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Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 Agenda - OCTOBER 5, 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

October 2023 Agenda

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023, at 6:00 P.M.

Ke'elikolani Middle School Cafeteria

1302 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

AND VIA WEBEX

This meeting location is open to public participation.

Other available options include participating by computer, phone or by video system.

WebEx and phone-in instructions are as follows:

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=m374ccf99101101b25591c0950acc0a09

Meeting Number / Access Code: 2488 333 4322

Password: NB13 (6213 from phones and video systems)

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

Meeting Materials: Find a monthly archive of handouts and referenced materials concerning to the Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F4DdI9R8Er12TNf6Bl-yb4p4EW0-68vu

Rules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to raise their hand, and when recognized by the Chair, to address comments to the Chair. All dialogue at the meeting will be conducted by use of the microphone. Those joining the meeting on WebEx are reminded to mute their speakers until they wish to be recognized by the Chair. Anyone not following these rules will be ruled out of order by the Chair. Those providing presentations to the Board are encouraged to do so via a PowerPoint presentation, with a projector and provide handouts for the Board and the community. To permit sufficient time for questions, those giving reports are urged to keep their presentations under three (3) minutes unless otherwise advised. The public concerns, questions, and comments are limited to two (2) minutes each. The Board questions and comments are limited to one (1) minute each.

Note: The Board may take action on any agenda item. As required by the State Sunshine Law (HRS 92), specific issues not noted on this agenda cannot be voted on, unless allowed for under HRS 92. A majority vote (5) of this 9-member Board is required to meet quorum requirements.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS (5 minutes each)

A. Honolulu Fire Department

B. Honolulu Police Department

III. PRESENTATIONS (15 minutes each)

A. Announcements of the following events: Chinatown Open House/Choy Cheng 02/02/2024 (sponsored by Chinese Chamber of Commerce); Chinatown New Year Celebration at Chinatown Cultural Plaza 02/02/2024 and 02/03/2024 (sponsored by Chinese Chamber of Commerce); Night in Chinatown Festival and Parade 02/03/2024 (sponsored by Chinatown808) - Leonard Kam (Chinese Chamber of Commerce)

B. City Lights Opening Night will occur on Saturday, December 2, 2023 - 4 - 4:45 p.m. Vehicles arrive at the staging area on King Street at A ala Park. / 6:05 p.m. PARADE BEGINS (approximate time) / 6:32 p.m. / The first unit anticipated to arrive in front of City Hall. (Vehicles will be directed to park in the LEFT lanes on the MAUKA side of King Street. / 7:45 p.m. PARADE ENDS (approximate time that last vehicle is parked, and Santa Claus float has left). Vehicles remain parked for about 45 minutes on King Street for viewing by the public. DRIVERS/AND ASSISTANTS MUST REMAIN WITH VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. / 8:15 p.m. All Parade vehicles must leave King Street at this time. - Deputy Director Warren Mamizuka

C. Installation of a Plaque on Fort Street for Dolores Mollring for her 27 years of service as a Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board Member - Sponsored by the Chinatown Business Community Association, Council Member Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, and former Neighborhood Member (and daughter) Laura Sturges. - Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock and Laura Sturgis

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 Josh Green's Representative - Shawn Hamamoto [shawn.hamamoto@doh.hawaii.gov]

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

C. City Council (District 6) - Tyler Dos Santos-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. Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS)

B. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART)

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

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

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

F. Neighborhood Citizen Patrol - Kevin Lye

VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. Resolution 2023-006: Regarding Preliminary Social Media Tenets for the Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13

VIII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A. Thursday, August 3, 2023, Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record

B. Thursday, September 7, 2023, Regular Meeting Written Summary for Video Record

IX. NEW BUSINESS

A. Board Concerns:

i. Communication with Chair to request items of business to be placed on the agenda per Neighborhood Plan section 2-14-111 C(1), C(2) in order to create more efficient and effective meetings.

ii. Motion to request Board members to not edit nor tamper with files uploaded to the Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board's Google Drive, including but not limited to renaming of files uploaded by others.

X. ANNOUNCEMENTS

A. The next Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No.13 regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at Ke'elikolani Middle School and virtually via Webex.

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 9:00 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month. An archive of past meetings may be found on http://olelo.org/olelonet/ by searching on .

XI. 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

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

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, please call the Neighborhood Commission Office at (808) 768-3710 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or send an email to nco@honolulu.gov at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.

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