Diamond Head Neighborhood Board Meeting AGUST 2025 Agenda

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Diamond Head Neighborhood Board Meeting AGUST 2025 Agenda
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Date: Thursday - 9/11/2025
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Diamond Head, Kapahulu, &
Saint Louis
Neighborhood Board No. 5
404 Kapahulu Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
Phone: (808) 768-3710
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LAST MEETING NOTES - Click here to read Diamond Head Neighborhood Board Meeting AUGUST 2025 Minutes minutes notes prior to the meeting scheduled below.

DIAMOND HEAD - KAPAHULU - ST. LOUIS HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 5

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 AT 6:00 P.M.

ALA WAI GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE BALLROOM

404 KAPAHULU AVENUE, HONOLULU, HI 96815

AND ONLINE VIA WEBEX

Meeting Link: https://cchnl.webex.com/cchnl/j.php?MTID=mb13f8313d6f10cb7bd7ce47fff590437

Meeting Number / Access Code: 2488 909 1135

Password: NB05 (6205 from phones and video systems)

Join by Phone: +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll

Board Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WKnOJqdvqoRuGhJ7E9rg5u7AtruuZZZn

Board Meeting Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfqRwVpRroolsFSNpDzklm59N89al2XyQ

Meeting Decorum: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to raise their hand in person or by using "raise hand" feature online. When recognized by the Chair, address comments to the Chair. All dialogue at the meeting will be conducted by use of the microphone. Public concerns and comments are limited to 2 minutes each. For Webex participants, please mute your microphone unless actively speaking. Demonstrate courtesy and respect to all attendees and presenters, including refraining from personal comments, using civility in the chat box feature, and keeping decorum at all times. Kindly silence all electronic devices if meeting in person. Out of respect for everyone, please keep questions/comments brief, succinct and avoid unnecessary repetition so that all may have opportunities to speak.

Public Announcements, Reports, & Presentations to the Board: Before the meeting, please email all materials for posting online to Neighborhood Assistant Curtis Hayashi (curtis.hayashi@honolulu.gov). Presenters may use PowerPoint, should be succinct, and mindful of time. If presenting in person, please provide handouts for the Board and the community.

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 (8 members) of this 15-member Board is required to meet quorum requirements. Board members must be in person or have video access on Webex.

Description of Board Boundaries: https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/boards-and-sub-district-boundary-descriptions

1. CALL TO ORDER -- Chair Winston Welch (winstonwelch@gmail.com)

2. PUBLIC SAFETY MONTHLY REPORTS (3 minutes each)

A. Honolulu Fire Department (HFD), Waikīkī Station (www.fire.honolulu.gov)

HFD's Public Affairs & Media Liaison Email: HFDNHB@honolulu.gov

Fire incidents, statistics, community updates, and safety tips

See Fire Response Search Tool and Incident Trend Dashboard: https://fire.honolulu.gov/news-and-info

B. Honolulu Police Department (HPD) (www.honolulupd.org/contact-us)

HPD's Info & Resources: https://www.honolulupd.org/information

Police incidents/statistics, traffic and parking enforcement, community events and updates, and safety tips

1. District 6 (Waikīkī/Kapiʻolani Park/Diamond Head)

2. District 7 (Diamond Head/Kapahulu/St. Louis Heights/East Honolulu)

3. FILLING OF BOARD VACANCIES

Chair Welch: The Neighborhood Commission has determined that our vote of August 7th did not conform to the Neighborhood Plan and therefore we need to reconfirm our last month's election to the Board. The Neighborhood Commission also approved our request to allow, but not require, a vacant seat in Subdistrict 2 to become a representative for the District At-Large (per Neighborhood Plan §2-15-108). This was only approved for one seat at the meeting and would only be through this term. We have further requested that any open seat become a District-At Large seat for any other vacant seat(s) for the remainder of this term. This will be addressed at the September Neighborhood Commission meeting.

A. One Subdistrict 3 Seat (Diamond Head, Ft Ruger, Kapi'olani Park, Monsarrat)

B. Two Subdistrict 2 Seats (Kapahulu)

C. One At-Large Seat (2025-2027 Board Term)

4. PUBLIC INTEREST REPORTS AND EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (2 minutes each)

With additional open public comments, concerns, questions and answers for the Board record. Note: While some specific items are listed under this Agenda section, any normal range of comments, questions, discussion and/or recommendations for follow up may be presented by the general public and Board members at this meeting.

A. Board of Water Supply (BWS) Report -- Kathleen Pahinui (kelliott-pahinui@hbws.org)

Main break reports, projects, and general BWS announcements.

B. Kapiʻolani Community College (KCC) Updates -- Lisa Yamamoto (lisany@hawaii.edu)

KCC projects, college matters, events and general announcements.

C. Announcements of public events, parades and similar upcoming activities of community interest

(2025 O‘ahu Schedule of Major Parades and Street Activities: https://www.honolulu.gov/dts/2025-events)

5. PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS OPEN FORUM (2 minutes per speaker)

Open public testimony regarding topics/issues not listed elsewhere on this agenda in order to enable comments, concerns, and questions for the Board record. Note: Any normal range of comments, questions, discussion and/or recommendations for follow up may be presented by the general public and Board members at this meeting, with due consideration of substantive items for future Board Agendas.

6. PRESENTATION: RESTRICTED USE OF PESTICIDES AND HAZARDS TO HUMAN HEALTH; CLIMATE FUTURE FORUM (CFF) -- Ella Alexander (5 minutes)

With additional open public comments, concerns, questions and answers for the Board record. Note: While there may be specific Presentations listed on the Agenda, the Board members and the public and may express any normal range of questions, concerns, comments, discussion, requests for follow up, Board discussion and Board motions regarding any relevant issue related to the respective presentation(s) listed on the agenda.

7. RESOLUTION ON PESTICIDE USAGE (5 minutes)

8. CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU REPORTS (5 minutes each)

Constituent concerns, city projects and services, and newsletter updates, with additional open public and Board comments, concerns, questions and answers for the Board record. Note: While there may be specific agenda items listed for City & County of Honolulu Elected Official Reports, any normal range of questions, concerns, comments, discussion, requests and recommendations for follow-up regarding City & County of Honolulu Elected Official Reports may be presented by Board members and the general public at this meeting.

A. Mayor Rick Blangiardi -- Anton Krucky, Department of Community Services (DCS) Director

Constituent Concerns & Follow-up Reports (anton.krucky@honolulu.gov)

B. City Council Chair Tommy Waters, City Council District 4

Constituent Concerns and Legislative Updates (tommy.waters@honolulu.gov)

C. Councilmember Scott Nishimoto, City Council District 5

Constituent Concerns and Legislative Updates (scott.nishimoto@honolulu.gov)

9. FEDERAL & STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL REPORTS (2 minutes each)

A. U.S. Congressman Ed Case (https://case.house.gov/contact)

B. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (https://www.schatz.senate.gov/contact)

C. U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (https://www.hirono.senate.gov/contact)

D. Governor Josh Green -- Ryan Aguilar (https://governor.hawaii.gov/contact-us)

E. State Senator Stanley Chang (senchang@capitol.hawaii.gov)

F. State Senator Les Ihara, Jr. (senihara@capitol.hawaii.gov)

G. State Senator Carol Fukunaga (senfukunaga@capitol.hawaii.gov)

H. State House Representative Tina Nakada Grandinetti (repgrandinetti@capitol.hawaii.gov)

I. State House Representative Jackson Sayama (repsayama@capitol.hawaii.gov)

J. State House Representative Andrew Garrett (repgarrett@capitol.hawaii.gov)

K. State House Representative Ikaika Olds (repolds@capitol.hawaii.gov)

10. BOARD BUSINESS

A. Chair Welch's Announcements

B. Confirmation of Board Committees, Committee Chairs and Committee Members

1. Environment -- Chair: Arlene Velasco; Members: Samo Rozman, Michelle Matson

2. Parks & Recreation -- Chair: Anthony Miranda; Members: Chad Wasden, Arlene Velasco, Michelle Matson, Rafia Hasina

3. Planning & Zoning -- Chair: Michelle Matson; Members: Ronan Witherwax, Arlene Velasco, Chad Wasden, Rafia Hasina

4. Traffic & Public Safety -- Co-Chairs: Margaret Murchie & Angie Knight; Members: Arlene Velasco, Michelle Matson, Julia Allen, Samo Rozman, Bruce Wong, Rafia Hasina

Ongoing concerns regarding:

1. Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Safety plans within new guidelines for school vicinities in NB5

2. Diamond Head Road Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Safety Improvements Update

3. Kapahulu Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements Update

4. Requests for Improved Pedestrian Safety at 4th Avenue to cross Waialae, and 7th Avenue to cross Waialae Avenue

C. Board Subdistrict Reports (2 minutes each)

1. St. Louis Heights Subdistrict 1 -- Julia Allen

2. Kapahulu Subdistrict 2 -- Anthony Miranda

3. Diamond Head Subdistrict 3 -- Linda Wong

D. Reports of Board Members Attending Other Board and Public Meetings

11. BOARD MEETING MINUTES PENDING APPROVAL

Draft Minutes: https://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-11640

Chair Welch: Due to issues with truncated draft meeting minutes provided to the Board by the Neighborhood Commission Office that may not accurately represent the substance and detail needed for useful reference and comporting with State law relating to written public meeting minutes, and because the Board's monthly meeting time has also been truncated by Neighborhood Commission Office limitations, such that the Board often has not had sufficient time to discuss meeting minutes for improvement and approval, the following meeting minutes have not been approved since March of 2024.

Notably, the draft meeting minutes of July 2025 were reported to have been created with the assistance of "ninja.ai" and represent a substantial improvement over other prior months' meeting minutes, and could serve as an example for past unapproved draft meeting minutes to be completed by the Neighborhood Commission Office and resubmitted to the Board for approval.

Therefore the Chair's recommendation per previous discussion during the August 14, 2025 Board meeting, is to return the unapproved draft meeting minutes to the Neighborhood Commission Office to be completed by the Neighborhood Assistant using AI to comport with State law requiring complete public meeting minutes reflecting the matters discussed and the views of the participants and to meet the needs of this Board and community for accurate and complete Board meeting minutes, and then resubmit the completed draft meeting minutes to the Board for review and approval at a future meeting. Prior to Board approval, these current draft meeting minutes exist for the public to reference in the interim:

1. Thursday, March 14, 2024

2. Thursday, September 12, 2024

3. Thursday, October 10, 2024

4. Thursday, November 14, 2024

5. Thursday, December 12, 2024

6. Thursday, January 9, 2025

7. Thursday, February 13, 2025

8. Thursday, March 13, 2025

9. Thursday, April 10, 2025

10. Thursday, May 8, 2025

11. Thursday, June 12, 2025

12. Thursday, July 10, 2025

13. Thursday, August 14, 2025

12. ANNOUNCEMENTS

A. To request a meeting agenda item, please contact Chair Welch and copy Curtis Hayashi (NCO) at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled meeting.

B. Next Meeting -- The next Neighborhood Board No. 5 regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Ala Wai Golf Course Club House Ballroom and online via Webex.

C. ‘Olelo Broadcast (https://olelo.org/tune-in) -- The Board meetings can be viewed on Channel 49 at 9:00 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of the month and at 2:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month.

D. Reporting Neighborhood Issues -- Visit https://www.honolulu.gov/csd/concern or use the Honolulu 311 App (https://honoluluhi.citysourced.com) to report neighborhood issues.

13. ADJOURNMENT

A mailing list is maintained for interested persons and agencies to receive this board's agenda and minutes. Additions, corrections, and deletions to the mailing list may be directed to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) at Kapālama Hale, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, HI 96817, by telephone on (808) 768-3710, fax (808) 768-3711, or emailing nco@honolulu.gov. Agenda, documents, minutes are also available online: 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, email nbtestimony@honolulu.gov, or complete the form on https://www8.honolulu.gov/nco/testimony.

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

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