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	HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL KE KANIHELA O KE KALANA O HONOLULU CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU	COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE MATTERS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
		Voting Members: Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Chair Radiant Cordero, Vice Chair Esther Kiaʻāina Val A. Okimoto Calvin K.Y. Say Augie Tulba Andria Tupola Tommy Waters Matt Weyer

 

AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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.

 

Remote Testimony

 

1. For direct access to submit oral testimony call: +1-253-215-8782, enter ID 81606152543 and Passcode 376929.

 

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.

 

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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) 768-9230 or send an email to sherry.arca@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 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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EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

The Committee anticipates convening into Executive Session pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(4), to consult in a closed meeting with the attorneys for the Council’s Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee on questions and issues pertaining to claims and other matters on the Council's powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities.

 

1. Resolution to Request Additional Funds for Contract No. SC-COR-22000093 to Continue the Services of Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP, as Special Counsel to represent Defendant Christopher Koanui in a legal action entitled Robin Hall v. City and County of Honolulu et al., Civil No. CV21-cv-00248 LEK-KJM (USDC).

 

2. Request for authorization to settle: Ohana Control Systems, Inc., et al. v. Tim Caires, et al.; Civil No. 1:21-cv-00345-JAO-KJM (U.S.D.C.); and Ohana Control Systems, Inc. v. Sheldon Yasso, et al.; Civil No. 1CCV-22-0000482 JHA (Crt. Ct.)

 

3. Request for authorization to settle a lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Michael Sklarz and Jo Frasier v. City and County of Honolulu, Civ. No. 1CCV-23-0001486 KLH (Cir. Ct.)

 

TYLER DOS SANTOS-TAM, Chair

Committee on Executive Matters

and Legal Affairs