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HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL KE KANIHELA O KE KALANA O HONOLULU CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
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COMMITTEE ON HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMY & HEALTH |
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Voting Members: Matt Weyer, Chair Radiant Cordero, Vice Chair Tyler Dos Santos-Tam Augie Tulba Andria Tupola
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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Pursuant to Section 92-3.7, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, this meeting will be conducted as a remote meeting by interactive conference technology, with the following procedures in effect for the meeting:
The meeting will be viewable: (1) by internet live streaming through https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/meetings; (2) by televised live broadcast on ‘Ōlelo TV Channel 54; and (3) on the monitor situated outside the Council Chamber. Viewers who experience a loss of viewing signal should try switching to another viewing option.
After the meeting, the meeting will be viewable on demand at https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/meetings. Copies of older meeting videos may be requested by calling the City Clerk’s Office at (808) 768‑5822, charges may apply.
Some Councilmembers and presenters may be participating in the meeting by interactive conference technology from remote locations.
Remote and in-person oral testimony will be permitted on all items on the agenda when each agenda item is taken up. Each speaker may not have anyone else read their statement and is limited to a one‑minute presentation.
As both English and Hawaiian are official languages of the State of Hawaiʻi, pursuant to Article XV, Section 4 of the Hawaiʻi State Constitution and Section 1-13 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, members of the public may testify in either language. For oral testimonies offered in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, additional time as may be necessary will be allowed for the testifier to provide an English translation of their testimony.
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Remote Testimony
1. For direct access to submit oral testimony call: +1-253-215-8782, enter ID 86861938200 and Passcode 204495.
2. To testify by videoconference visit: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/testimony. Videoconference access information will be provided upon registration. Testifiers are encouraged to register/submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Persons wishing to testify in-person in the Council Chamber are requested to register by 1:00 p.m. by filling out the registration form in person outside the Council Chamber. Persons who have not registered will be given an opportunity to speak following the oral testimonies of the registered speakers.
Written testimony may be uploaded at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/testimony, or mailed to Office of the City Clerk, Attention: Information Section, 530 South King Street, Room 100, Honolulu, HI 96813. If submitted, written testimonies, including the testifier’s address, e-mail address, and phone number, will be available to the public at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov.
Should you have any questions, please call (808) 768-3825 or send an email to pearlene.sotelo@honolulu.gov.
Meeting materials are accessible at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/browse/agendas by clicking on the appropriate Committee meeting.
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 Office of the City Clerk Information Section at (808) 768-5822 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or send an email to pearlene.sotelo@honolulu.gov as soon as possible or at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
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FOR ACTION
1. RESOLUTION 25-2 – UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. Urging the Hawaiʻi State Legislature to adopt legislation that would create a universal free school lunch program for public school students.
M-0001(25) Testimony on RES25-002 for Jan 14, 2025 @ 01:00 PM HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMY & HEALTH (HSEH) Meeting.
2. RESOLUTION 25-3 – LOCATIONS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS. Reaffirming the City policy, as set forth in Resolution 03-09, FD1, adopted on April 16, 2003, that municipal solid waste landfills should not be located in proximity to any of the City’s underground drinking water sources.
RES25-003, CD1 - 01-15-25 HSEH
3. BILL 19 (2024), FD1, CD1 – RELATING TO HOUSING. Addressing housing in the City and County of Honolulu, including establishing a resident preference in the City’s housing programs by adding a new article to Chapter 1 of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021 (“General Provisions”). (Bill passed second reading and public hearing held 7/10/24)
BILL019(24), FD1 - 03-25-24 CCL
BILL019(24), FD1, CD1 - 06-26-24 HSH
BILL019(24), FD1, CD2 - 01-14-25 HSEH
BILL019(24), PROPOSED FD1 - RC1
BILL019(24), FD1, PROPOSED CD1 - ATUP1
BILL019(24), FD1, PROPOSED CD1 - RC1
BILL019(24), FD1, CD1, PROPOSED CD2 - TDST1
BILL019(24), FD1, CD1, PROPOSED CD2 - MW1 (OCS2025-0007/1/6/2025 1:23 PM)
CC-156(24) SAY - Referral Appeal Form for Bill 19(2024), FD1 from Zoning to Housing, Sustainability and Health. FILE.
CC-004(25) WATERS - List of Assignments for Items Pending Before the Council, effective January 3, 2025. CCM
MM-111(24) HOUSING - Support for Bill 19, FD1 — Relating to the Establishment of a Resident Preference in City Housing Programs.
MM-122(24) HOUSING - Support for Bill 19, FD1, CD1 - Relating to the Establishment of a Resident Preference in City Housing Programs.
M-0111(24) Testimony on BILL019(24) for Mar 25, 2024 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0150(24) Testimony on BILL019(24) for Apr 3, 2024 @ 09:00 AM ZONING (ZON) Meeting.
M-0310(24) Testimony on BILL019(24) for Jul 10, 2024 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
040324 Committee on Zoning Written Summary for Video Record
032524 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 04/17/24
062624 Committee on Housing, Sustainability and Health Written Summary for Video Record
071024 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 08/07/24
PROPOSED CD2 TO BILL 19 (2024), FD1, CD1 (Submitted by Councilmember Weyer) – The CD2 (OCS2025-0007/1/6/2025 1:23 PM) makes the following amendments:
A. Deletes SECTION 3 of the bill, which proposed to amend ROH Section 29‑1.4(a) by removing the option for developers to satisfy the City's affordable housing requirement by producing for-sale affordable dwelling units that must remain affordable for 30 years and by increasing the length of time that for-sale affordable dwelling units must remain affordable.
B. Deletes SECTION 4 of the bill, which provided instructions for the Revisor of Ordinances. Renumbers the subsequent SECTION.
C. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
4. BILL 63 (2024) – RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. Amending the provisions relating to accessory dwelling units, including but not limited to any incentives to stimulate the creation of such units. (Bill passed first reading 12/11/24)
CC-004(25) WATERS - List of Assignments for Items Pending Before the Council, effective January 3, 2025. CCM
M-0556(24) Testimony on BILL063(24) for Dec 11, 2024 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
121124 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 01/29/25
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5. BILL 64 (2024) – RELATING TO DOWN PAYMENT LOANS. Ensuring expanded eligibility for the City’s down payment loan program by amending Section 6-34.2 of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021. (Bill passed first reading 12/11/24)
CC-004(25) WATERS - List of Assignments for Items Pending Before the Council, effective January 3, 2025. CCM
M-0574(24) Testimony on BILL064(24) for Dec 11, 2024 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0007(25) Testimony on BILL064(24) for Jan 14, 2025 @ 01:00 PM HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMY & HEALTH (HSEH) Meeting.
121124 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 01/29/25
INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
6. UPDATE BY THE BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY ON LANDFILL SITING ISSUES.
• Ernest Y.W. Lau, P.E., Manager and Chief Engineer
D-0017(25) BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY - Mayor's December 10, 2024 Press Conference Announcing the Selection of Area Northwest of Wahiawa as City's Proposed New Landfill Site. Testimony for Jan 14, 2025 @ 01:00 PM HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMY & HEALTH (HSEH) Meeting.
D-0018(25) BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY - Presentation on Oahu's Groundwater Aquifer and Siting New Landfill for Jan 14, 2025 @ 01:00 PM HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMY & HEALTH (HSEH) Meeting.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
If the need arises with respect to any item on this agenda, then pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(4), the Committee may consult in a closed meeting with its attorneys in executive session on questions and issues pertaining to claims and other matters on the Council's powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities relating to that item.
MATT WEYER, Chair
Committee on Housing, Sustainability, Economy & Health