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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 BUDGET |
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Voting Members: Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Chair Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair Radiant Cordero Esther Kiaʻāina Matt Weyer
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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025
9:00 A.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/meetingshttp://www.honolulucitycouncil.com/; (2) by televised live broadcast on ʻŌlelo 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
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FOR ACTION
1. RESOLUTION 25-6 – NOMINATION OF ANDREW T. KAWANO TO SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES. Confirming the nomination of Andrew T. Kawano to serve as the Director of Budget and Fiscal Services of the City and County of Honolulu. (Transmitted by Communication MM‑1; public hearing held 1/29/25)
MM-001(25) MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Letter Requesting City Council's Confirmation of the Appointees for Temporary Commission.
D-0052(25) BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY - Testimony on RES25-6 for Jan 29, 2025 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
2. RESOLUTION 25-38 – CAMP MOKULĒ‘IA RENTAL. Approving the month‑to‑month rental with Camp Mokulē‘ia, Incorporated, for a period of up to four years, for the City’s Mokulē‘ia Beach Park Addition. (Transmitted by Communication D-34)
RES25-038, PROPOSED CD1 - TDST1
D-0034(25) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES Draft Resolution for a Rental Agreement with Camp Mokuleia, Incorporated for the City's Mokule'ia Beach Park Addition Property TMK: 6-8-002:001(Por.)
M-0064(25) Testimony on RES25-038 for Feb 11, 2025 @ 09:00 AM BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
PROPOSED CD1 TO RESOLUTION 25-38 (Submitted by Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam) – The CD1 (OCS2025-0115/2/5/2025 3:15 PM) makes the following amendments:
A. Makes technical and nonsubstantive amendments to the resolution's title to read as follows:
"APPROVING THE MONTH-TO-MONTH RENTAL WITH CAMP MOKULĒʻIA, INCORPORATED, FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO FOUR YEARS, FOR THE CITY'S MOKULĒʻIA BEACH PARK ADDITION, TMK: (1) 6-8-002:001 (PORTION)."
B. Clarifies that the ordinance citations in the first, second, third, and sixth WHEREAS clauses of the resolution are to Section 38-3.1(1) of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021.
C. Attaches missing Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to the Rental Agreement ("Exhibit A").
D. Replaces Exhibit B with a colorized version showing the Mokulēʻia Beach Park Addition and public access.
E. Revises the final BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED clause to delete "certified" before "copies."
F. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
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3. RESOLUTION 25-44 – REAL PROPERTY TAX COMPROMISE. Approving a one-time compromise of the real property taxes owed by Hui O Hau‘ula for the property located at 54-010 Kukuna Road for the tax year beginning July 1, 2022 in the amount due of $1,104.66; for the tax year beginning July 1, 2023 in the amount due of $4,431.75; for the tax year beginning July 1, 2024 in the amount due of $4,431.75; for the tax year beginning July 1, 2025, plus any accrued interests and penalties or for any future amounts that are owed on the parcel identified as TMK: 5-4-014:003, such that said taxes are compromised to the minimum tax of $300.
D-0098(25) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Resolution 25-044 (2025) - Relating to a Tax Compromise.
M-0065(25) Testimony on RES25-044 for Feb 11, 2025 @ 09:00 AM BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
4. BILL 2 (2025) – RELATING TO FUNDS. Addressing certain funds. (Bill passed first reading 1/29/25)
BILL002(25), PROPOSED CD1 - TDST1
M-0047(25) Testimony on BILL002(25) for Jan 29, 2025 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0072(25) Testimony on BILL002(25) for Feb 11, 2025 @ 09:00 AM BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
PROPOSED CD1 TO BILL 2 (2025) (Submitted by Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam) – The CD1 (OCS2025-0078/2/3/2025 2:11 PM) makes the following amendments:
A. In SECTION 1 of the bill, deletes the second and third paragraphs relating to the Community Renewal Program Fund and the Leisure Services Incentive Fund and revises the final paragraph as follows:
The City Council finds that repealing [these two] certain special funds will streamline and provide more clarity to [ROH] Chapter 6, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021, as well as existing uncodified special funds.
B. Adds new SECTIONS 4 and 5 of the bill to add the Leasehold Conversion Fund and the Pauahi Project Expenditures, Hawaii R-15 Fund for repeal, and renumbers subsequent SECTIONS.
C. Revises SECTION 4 (renumbered as SECTION 6) to include the two added funds (the Leasehold Conversion Fund and the Pauahi Project Expenditures, Hawaii R-15 Fund) in the requirement that the Director of Budget and Fiscal Services transfer any remaining moneys after the repeal of each of the specified funds to another appropriate fund.
D. In SECTION 5 (renumbered as SECTION 7), changes the effective date to July 1, 2025.
E. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
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5. BILL 3 (2025) – RELATING TO INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES. Amending Chapter 35, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021 to address certain obsolete or unnecessary provisions. (Bill passed first reading 1/29/25)
D-0099(25) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Bill 3 (2025) - Relating to the Repeal of a Real Property Tax Rebate.
M-0048(25) Testimony on BILL003(25) for Jan 29, 2025 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0073(25) Testimony on BILL003(25) for Feb 11, 2025 @ 09:00 AM BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
6. BILL 4 (2025) – RELATING TO SPONSORSHIPS. Reestablishing a process to obtain sponsorships for city facilities, parks, programs, equipment, and tangible property within set guidelines and procedures for the purpose of optimizing non‑property tax revenue sources. (Bill passed first reading 1/29/25)
BILL004(25), CD1 - 02-11-25 BUD
BILL004(25), PROPOSED CD1 - TDST1
M-0057(25) Testimony on BILL004(25) for Jan 29, 2025 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
PROPOSED CD1 TO BILL 4 (2025) (Submitted by Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam) – The CD1 (OCS2025-0113/2/5/2025 12:10 PM) makes the following amendments:
A. In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed new ROH Section 2-__.7 ("Sponsorship requirements"), corrects the citation in subsection (a)(2) to "Chapter 21, Article 7."
B. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
7. BILL 9 (2025) – RELATING TO FEES AND CHARGES. Directing the Office of Council Services to prepare a consolidated table of fees and charges found in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021, and to insert the table in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021. (Bill passed first reading 1/29/25)
M-0051(25) Testimony on BILL009(25) for Jan 29, 2025 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0074(25) Testimony on BILL009(25) for Feb 11, 2025 @ 09:00 AM BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
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INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
8. DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES, REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT DIVISION TO SHARE THE 2025 NET TAXABLE VALUATIONS OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU AS WELL AS THE ZONE SUMMARY OF TAX REPORT AND SUMMARY OF TAXABLE PROPERTY BY LAND CLASS, WHICH IS DONE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 8-11.1, REVISED ORDINANCES OF HONOLULU 2021.
D-0097(25) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Presentation on Item No. 8 for Feb 11, 2025 @ 09:00 AM BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
Related communication:
D-80 Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, submitting the 2025 net taxable valuations of real property within the City and County of Honolulu and the Zone Summary of Tax Report and Summary of Taxable Property by Land Class.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
If the need arises with respect to any item on this agenda, then pursuant to Hawaiʻi 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 the Councilʻs powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities relating to that item.
TYLER DOS SANTOS-TAM, Chair
Committee on Budget