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Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 Agenda - MARCH 2, 2023 at 6:00 P.M.
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With Permission / Courtesy of: City and County of Honolulu Neighborhood Commission Office

DOWNTOWN - CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 13

March 2023 Agenda

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023, AT 6:00 PM

KE'ELIKOLANI MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA

1302 QUEEN EMMA STREET, HONOLULU, HI 96813

AND ON WEBEX

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m40af03d6c40c5e6770f28005103bf383

Meeting Number: 2483 374 0556

Password: NB13 (6213 from phones and video systems)

Join by video system: Dial 24833740556@cchnl.webex.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS (5 minutes each)

A. Honolulu Fire Department

B. Honolulu Police Department

III. NEW BUSINESS / PRESENTATIONS (15 minutes each)

A. Discussion of proposed Cinco de Mayo event. Street closure planned from Pauahi to King on Nu'uanu; Beer Garden to be erected on Nu'uanu Avenue between Hotel and King Streets.

James Tennant

B. Kekaulike Mall Project- Honglong Li [Rail Station Access Program Manager, Department of Transportation Services, City and County of Honolulu]

C. Comparative snapshot of homeless resources found in the Chinatown/Iwilei area compared to other O'ahu areas. Christine Trecker.

D. Continued discussion regarding CORE and its location at Hale Pauahi. Discussion of the city's planned medical clinic and respite emergency shelter on Pauahi Street. -Ian Santee [Deputy Director, Honolulu Emergency Service Department]

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

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

A. Governor David Ige's Representative

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

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

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

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

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

VI. MONTHLY REPORTS

A. Board of Water Supply - Steven Norstrom

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

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

D. Chinatown Improvement District - Lee Stack

E. Neighborhood Citizen Patrol - Kevin Lye

F. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART)

VII. BOARD BUSINESS

A. Discussion of allocation of $1000 dollars for Downtown Chinatown clean up.

B. Amendment of regular meeting minutes: Thursday 3, November 2022

C. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes: Thursday 1, December 2022

D. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes: Thursday 2, February 2023

E. Treasurer's Report

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

VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS

A. Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 is scheduled to hold its next meeting at 6:00 pm on Thursday 6, April 2023, at 6:00 p.m.

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

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

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

IX. ADJOURNMENT

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

Agenda documents and minutes are also available online at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/boards.html.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, please call Neighborhood Assistant Dylan Buck on (808) 768-3715, or by e-mailing dylan.buck@honolulu.gov between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.

All written testimony must be received in the Neighborhood Commission Office forty-eight hours prior to the meeting. If within 48 hours of the meeting, written and/or oral testimony may be submitted directly to the board at the meeting. If submitting written testimony, please note the Board and agenda item(s) your testimony concerns. Send such to the Neighborhood Commission Office, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, HI 96817, fax (808) 768-3711, or email nbtestimony@honolulu.gov.

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