Toba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters.

Aye.

Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you, CR 247-2026 has been adopted, and Bill 37-2026 has passed second reading. Moving to the bottom of page eight, Council Member Kia-Aina.

I move that Committee Report 248-2026 be adopted, and Bill 38-2026 pass second reading. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Kia-Aina for the explanation.

This bill relates to the Transit Oriented Development Special District. by expanding the transit-oriented development special district to include three additional skyline rail transit station areas and to incorporate land use standards and guidelines for those areas based on the recommendations in the East Kapolei neighborhood TOD plan.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Members are in discussion. Council Member Topola.

Thank you, Chair. I have strong reservations about this, especially because of the grandness of what we're suggesting here. There are so many revisions of zoning that are being suggested in the single bill. But moreover, seeing as though it's the area that I represent, DPP has not met with me, has not suggested or even alluded to perhaps how some of these changes came about. And I'll bring up a few concerns of mine. First off, There used to be a middle school there called East Kapolei High School and the Board of Education actually voted to change it to Hono Uli Uli because the name of the area is not East Kapolei, that is actually not a name. So I brought it up in the hearing that this should be the Hono Uli Uli TOD plan. Even the fire station is changing its name so that it can be appropriately named. Secondly, every parcel of land that was ag is being converted. So not even 1%, not 2%, not 3. It's going from wherever it's at all the way down to zero. So I did question in the hearing, how was it determined that not even a small portion was left for ag? Was there any discussion about how that decision was made? I do think that because some of these changes are going to last into perpetuity, that even some of the major land owners testifying and bringing up concerns in testimony about nuances of what's being suggested, these need to be worked through as well. So I'm willing to see the bill through the process and hoping that in this next committee hearing that prior to us ever discussing it again that we can have a long discussion about every single parcel. It's really crucial for us because of the two rail stations that we make the best decisions we can now. Whatever makes more sense I think for the ridership and the usage of the rail that needs to be preserved as well which means that we need to get University of Hawaii to the table because they do own that area on the white and ice side of the corridor. And I think as we move forward and we want more ridership, we need to ensure that if we're making these zoning changes that we're thinking into the future about what that zoning change could equal, what could be there. I mean, even from student housing to teacher housing, Anything that we think could really endure the test of time that we would need, we need to discuss that now before we make these zone changes. And so I thank the chair for having the open discussion and I look forward to meeting with Liz and with DPP. She's wonderful. She's always brought a lot of insight into the discussion and I want to make sure that for my community that I can vote soundly on this knowing that we thought through all of the different processes that were being contemplated in this bill. Thank you.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Council Member Kia-Aina.

Thanks. I appreciate Council Member Topola's comments. Highly recommend that the department and planning and permitting get your team and schedule a meeting with Council Member Topola ASAP. The deadline for agendizing is on the 18th. So I hope that you guys could accommodate her schedule that is convenient for her. You might have to have a couple of meetings. You know how I operate. for having a hearing. You need to iron things out and answer any concerns that she might have and questions. Thank you.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Thank you.

I have two questions for DPP.

Hi, Donna Puna, DPP.

Thanks, Director. First question is, what is the timeline for the remaining TOD plans?

I'd like to bring up Tim Streitz, who can provide more specifics of that.

Hello, Chair, Council Members, Tim Streitz, TOD Administrator of TOD. So just to clarify, all eight of the city's TOD plans have been adopted by City Council. We're currently implementing those plans. We're about halfway through with this East Kapolei TOD plan. So we're chugging along, already working on the airport TOD area. So that'll be before you next. and then we'll continue moving along. There's some other considerations with the Kalihi and downtown neighborhood plan. As you know, there's a major city initiative through DHLM master planning for the Kubili rail station area. So we'll most likely have to come before you to amend the downtown TOD plan afterwards to reflect that. major change in the plan as well as with Kalihi. We're looking at the draft zoning there as well already and may want to make some slight adjustments since that plan was adopted a while ago and then we'll continue down through Ala Moana.

Do we anticipate having all of the proposed zoning done before the third phase of rail becomes operational in 2031?

Our current timeline, again, under existing conditions with staffing and staffing expertise, is to have all of the stations rezoned and wrapped into the TOD Special District by the time the third segment is online.

Okay, good. How can we make that move faster?

Well, we're working on a couple of vacancies, getting those filled. So that will make a huge dent over time as we train those staff up and get them working on this, too. We're dedicating at least one staff always to be working on the TOD implementation of the zoning.

And then with COVID. Thank you for that. This is a separate question. With regard to the proposal for a festival street near the Honolulu station, is this going to require changes to our parade and festivals provisions or, you know, the banner provisions in the existing LUO, things like that? Are we going to expect another implementation bill for that?

It shouldn't affect that. The way they've already incorporated the Festival Street in Hohopili over by the UH West O'ahu Station is that it remains a private street so that you don't have to have the street closure. My understanding is D.R. Horton is looking at doing the same thing for this next one.

Okay, got it. Thank you.

Thank you. Any further questions for DPP? Seeing none, thank you. Any further discussion members? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero.

Aye.

Council Member Dos Santos-Tan. Aye. Council Member Kiya Aina.

Aye.

Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Toba.

Reservations.

Council Member Tupola.

Reservations.

Council Member Weyer. Reservations. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 248-2026 has been adopted in Bill 38. 2026 is passed, second reading. Turning to the top of page nine, Council Member Kia'aina.

I move that Committee Report 249-2026 be adopted in Bill 39-2026. CD 1 is amended, passed, second reading. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Kia'aina for the explanation.

This bill relates the rezoning of land situated at Kapolei and Hono'ulu'uli in Ewa, O'ahu, Hawaii.

Thank you. I believe we have Ava Poohee Robinson registered to testify.

Hi, my name is Abapui Chanel Kalali Robinson. Sorry you have to hear me all day because Hono'uliuli is obviously my lineal air right. So in relating to rezoning, we're talking about 1,374 acres. That's a pretty big parcel of land. And the one thing I do wanna make clear is that when Kapa'akai analysis are conducted, the land commission awards indicate that those people are the owners of the royal patents. The issue that we continue to see as Kanaka is that we are brought to these meetings where talked about our property, and we have to watch other people commuting on it and make money off of our properties. And the Hawaiian people suffer already with homelessness and drug usage, and so it's very disheartening to see that we come and share our mana'u about the area of Honeuliuli. And if you didn't know about Honeuliuli, it means uliuli who is our mother. That's her bay. It goes back to a chief named Kai'uli that comes out of the Kehawahine and Kehapi'ilani line all the way back to Kaupo. He was the prominent Ali'i-aimoku who reigned prior to Kalanikupule. He was Ali'i-aimoku meaning that he was the premier chief of the entire island of Oahu. and he happens to be my ancestor, which is why we have those lands which are connected to Kanekapole and Wahine P.O.

Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify on Bill 39? Seeing none, members are in discussion. Seeing none, we'll call Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tan. Aye. Council Member Kea Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimoto. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Toba. Aye. Council Member Tupola.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters.

Aye.

Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 249-2026 has been adopted in Bill 39-2026. CD 1 has passed second reading. Council Member Kia-Aina.

I move that Committee Report 250-2026 be adopted in Bill 42-2026. CD 1 is amended, passed second reading. Second.

May I move and then second it? Council Member Kea'aina for the explanation.

To amend a portion of the state land use district boundary map from the agricultural district to the urban district for certain lands situated in the Ko'olau Loa Development Plan area, Laie'oahu.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have one in-person testifier registered. Okay, please proceed.

Thank you so much for your patience. Again, my name is Avakui Chanel Kalauli Robinson, and when it comes to Laie, our ohana would reside up in Pa'ala'a, and we would respite down in Laie. So the properties in Laie are connected to Kaluahine, and Kaluahine, is connected to the Ka'ai family, which comes also out of Kaupo, but technically comes out of Nahiku. And so, although it might just be eight acres, I speak for our family. I speak for all of us that get put on these papers and for the living litigants that don't even know that they're on there, such as the Kanoha family, the Kaunahi family, the Kama family, Ka'u'o family, Kaupala, Nihua, Ka'alawahi, Pu'opuu. All of these names are significant to these families and the families of Hana. And so the reason why I continue to speak on this issue is because, I'm only 39, and I have watched our lands get commutated on since my grandfather was fighting for sovereignty, and he won his royal patent back. But this is actually my grandmother's , and today she has Alzheimer's. And my grandmother could tell you who all these people are on this list. But unfortunately, we lose our kupuna to age. And my grandmother also helped many of the sovereignty groups understand what royal patents are. Her name was Helen Keola Kalauli, and her mother is Hilda Kealoha. Hilda Kealoha to this day owns all of Hana. She's in every one of your paperwork. You need her signature. She is a ka'iwi, like ka'iwi kua mo'o. So I just, more and more alelo.

Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify? Kelvin, please proceed. Mr. Hulihe'e.

Kelvin Hulihe'e, Konehiki. Yeah, I oppose this bill and its illegal corruption. the folks are doing to have 8,188 acres of land in Lye from the state of land use agriculture district to state land use urban district. All our place, our land was mostly agriculture for sustainability of our culture, thinking about people's safety and health and survival. And having this kind of urban too much, you can get a lot of , the water gonna be already damaged, the air quality, and all this land taken away illegally, which should be agriculture for food, because we don't like no containers, waiting for containers to bring our cow-cow. Thank you. Thank you.

Please proceed.

This bill is strictly supposed to be for agriculture. In 1955, ILWU by the name of Jack Hall was the president back then. What he did, he would stop the agriculture from Hawaii Kai to Kalihi. Back then, people was having their own food supply, and the unions called agriculture illegal. Today, this board is illegal. You folks are not following the rule of law. The rule of law is forever, not just the time when you folks change the rule of law. So this bill is completely illegal, our law. Thank you.

Members, we're in discussion.

Questions for the administration? Oh, please. Council Member Weyer. Thank you. I'll defer to Director Babcock if he wants to be the point person or facilities maintenance or anyone, but I only see you here today. Thank you, Chair. Mahalo, Dr. Babcock. I know this is facilities maintenance and environmental services. I know DDC aligned. I just had a couple of quick questions. If you're able to confirm, feel free, but then of course you can defer. So this is currently utilized as a corporation yard and a convenience center.

Yeah, good morning, Council Chair and Council Members. Roger Babcock, Department of Environmental Services. So Council Member Weier, so you're referring to the Pearl City Base Yard? Or, I'm sorry, I'm not sure what we're...

So we're Bill 42. This is the State Land Use District. Okay. Amendment in Laiea.

In Laiea, okay, got it, yep. It's a joint, it is a joint base yard between... Currently. With DFM and... and ENV.

Okay. Mahalo, I just wanted to make that clear for the record, just so folks understood. It wasn't changing the use, but it's just allowing for the improvements, specifically those in DDC's communication 555.

Yeah, so that's the major North Shore base yard for DFM, as well as for our refuse trucks. So we have refuse trucks that are staged there, and it's a shared base yard.

Appreciate that. Just two quick questions. Yeah. Because I know DDC's letter, I don't know if you have insight, but they had mentioned the improvements that were going to be made, noting they weren't in chronological order. First, I was just curious if you have any insight on when the additional fuel storage capacity for gasoline and diesel potentially would be at the site?

I'm sorry, council member, I don't have that information.

Okay, and then just the second question, it mentioned a new emergency generator. One, do you know when that would be on the site or that's still outstanding as well?

Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to that either. Backup power is important to have at the base yards so that we can continue to function. But unfortunately, I don't know more about that.

Okay, last question. I'm just curious in terms of the nature of these types of generators, if you're familiar. Are they interchangeable with other city infrastructure? For example, for border water supply pumping stations in the area if the need arises, or is it ingrained into the infrastructure at the base yard and not movable?

Yeah, that's a good question. So all the base yards and all of our wastewater facilities, including nine treatment plants, the 72 pump stations, all have permanent fixed backup generators and diesel storage tanks and everything associated with that and switchgear. So those are in place at all times. In addition, we also have portable backup generators, because even the permanent ones, some can fail. And so we have essentially towable mobile backup generators, even really big ones that can be deployed as needed. And Board of Water Supply has that as well. My understanding is that what we have at Laie is a permanent, not a mobile, not using a mobile. In general, we would use permanent generators wherever possible to make sort of permanent, fully compliant installations that are different than just a portable generator where you're sort of plugging it in. So it wouldn't be something that's mobile. If it turns out that that's incorrect, I can let you know. We could get back to you.

Oh, that's perfect.

Yeah, in general, that would be the correct answer.

Okay, mahalo. And sorry, one last question. I'm curious because I know we've been talking with the administration about potential for ensuring charging locations for community and also like Starlink access in terms of if there's communities that are cut off during storms, hypothetically, right? Like we know right now there's a storm out in the Eastern Pacific. We're still watching it. It's a little ways away, so it'll be maybe a week or two before I have a better picture. but over a 60% probability, I think, for developing into a larger tropical system. So I'm just curious, as administration's going through that planning, in a more severe disaster, I know the Convenience Center may not be able to take the whole capacity. So I'm wondering if there's been any discussion about how to incorporate city facilities that already have those generators, assuming not all of our parks facilities do, for example, to give community support for maybe charging phones and ensuring access to communication at the minimal level to ensure life safety. Just a thought that came to mind reading through DDC's letter.

Yeah, thanks, Councilmember. It's a really interesting idea. CCSR is doing a lot of the planning associated with the community accessible charging stations and other things like that. Those would mostly be at parks, I think, where there's ready public access. Our base yards and those other facilities are industrial facilities without public access. But I know what you're getting at in terms of when there's an emergency, I think that's something that could be looked into. In general, those facilities, though, would be sized so that they could handle the city operational needs, so that we could have power to be able to run our operations. And generally, they're diesel tanks that have seven days, they could run everything for seven days, and of course they can be refilled. Most of those facilities do not have, for example, car chargers or other readily available things for doing assistance like that. But I think in terms of planning, it's a good idea, something that should be looked into.

Appreciate that, and more so just things to have in the back of the mind given that we don't always know the exact circumstances that are gonna arise and how resources are gonna be divvied up and how communities are gonna be impacted or separated or cut off from other areas, but appreciate the insight. Thank you, Chair. Thanks.

Council Member Keohane.

Chair, I know this bill passes today. It's going to go back to committee, so a lot of outstanding questions could be dealt with then. But I just wanted to let my colleagues know that this petition area is, as it was stated, a corporation yard, and it's very important to the Department of Facility Maintenance, Division of Road Maintenance, because it provides road maintenance from Waimea Bay to Kualoa. and it's used by ENV as a transfer station for Ko'olaloa residents to recycle and dispose of household waste. Under state law, yards for equipment, materials, vehicle storage, repair, maintenance, refuge, convenience centers are not permitted uses in the state land use agricultural district. This boundary amendment today, therefore, would bring the Corporation Yard's existing and planned uses into compliance with state land use district laws. So I just wanted to make clear what we're doing today. Thank you so much.

No, thank you both for the clarification. That was very helpful. Roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kiya Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Toba. Aye. Council Member Tupola.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are eight ayes, one member is absent.

Thank you. CR 250-2026 has been adopted in Bill 42-2026. CD1 has passed second reading. Moving to the top of page 10, Council Member Kia-Aina.

I move that Committee Report 251-2026 be adopted in Bill 43-2026. CD1 is amended, passed second reading. Second.

We move then seconded Council Member Kia-Aina for the explanation.

This bill re-zones land situated at Pa'ala'akai, Waialua, Oahu. And it's rezoning the lands from a country district to the R5 residential district.

Thank you. We have Avalpuhi Robinson registered to testify.

Hi, good morning. My name is Alva Pui, Chanel Kalali Robinson, and I just wanna make a notation that the reason why I oppose all the rezones is because the original purpose of the land was taken by, I believe, Section 5E, and so there is a stipulation that when you first took the land, you did discuss why you took it, so rezoning it would be a direct, conflict procedurally. So that's why I bring it up that I am against your rezoning because the lineal errors should be consulted. So when it comes to Bill 43, speaking about rezoning to an R5 residential district, currently I believe that particular property has a one acre zoning and the individuals Jason and Alyssa Hagan are requesting to rezone to residential, which will reduce the size of how many parcels you can have in it to 5,000 square feet. So from one acre, which should be pastoral, I believe that property is pastoral and agricultural, it's now going to be rezoned to residential, which now the owners can potentially put eight houses on the property. As a lineal heir to Pa'ala'a and Kamananui, that is concerning to me because that means all of our agricultural and ranch lands are being sold off. to non-heirs and being rezoned by the city council. And that would be a civil matter, I believe, that if they're gonna take our ranch lands and our agriculture lands, then it should trigger some sort of procedural issue. Thank you. Thank you.

Anybody else like to testify on Bill 43? Seeing none, members are in discussion. Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero.

Aye.

Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina.

Aye.

Council Member Nishimoto. Aye. Council Member Okimoto.

Aye.

Council Member Toba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are eight ayes, one member is absent.

Thank you, CR251-2026 has been adopted in Bill 43-2026, is passed, second reading. Moving to the top of page 11 from the Committee on Budget, Council Member Okamoto.

Chair, I move that Committee Report 216-26 be adopted in Bill 33-2026, CD2 as amended, passed, third reading. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Okamoto for the explanation.

Relating to funds, amending provisions relate to City and County of Honolulu funds.

Thank you, I believe we have one registered testifier, Stephanie Hilton.

Yes, am I able, is the committee able to hear me?

Yes, please proceed. Great.

Thank you. Dear Chair, Vice Chair and members of the Committee, my name is Stephanie Hilton. I am testifying today to request funding for security cameras in high-risk areas and for a pilot program employing licensed social workers with specialized training in canine behavior, public safety and community outreach. Positions that may be able to be referred to as dog social workers because on August 23rd, 2026, three or four unleashed medium to large dogs charged toward my service dog and me at a city campground. I lifted my service dog above my head and I protected him from serious physical injury, but I suffered puncture wounds to both my legs and required emergency treatment. The dogs belonged to an unsheltered person nearby. After the attack, he accepted responsibility and told me he didn't have the equipment needed to control them. And this statement demonstrates why funding is necessary for Bill 8 and 16. This is related to Bill 8 and 16, because penalties imposed after an attack cannot replace preventative resources on these parks and campgrounds.

This bill addresses only a first- Appreciate your testimony, ma'am. Please wrap up. Okay, thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify on Bill 33, CD 2? Mr. Houlihe, please come forward.

Aloha, Kelvin Houlihe, Konihiki. Funding. This funding bill 33, amending provision related to city and county of Honolulu funds. This is about funds, about what, tax people, payers, all this kind. Kanaka's never had tax before, I think so, and all this kind of money is not being audit. Pono, bottom line. You like see my, whatever, all these kind, Spock and us guys looking. You know, I gonna look at you guys, how you guys, spending these funds, the people funds, the tax, all illegal. You guys gotta be all audit with the auditor. Thank you very much, Aloha. Thank you. Konohike.

All city funds get their money through taxation. The flood victims of Waialua deserve the taxation from the city because the city didn't maintain the stream correctly. Now, for all the property damage from the hurricane, fire, and all whatever, should be refunded from the first time they bought the property to the present time. The governor and the mayor should okay this taxation refund for the Wailua and all the victims in Hawaii, including the Big Island to Kauai. The state, city rep, senators, and even these Illegal counsel right here should okay this refund plan for all the victims that won't happen, including the fire victims of Lahaina. Thank you. Last note. Mahalo. You folks are not following the rule of law. Aloha. Okay, thank you.

Anybody else like to testify on Bill 33 relating to parks? Seeing none, any discussion? Council Member Topola.

Thank you so much. Bill 33 is about making sure that the revenues generated through our parks can be reinvested into our parks. Right now those revenues flow into the general fund where they compete with every other city priority. This bill creates dedicated funds for parks and recreation as well as our botanical gardens and urban forestry so those dollars can remain available to maintain and improve those important public assets. Importantly, the council still remains oversight through the budget process, and the bill includes annual reporting requirements. What it also provides is greater flexibility for projects that may take more than one fiscal year to complete, as well as being able to issue it through a budgetary cycle that is longer than a fiscal year. I want to thank Budget Chair Okimoto as well as all of the council members for supporting this idea, Director Thielen for being a visionary, trying to have foresight on how to solve some of the problems that we face with trying to keep our grass trimmed, the bathrooms cleaned. At the end of the day, if the parks generate revenue, we should have a structure that helps ensure that those dollars can go right back to the parks and keeping our families safe and parks enjoyable. Mahalo, Chair.

Thank you. Any further discussion, members? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Councilmember Cordero.

Aye.

Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Councilmember Kia-Aina. Aye. Councilmember Nishimura.

Aye.

Councilmember Okamoto. Aye. Councilmember Toba. Aye. Councilmember Tupola.

Aye.

Councilmember Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you, CR 216, 2026, has been adopted. And Bill 33, 2026, CD2, has passed third reading. Moving to the bottom of page 11, Council Member Okamoto.

Chair, I move that Committee Report 217, 26 be adopted, and Bill 50, 2026, pass third reading.

Second. I move and second it. Council Member Okamoto for the explanation.

Relating to funds, amending provisions related to the Land Conservation Fund.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have none.

Thank you. Any discussion members? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero.

Aye.

Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina.

Aye.

Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters.

Aye.

Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 217-2026 has been adopted. And Bill 50-2026 is passed, third reading. Moving to the top of page 12 from the Committee on Housing, Homelessness, and Parks, Council Member Tupola.

I move that Committee Report 224-2026 be adopted. Bill 30-2026, CD 1, passed, third reading. Second.

We move then seconded. Council Member Tupola for the explanation.

Relating to public parks.

Okay, we have two registered testifiers, or one actually, Dylan Armstrong.

Aloha, , Dylan Armstrong testifying on Bill 30 in support. Rather than simply stand on my testimony, I'd like to make a few very brief observations for the council. The issues of park maintenance and management are dear to my heart. I interned with the city and county DPR back in 2011. I am an urban planner by background, and parks are basically, in my opinion, the centerpiece of our communities. I don't think they're fully activated. Bill 30 is a measure that provides for an additional means of activating our parks. I appreciate the intent behind it. I would further add that bigger picture, the council, I believe, needs to look to managing the parks through reducing the perception of unsafety, the variability and cleanliness, et cetera, working in conjunction with DPR and Director Thielen. As an urban planner, I'm informed by the behavioral sociology of writers like William White, whose 1980 book, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, is particularly germane. Mahalo.

Thank you, sir. Anybody else like to testify on Bill 30? Seeing none, any discussion members? Council Member Tupola.

Thank you, Chair. Thank you to the Parks Committee, Vice Chair Parks, Auggie Toba, for stewarding a lot of issues and initiatives with the parks, and I'm so grateful that we're able to pass this. I especially wanted to give a shout out to North Shore Neighborhood Board Member Kathleen Pahinui, who actually brought this idea forward. And since then, Director of Parks has sat down and identified with her deputy, with her department, a handful of parks that are underutilized. So we will not be displacing soccer. We will not be displacing basketball or all the fun things that happen at our parks. We're specifically identifying parks that we think need exactly what the testifier said, which is reactivation. We want it to be reactivated, utilized for the public, but if it's not gonna be utilized in recreation, then we want to make sure that the community still has access to it. So I thank everyone for their support, and I think especially with Storm Lowell and food distributions being necessary in many of our communities where we've had power outages, I'm looking forward to partnering more with nonprofits to utilize these spaces. Mahalo, Chair.

Thank you. Any further discussion, members? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tan. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 224-2026 has been adopted. Bill 30-2026, CD 1 has passed third reading. Council Member Tupoula.

I move that Committee Report 225-2026 be adopted in Bill 31-2026-CD2 as amended past third reading. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Topola for the explanation.

Relating to cultural sites in public parks.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do I have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have one in-person testifier registered.

Awapuhi Robinson, thank you.

Hi, good morning. My name is Alva Pugliese Chanel Kalali Robinson, and I wanted to make comments on Bill 31, if they could be included. I know we're at the third reading, which means that once it passes here that it would go further. But the one thing that I wanted to highlight is that in order to be considered a cultural practitioner, there's qualifications that are ordained within your policies as an adopter and how you would be the steward of the cultural site. I just want to share my mana'o on that because there's cultural practitioners that do not meet the criteria that you set forth. For example, my was taught to me orally from my grandparents and from my family members, and I don't know how to document that. So I can tell you my entire how I can chant it for you. I can show you the maps. I can tell you where the waterways are. I've spoken at several different committee hearings. One specifically was for the Board of Energy where they requested that I speak on kupuna. So I just thought that maybe you could make some adjustments or amendments before you pass it to consider those that do know their cultural history but doesn't necessarily have what you would indicate as a qualification. Thank you.

Thank you. Would anybody else like to testify on Bill 31? Seeing none, any discussion? Council Member Topola.

Mahalo. Mahalo, Avopuhi, for your thoughts, and I look forward to working with you if you do ever want to stir it in the area. Mahalo. And I definitely look forward to listening and hearing to all of your input. Bill 31 actually was about two specific places in my district. And I want to give shout outs to these people because the stewards, the cultural caretakers, they've been at it for years. I don't want to say decades, but maybe decades. So the first place is actually ,, which is located in Park. So it all started in 2021 when this body actually adopted the cultural naming of the Heiau as a portion of the park. Fast forward, this year we actually dedicated an art installation from Uncle Hanalei Hopfi and that stands right in front of the Heiau and it shows the navigation, because it's a navigational Heiau, it shows two wayfarers and a navigational chart in the art installation. But I share that because Carmen and Joseph Simpliciano are community members that have been taking care of that area for so long. And to be honest, it's been very difficult from vagrancy to vandalizing the heiau to a lot of people not understanding the sacred nature of it. So this bill is going to allow them to become cultural stewards and do a partnership of management with DPR. Secondarily, I needed to give a shout out to a group called Malama Rising. They actually are based out of Makaha. So Adam and Kule, thank you very much, and all of those who go every single month faithfully to clean around Mauna Lahilahi. So years ago, I think it was in the early 90s, the city bought the whole entire Mauna, and it's actually under DPR stewardship, but it's just kind of sat fallow. There's been a lot of different homeless issues. many things that have happened there that shouldn't have, but since then we've kind of cleaned it out and now there's this ongoing nature of the community caring for it, protecting it, and so this bill is also gonna help them to become cultural stewards and monitors of that area, work with DPR, and then hopefully we can actually fund some of these things so that we can keep them as spaces that people can enjoy. Back in the day, Mauna Lahi Lahi used to be a place where people would get married, and the city would allow them to use the space for free, but we have had so much problems since then. So I'm positive that this bill will take us into forward progression, and I thank everyone for supporting it.

Thank you. Roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kea Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Excused. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are eight ayes, one member is absent.

Thank you. CR 225-2026 has been adopted in Bill 31-2026. CD2 has passed third reading. Moving to the top of page 13, Council Member Tupola.

I move that Committee Report 226-2026 be adopted. Bill 32-2026, CD2 as amended, pass third reading.

Second and six.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Tupola for the explanation.

Relating to public parks, recreational facilities, and botanical gardens.

Thank you. Is there a motion to amend? Council Member Tupola.

I move that Bill 32, 2026, CD2 be amended to the posted FD1.

Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Tupola for the explanation of the amendment.

The FD1 makes the amendment set forth in the written summary as posted on the agenda.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? I believe Dylan Armstrong.

Aloha. Happy to stand on my written testimony. Mahalo.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do you have any other testifiers on Bill 32? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Members are in discussion. Council Member Tupola.

Thank you for testifying Mr. Armstrong and being engaged in some of these parks bills. Bill 32 gives DPR more flexibility to set certain park related fees while maintaining safeguards and council oversight. It works together with Bill 33 and allows for the director to establish or adjust certain fees through the administrative rule making process. Importantly, in the FD1 we removed camping fees from the director's authority Any future change to camping fees would still require council action. We want to make sure that our camping spaces are preserved for the community and for our families. The flexibility we're talking about is things such as parking fees. And perhaps even at Hoʻomaluhiʻa Botanical Garden, which is one of our most frequently visited botanical gardens that still till today has no fees for entry and no fees for usage. Rather than requiring a new ordinance every time, this would allow DPR to make those adjustments through rulemaking And just to conclude, since we've taken a handful of parks bills together, I just wanted to shout out my staff member, Mika, who's sitting right behind me because she's a workhorse, she's a hammer, and she's been working on these things day and night, day and night, day and night, day and night, day and night. So thank you very, very much. I am so grateful for my staff's due diligence and, of course, meeting with all of your staff to make sure that we're all in agreement because I think we all have the same concerns about parks. And please, hallelujah, please make these bills, make the parks beautiful. Thank you.

Thank you. Any further discussion, members? Council Member Tupola? Yeah, I know.

You know, it would have been easy for me not to say anything, but I have to tell you, strongly support. This is direly needed. Applaud both yourself as well as Council Member Tupola, as well as the DPR director, because I think we all know that, you know, we need more money for parks. and there are other measures moving forward to do that. However, I think that this is a good way. Hoʻomalihia, which was mentioned, has about 750,000 people going through there. And we need to look at innovative ways of how to improve the quality of life actually for our local residents first, and then our visitors. And this would be one way, especially for the botanical gardens. And so I know the director who retired recently would be very, very happy about this to be able to provide tools to her team. Thanks.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing none, any objections or reservations to the amendment? Noting no objections or reservations, Bill 32-2026-CD2 has been amended to the posted FD1. Any further discussion, members? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tan. Aye. Council Member Kea Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura.

Aye.

Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba. Council Member Tupola.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Excused. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are eight ayes, one member is absent.

Thank you. CR 226, 2026 has been adopted. Bill 32, 2026, CD2, FD1 has passed third reading. Moving to the bottom of page 13 from the Committee on International Legal Affairs, Council Member Nishimoto.

I move that CR234 be adopted in Bill 16, CD2 as amended. Passed third reading.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Nishimoto for the explanation.

This is about dogs.

Thank you. We have a number of registered testifiers starting with Stephanie Hilton. Mr. Clerk, is Stephanie available?

Yes, sir, thank you. Am I able to be heard well?

Yes, we can hear you. Bill 16, CD2 relating to dogs.

Thank you, sir. Dear Chair, Vice Chair and members of the Committee, my name is Stephanie Hilton. I am testifying today to comment on Bill 16 regarding uncontrolled dogs after an attack because I had an attack on August 23, 2026 at approximately 8 a.m. when I was camping with my service dog. There were three or four unleashed medium to large dogs that charged toward me from several yards away. There was no way that I could have avoided this attack with my dog. The dogs continued jumping and trying to bite my service dog and myself. Although I protected my service dog from serious physical injury, I suffered puncture wounds to both my legs and required emergency treatment. The dogs apparently belonged to an unsheltered person nearby, and after the attack, this unsheltered person took responsibility and informed me that he didn't have the equipment needed to control the donks. I'd like to stop my verbal testimony here and stand on my written testimony and first thank the committee for what they have done to open these campgrounds to the public. And please request outreach or consider funding for some type of preventative measures that can address the complex problem of uncontrolled dogs and homelessness near and around our campgrounds. Thank you very much and aloha.

Thank you. Next we have Stephanie Kendrick followed by Susan Collins.

Aloha, Chair, Vice Chair, members of the City Council. Stephanie Kendrick with the Hawaiian Humane Society. You have our written testimony in strong support of Bill 16. As the previous testifier mentioned, stray dogs can pose a serious public safety threat. And the tools that we have had in ordinance have been inadequate to serve as a deterrent in a lot of those cases. So this bill is designed to address that. And I want to particularly thank Councilmember Okimoto and Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam for their help shepherding this bill through the process. We are in strong support. Thank you.

Thank you. Next, we have Susan Collins, followed by Dylan Armstrong.

Hi. Aloha, members of the council. My name is Susan Collins, and I am the founder of Bird and Bee Hawaii Animal Sanctuary. I strongly support Bill 01626 because responsible dog ownership must include accountability. When someone chooses to own a dog, they also accept the responsibility to keep that animal safe and under control. When an owner repeatedly allows a dog to roam loose, the consequences are often borne by everyone else, the neighbors, the pet owners, the livestock owners, the animal control officers, the shelters, and ultimately the dog itself. Accountability is not just about punishing good dog owners. It's about making sure that owners who fail to take reasonable steps to contain and care for their animals are held responsible for their consequences. A dog should not pay the price for the owner's repeated negligence. Bill 01626 gives our community stronger tools to encourage responsible ownership and protect animals and people. I respectfully ask you support Bill 01626. Mahalo for your time and for protecting our animals and our communities.

Thank you. Mahalo. Thank you. Next is Dylan Armstrong.

Aloha, Dylan Armstrong again testifying in support in this measure. I would note that we have a culture of cruelty around animals. I believe this bill is an important step towards restoring a sense of balance and responsibility. Owning a dog is treated as a liberty essentially right now, but we have to be responsible both to the dogs that we take serious stewardship over and to our fellow residents who are impacted by our decisions. So I think this is a very necessary measure. Ultimately, as we look to the future for how we take care of dogs on the island and across the state, for that matter, there needs to be a stronger sense of how do we support people in properly training dogs, controlling dogs, managing dogs, and treating others with safety. Mahalo.

Thank you. Mr. Clark, do I have any other testifiers? Aloha, Ms. Robinson. Please proceed.

Hi, Council, thank you. My name is Alva Pui, Chanel Kalali Robinson. I just want to speak on behalf of the individuals that are houseless. A lot of them oftentimes utilize the dog as protection, and oftentimes they may not have the resources to leash them, I think that maybe we could put forth some community efforts to help them. I am somebody who actually walks around Thomas Square with my dog and I go to see the houseless community to see if they are hungry. Uncle Leco Martin and Auntie Laulani actually feed them. on Sundays and so I think putting into measures, penal measures that affect the houseless community should be something that we should empathize with them because they don't have walls. They don't have anything that can protect them and there should be some consideration to that.

Thank you. Members, we're in discussion. Council Member Okimoto.

Thank you, Chair. Bill 1626 and Ordinance 26-9 are the culmination of a nearly two-year-long effort with the Department of Customer Services and the Hawaiian Humane Society to amend and modernize existing city ordinances. I would like to extend a huge mahalo once again to Representative Cory Chun for first bringing this matter to my attention, and to our ILL Chair, ILA Chair Nishimoto for navigating the bill through his committee, as well as a mahalo to my team for their efforts on both this measure and Bill 825, which was also brought up. Bill 1626 and Ordinance 26-9 provide CSD and the Humane Society with new tools which are necessary to enforce existing law to regulate stray dogs and animal nuisances within the city. I am optimistic with this strategy, that this new strategy will allow the city and Humane Society to hold pet owners accountable more effectively while ensuring the safety of our communities, and I ask for your continued support. Mahalo.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tan. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina.

Aye.

Council Member Nishimoto.

Aye.

Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 234-2026 has been adopted. Bill 16-2026 is passed. Third reading. Members, we are now on page 14 of 29. I'll leave it up to you folks. We can keep going forward or we could take a break because I know there's the fundraiser outside if anybody wants. And they're almost out of food. Want to keep going? Yes. Okay. Okay. Thank you. As I mentioned, we're on the top of page 14 from the Committee on Budget. Council Member Okamoto.

Chair, I move that Committee Report 21826 and Resolution 26-166 be adopted. Exactly.

We move that seconded. Council Member Kimoto for the explanation.

Approving collective bargaining cost items for employees of the City and County of Honolulu in Bargaining Unit 15.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do you have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have none.

Thank you. Members are in discussion. Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero.

Aye.

Council Member Dos Santos-Tan. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Taubo. Council Member Tupola.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 218-2026 and Resolution 26-166 has been adopted. Council Member Okamoto.

Chair, I move that Committee Report 219-26 and Resolution 26-170 be adopted.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Okamoto for the explanation.

Relating to the transfer of funds for DCS, authorizing a transfer not to exceed $692,800 in general fund monies from the provision for grants, partnerships, and security activity to the Department of Community Services community-based development activity $33,514 of which will be transferred to the salaries character of expenditure and $659,286 to current expenses character of expenditure to meet local match grant program needs.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do you have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion members? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting no objections or reservations, CR 219-2026 and Resolution 26-170 has been adopted. Turning to the top of page 15, Council Member Okamoto.

Chair, I move that Committee Report 22026 and Resolution 26-181CD1 as amended be adopted. Second.

I move and second. Council Member Okamoto for the explanation.

Relating to the transfer of funds for DTS.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have none.

Thank you. Any discussion members? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting none, CR220-2026 and Resolution 26-181CD1 has been adopted. From the Committee on Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Council Member Weyer.

I move the Committee report to 21-2026 and Resolution 26-169CD1 is amended be adopted.

Second. We move that seconded. Council Member Weyer for the explanation.

Accepting the gift of $15,000 to ENV from Bumper Productions to make improvements at Honolulu Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have one in-person testifier registered. Okay, please proceed.

Hi, I am . And just because I don't necessarily approve or oppose it, I just wanted to make comments. I appreciate that there's a company that is gonna be installing what I'm assuming is probably beautifying their conference room. And because it's in Hono'uliuli, naturally, my objection is that I think that the lineal heirs should be consulted on projects, especially if it's going to be connected to Hono'uliuli. And that's all. Thank you. Thank you.

Anybody else like to testify on Resolution 26-169CD1? Seeing none, members are in discussion. Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting none, CR 221-2026 and Resolution 26-169CD1 has been adopted. Moving to the top of page 16, Council Member Weyer.

Move that Committee Report 223-2026 and Resolution 26-189 be adopted. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Weyer for the explanation.

Urging the city administration to adopt sustainable road construction and repair practices through the integration of recycled ash and enhanced metal recovery.

Thank you. I believe we have two registered testifiers, Kalena Cook Shea and Dominique Bonifacio. Mr. Clerk, are either of these people available? Oh, aloha. Thank you. Please proceed.

Aloha Council Members. I'm Kalena Cook-Shea, Assistant Secretary of the Honolulu Youth Commission and a junior at Iolani. And today I would like to testify in strong support of Resolution 26-189. This resolution comes from HYC Resolution 26-009, which I introduced at our May meeting with former Vice Chair Dominic Bonifacio to encourage sustainable practices throughout our city. By using ash from H-Power or the landfill, we are able to reduce the amount of ash in our landfill, helping tackle the ongoing issue of the landfill, obviously. We wrote our resolution in an effort to aid the future generations and our newest drivers around the island by providing safe and sustainable roads for our future generations. Thank you again for your support and a special thanks to Council Member Tulba for introducing this resolution on behalf of me and Dominic Bonifacio. I strongly urge you to support this resolution. Thank you.

Thank you. Members, any questions for the testifier? Seeing none, thank you so much. Appreciate your testimony. Mr. Clark, do we have any other testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you.

Members, we're in discussion. Council Member Tulba.

Thank you, Chair. As I mentioned in committee, I want to take a moment to recognize the Honolulu Youth Commission, Dominic Bonifacio as well, Kalena Shea, who co-introduced Honolulu Youth Commission Resolution 2609. Dominic, reach out to me and ask for the opportunity to introduce the resolution so I I'm especially glad to see it come before us and adopt it today. This is a great example of our young people who identify an issue, do the work, and bring forward solutions. So I'm hopeful that one day recycling ash can become a reality in Honolulu, that we can continue to move in innovative ways to reduce waste and make better use of our resources. Thank you, Chair.

Thank you. Any further discussion, members? Oh, did you wanna say a few words? Yeah, please, come forward.

Hi. Hello, Chair Waters, Vice Chair Topola, members of the council. My name is Dominic Bonifacio, former Commissioner and Vice Chair of the Honolulu Youth Commission. Forgive me, I'm out of breath. And I'm here today, once again, in strong support of Resolution 26189, This resolution grew out of HYC Resolution 26009, which was written and co-authored with fellow commissioner Kalenna Cook-Shea after more than a year of research and learning how H-Power and ASH could be used. The EES committee has already recognized the value of this work by advancing it, and I'm here to ask the full council to keep the momentum going Our landfill crisis is not going away anytime soon, and this resolution won't solve it overnight. But it's a real actionable step by turning ash, well, sorry. Sorry. to shorten up. Young people of Oahu today are inheriting this problem and passing this and give one less burden to hand off to the next generation. With that said, I stand in strong support of Resolution 2619. Thank you.

Thank you. And thank you to the Youth Commission. And I just want to encourage you all to do exactly what you're doing. Keep up the good work. And if you have any other good ideas, please contact any one of us. We're happy to introduce your resolutions, but thank you for being here today. Any further discussion members? Council Member Dos Santos-Tam.

Thank you, Chair, and I want to thank the Youth Commission for introducing this and Council Member Szabo for bringing this forward as a resolution. I think there's more that we can do here in this space. I'll note that ROH 14-19 has a requirement for glass particles to be recycled into the asphalt. We apparently stopped doing this in 2011 because it wasn't found to be a best practice. There's a number of other things though that I think we can do to update our existing policies and procedures with regard to the asphalt mix that we use, the standards that are utilized right now date from 1986. I think we can revisit a lot of this and hopefully with the Youth Commission sparking this idea, get to better road paving with up-to-date standards and materials.

Thank you. Any follow-up members? Speaking of glass, we could recycle the glass and use it to make sand for the golf courses. They need sand at the shooting range in my district. So, thank you. Okay, any further discussion members? Seeing none, Any objections or reservations? Noting no objections or reservations, CR223-2026 and Resolution 26-189 has been adopted. Moving to the bottom of page 16 from the Committee on Housing, Homelessness and Parks, Council Member Tupoula.

I move that Committee Report 227-2026, Resolution 26-167-CD1 as amended be adopted.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Tupola for the explanation.

Accepting a gift to the City of one high-back traditional branch, preparations of the grounds, and one bronze plaque and inscription to read, donated by the family and friends of Peter Nguyen, valued at $3,848.07 from Martin Nguyen, to be placed at Aina Moana Park within Ala Moana Regional Park.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion? Seeing none. Any objections or reservations? Noting none. CR227-2026 and Resolution 26-167CD1 has been adopted. Turning to the top of page 17, Council Member Tupola.

I move that Committee Report 228-2026, Resolution 26-174 be adopted. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Topola for the explanation.

Naming the tennis courts at Kalihi Valley District Park to the Vilima-Watson Kalihi Valley District Park tennis courts.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting none, CR228-2026 and resolution 26-174 has been adopted. Members, we'll be taking up the next three items together as they relate to gifts to the city. Council Member Tupola.

I move that committee reports and resolutions listed on pages 17 and 18 of the agenda be adopted.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Topola for the explanation of each item.

Committee Report 229-2026, Resolution 26-178, accepting a gift of two high-back traditional benches, ground preparation, and two bronze plaques with the inscription donated by the family and friends of Jack, the running Doc Scaff. Valued at $3,999.25 to the City from Donna Scaff for placement at Kapi'olani Regional Park. Committee Report 230-2026, Resolution 26-180, accepting a gift of one high-back traditional bench, preparations of the grounds, and one bronze plaque with an inscription to read, donated by the family of Ruriko Fujino, valued at $2,718.74 to the city from Ann Fujino for placement at Kailua Beach Park. And lastly, Committee Report 231, 2026, Resolution 26-190, accepting a gift of $4,000 to the city from Friends of Honolulu Parks and Recreation for community benefit projects of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none.

Thank you. Any discussion members?

Seeing none. Any objections or reservations? Noting none. CR 229-2026, CR 230-2026, and CR 231-2026. And Resolutions 26-178, 26-180, and 26-190 have been adopted. Thank you, members. Turning to page 19. Page 19. From the Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation, and Technology, Councilmember, Okimoto.

Chair, I move that Committee Report 22326 and Resolution 26-187-CD1 be adopted.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Okimoto for the explanation.

Accepting a gift valid at $4,000 to the City from the Kaelepulu Elementary School Parent Teacher Student Association for safer pedestrian crossings at uncontrolled crosswalks fronting Kaelepulu Elementary School in Kailua.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion? Council Member Kia'aina.

Yes. Chair, who from the administration is here for this resolution?

Let's see.

Aloha, Renee. I just want to let you know, I'm assuming this is relating to the drawing of the murals at that intersection. I'd like to give you the contact information for people who live there. I don't know if any of the team members actually walked that block. Did you guys? Because I'm getting complaints.

Are you getting complaints? Aloha, Council Chair, Council Members, Renee Espio, Complete Streets Administrator for City and County of Honolulu. The... I can check with the folks who are managing the project on their outreach. The mural is going within the curb extensions that have already been striped. So we're basically just filling in the existing curb extensions with the art that the elementary school students came up with. So I believe they went to the neighborhood board and did a presentation there, but I'm not sure if they've actually walked

Yes, because the neighbors right there at that crosswalk. Okay, so if you don't mind, because I don't have time, I'm going to get the contact information for people who live at that corner. Is it on the Mauka side? Yes, on the Kailua High School side. Yes, I remember. And then I'm going to give my staff, I'm going to give them your number and you can transmit it. Yes, I will do. Thank you.

Okay, any further discussion? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting none, CR 233, 2026 and Resolution 26-187, see that one has been adopted. Moving to the bottom of page 19 from the Committee on International Legal Affairs, Council Member Nishimoto.

I move that CR 237 and Resolution 26-71 be adopted. Second.

So I move then seconded, Council Member Nishimura for the explanation.

Is approving the sale of surplus city property?

Okay, thank you. I believe we have Ava Poohee Robinson registered to testify.

Hi, good morning, my name is Avapui Chanel Kalali Robinson. I oppose the sale of this surplus city property, and the reason is because this particular TMK 91181 is attached to my name. So the Corporation Council took my family to court, and I believe it was 1993, in order to develop Westlock. and we have never been compensated. Yeah, so this is actually the last you'll see me today. My frustration is my family won their royal patent in 1992, civil case number 6539. It did give us interest in the Crown lands and When I looked at this this morning, it was very heartbreaking, because that's Chocolate Beach, if you don't know, that's a fish pond. That Vahipanna, I took my children there, and Governor Green was campaigning. We went to go clean the pond. So I hope you try to hear our sentiment as... Lineal errors that have survived the trauma of the overthrow. We still know our history. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to testify on Resolution 26-71? Seeing none, members, we are in discussion. Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimoto. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 237-2026 and Resolution 26-71 has been adopted. Turning to the top of page 20, members will be taking up the next two items together as they relate the gifts to the city. Council Member Nishimoto.

I move that the committee reports and resolutions on page 20 of the agenda be adopted.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Nishimoto for the explanation of each item.

These are both gifts.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have none.

Thank you. Any discussion members? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting no objections or reservations, CR238-2026 and CR241-2026 and Resolution 26-182 and 26-191 have been adopted. Moving to the top of page 21, Councilmember Nishimoto.

Moved at CR 239 and Resolution 26-184, CD1 as amended be adopted.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Nishimoto for the explanation. This is renewing our sister city relationship with Cebu. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion members?

Council Member Cordero. Thank you, Chair. Well, first off, I know that three of the four council members have Visayas backgrounds and also the fourth one has served in Cebu. So thank you to Council Member Scott Nishimoto for moving this forward. And we want to express our gratitude to this renewed sister city relationship and hope that we can see progress and action after we renew this relationship. Mahalo.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting no objections or reservations, CR 239-2026 and Resolution 26-184-CD1 has been adopted. Council Member Nishimoto. I move that CR 240 and Resolution 26-185-CD1 as amended be adopted. Second. It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Nishimoto for the explanation.

This is regarding sister city policy guidelines.

Thank you. Any testifiers, Mr. Clerk? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion members? Council Member Tupoula.

Yeah, I support this resolution. I want to thank Council Member Nishimura for his leadership in taking a closer look at the friendships and sister cities relationships. I think this is the direction we need to move so that we can strengthen accountability in reporting, but also move towards more purposeful relationships with tangible, cultural, educational, and especially economical benefits. I know on Hawaii Island, Every sister city relationship they have, they actually create a product together with that city that they market and they sell together so that they can both generate revenue. But I'm grateful that this was put forward, and I hope that we can further comb through how to strengthen the ones that we really want to maintain, and then as well move forward with ones that we think are really going to benefit the city and county of Honolulu.

Thank you. Any further discussion, members? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting none, CR 240-2026 and Resolution 26-185, CD1, has been adopted. Turning to the top of page 22, Councilmember Nishimoto.

Move that CR 242 and Resolution 26-193 be adopted.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Councilmember Nishimoto for the explanation.

This is regarding Redhill.

Thank you. I believe we have a number of registered testifiers starting with Chief Engineer and Manager Ernie Lau.

Thank you, Chair and members, and I just want to hallow to Council Member Kodaro for introducing this resolution. The Red Hill fuel contamination issue is not only a fuel contamination issue, but it's very clear that it is also an issue involving Forever Chemicals, PFAS. which are finding pretty widespread PFAS contamination on the Navy Red Hill property, but also we're finding it outside the Navy property on the Mauna Loa Valley side and the Halawa Valley side. So I think the regulator should require the military to be much more aggressive, more frequent sampling and testing at all the monitor well locations, but also they should install more monitor wells, especially off property to define the nature and scope of the contamination that may be emanating from the Red Hill property. I just want to mahalo the council for their support on this measure. and for the years of support on our Red Hill issue to protect our precious water resources, our precious fire. Mahalo nui.

Thank you. Members, any questions for Manager Lau? Seeing none, thank you. Next, we have Linda Middleton, followed by Dylan Armstrong.

Mr. Chair, the testifier is not logged on.

Okay. Dylan Armstrong.

Aloha mai kakou. Dylan Armstrong again. I'm testifying in support of this resolution, and I extend my mahalo to Councilmember Radiant Cordero for introducing it. I've been involved with this issue for a number of years. In 2014, I worked in the state legislature as a committee clerk for the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee when that environmental release happened at Red Hill. It goes without saying that I'm in strong support for a variety of reasons known to you members of the council, who I've known in a number of capacities over the years. I will note that the federal environment is currently supportive of enhanced regulation of PFAS and some of these other hydrocarbon contaminants. I would not want the Council to just rest on its laurels and defer to the State Department of Health, which I have worked for, and I can certainly tell you more about that. It's very good for you to work with the science as best we have it, but this is an emerging concern because we do not have that long-term observational data as we do with the existing six criteria pollutants regulated by the U.S. EPA. Mahalo.

Thank you. Mr. Clark, do I have any other testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have none.

Thank you. Members, we're in discussion. Council Member Cordero.

Mahalo, Chair. Mahalo, colleagues. As you all know, Kapukaki is in my council district, but it is an issue for Oliver Baye on the island of Oahu, and so I want to mahalo the Board of Water Supply, but especially the regulators and even extend it out to the Navy because while we still have more data to request and work with, there has been progress moving forward, albeit slow. And so hopefully with our support for island-wide support with this council and resolution, we will be able to assist the Board of Water Supply with its needed data to support our groundwater testing. Mahalo.

Thank you. Any further discussion, members? Seeing none, any objections or reservations? Noting none, CR242-2026 and Resolution 26-193 has been adopted. Council Member Nishimoto.

I move that CR243 and Resolution 26-198 be adopted.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Nishimoto for the explanation.

Just to initiate a foreclosure action.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do you have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion members? Council Member Keohane.

Thank you. I just wanted to say this foreclosure action is in my district in Kaneohe, and I just wanted to let my colleagues know that this is a very difficult issue. This is an action of last resort, but the fact is it's completely in disrepair. There's a lot of both fines and real property taxes that are still old. It's been a concern for the community for years. I just wanted to make clear to everyone, it's not like we do this and take this lightly. This is a very serious action, but it's due because they need to find the appropriate parties who are liable for taking care of the property. Thank you.

Thank you for the explanation. Any further discussion, members? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero.

Aye.

Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba.

Aye.

Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 243-2026 and Resolution 26-198 has been adopted. Moving to the top of page 23 from the Committee on Zoning and Planning, Council Member Kia-Aina.

I move that Committee Reports 252-2026 and Resolution 26-150 be adopted. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Kiana for the explanation.

This resolution proposes an amendment to chapter 21 revised ordinances of Honolulu 2021 or the land use ordinance relating to large detached dwellings.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do you have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, there are none. Thank you. Any discussion? Council Member Tupolo.

Thank you. In support, I just wanted to flag something quick, and I know this is going to go to the Planning Commission, so we do have time for more discussion there. One of my concerns is the intent of addressing excessively large detached dwellings, but at the same time, not trying to make it harder to create additional legal housing like ADUs, Ohana units, In particular, I am concerned about how the proposed FAR treatment of parking and maneuvering areas could affect homeowners who are trying to add an ADU or Ohana unit on smaller residential lots. Counting additional parking area towards FAR could reduce the amount of usable living space available or make it otherwise feasible ADU or AHANA project more difficult to build. So I think as they go through the planning commission, I'll try to attend those, but definitely we want to avoid people skirting the law, but at the same time, we want to encourage the building of more housing. So thank you, Chair.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Councilmember Dos Santos-Towne.

Chair, I would also like to express some concerns about how this would affect existing buildings that may be close to this category and may fall into non-conforming status, as well as the complications that may arise from establishing a dwelling FAR versus a parking FAR and a total FAR and the difficulties that DPP and the public may have in interpreting those numbers to determine whether a home, a large attached dwelling, a monster home, as the case may be, is allowed or not allowed. We already have some difficulties in determining that. So I'll be voting WR and monitoring this as it goes through Planning Commission.

Thank you. Both very good points. I'm sure we'll be able to discuss that when it comes back from the Planning Commission. Roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Councilmember Cordero.

Aye.

Councilmember Dos Santos. W.R. Councilmember Kiya Aina. Aye. Councilmember Nishimura. Aye. Councilmember Okamoto.

Aye.

Councilmember Toba. Aye. Councilmember Tupola.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Reservations. Chair Waters.

Aye.

Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR252-2026 and Resolution 26-150 has been adopted. Council Member Kianaina.

I move that Committee Report 253-2026 and Resolution 26-168-CD1 as amended be adopted. Second.

We move then seconded Council Member Kia'aina for the explanation.

This resolution grants a special management area major permit to allow for the construction of a new commercial building that includes a caretaker unit, a parking lot, and associated improvements in Nanakuli, O'ahu.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers?

Mr. Chair, we have none.

Thank you. Any discussion members? Seeing none, roll call, Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero.

Aye.

Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kia'aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimoto.

Yeah.

Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Toba. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 253-2026 and Resolution 26-168, CD 1 has been adopted. Turning to the top of page 24, Council Member Kia'aina.

I move that Committee Report 255-2026 and Resolution 26-188 be adopted. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Council Member Kiana for the explanation.

This proposes an amendment to Zoning Map Number 23, Ordinance 86124 to rezone land situated at Kailua, Oahu. And just for my colleagues, this property is the property that I had identified potentially for a Hawaiian homestead. development project. Regrettably, our preliminary soil conditions have said that it's expansive, and so the Department of Hawaiian Homelands determined that it was not feasible to move forward the project, so this will be down zoning the property 10 acres from residential to preservation too.

Thank you. Mr. Clark, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion members? Seeing none, we'll call Mr. Clerk.

Council Member Cordero. Aye. Council Member Dos Santos-Tam. Aye. Council Member Kia-Aina. Aye. Council Member Nishimura. Aye. Council Member Okamoto.

Aye.

Council Member Tauba. Aye. Council Member Tupoula.

Aye.

Council Member Weyer. Aye. Chair Waters. Aye. Mr. Chair, there are nine ayes.

Thank you. CR 255-2026 and Resolution 26-188 has been adopted. Moving to the top of page 25, Vice Chair Topal.

I move that the balance of committee reports be adopted.

Second. It's been moved and seconded. Vice Chair Topola for the explanation.

Committee Report 2.4.2026, Request for Authorization to Settle Lawsuit Against the City and County of Honolulu, entitled Lian Kimiko Tamashiro, Personal Representative, Estate of Brad Rizzo Kimura, Deceased, James Totsuo Kimura, and Virginia Aiko Kimura, for City and County of Honolulu et al. Committee Report 245-2026, Request for Authorization to Settle Lawsuit Against the City and County of Honolulu and Officer Zane DeCambra, entitled Deanne Tawa et al. v. City and County of Honolulu et al. Committee Report 246-2026, Global Request for Authorization to Settle Towing Claims with All Island Records Regarding Contract MACSD 23000062. Committee Report 254-2026, granting a 90-day extension of time for Resolution 26-171, approving a conceptual plan for an interim planned development transit project for the 1588 Ala Moana development project.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any testifiers? Mr. Chair, we have none. Thank you. Any discussion?

Oh, I think there is a testifier.

Aloha. Please come up. I'm sorry.

Good afternoon. My name is Konoilani Perry. I am president of All Island Wreckers. I am here in reference to the global request for the settlement. I am concerned with the fact that it lists All Island Wreckers. Within that, I am not aware of any legal proceedings, haven't been contacted, so I'm unsure as to why we're named in there. And if we could get that removed just to reflect just the contract number itself.

Thank you. Thank you. Members, any questions for the testifier? Seeing none, thank you so much. Members, we're in discussion. Council Member Tupola.

Thank you, I'm gonna be giving reservations for committee report 246, global request for authorization to settle towing claims with all island records regarding contract MA CSD 230-0062. So I wanna make it very clear that my concern is not with making people whole, and the city is seeking to make people whole, which frankly, oftentimes they don't. So I think that in this case, the city being proactive about it is a good thing. My concern is how we got here and the accuracy of what was represented to the council. The non-standard difficult hookup audit was covered in January to June of 2023. However, there was no published results of an audit until today. I have no documentation showing any parts of whatever audit happened in 2023 and how these overcharges or determinations were made. I also think that we need to be careful, and this was portrayed to us, but be careful how we portray things because if there was no audit, there was no findings, The city actually did send out a formal letter to the contractor in September 2023 stating that they could continue issuing non-standard difficult hookup charges. I'm very disappointed with the way and the accuracy of the presentation to the council was characterized by naming all island records when they are not a party to this settlement. There was also representations about the review of these charges and that the current towing contractor had been made whole, and that's actually not accurate either. And as this comes after years of problems administering this contract, May in 2025, the city owed the contractor 2.98 million of outstanding invoices. By March of 2020, or sorry, September of 2025, they brought it down to about 1.8 million that was still owed. As of this year, 2026, the city still hasn't paid full payments for February, April, or May of this year and is still straggling behind trying to catch up with payments. This whole situation has become a mess and this is exactly why this body approved a toll contract audit so that we can figure out how this should be done better from management to oversight to payment processing to administering the toll contract If customer service wants to make people whole, that's fine. But I do believe that the information presented to us as a council needs to be accurate. It needs to show consistent treatment of our contractors and an independent look of how these tow contracts have been administered. Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Noting the reservations of Council Member Topola on CR246, is there any other reservations? Council Member Weyer.

I think I had a question for Corporation Council Payne.

Okay. Okay.