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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 INTERNATIONAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS |
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Voting Members: Scott Y. Nishimoto, Chair Andria Tupola, Vice Chair Radiant Cordero Tyler Dos Santos-Tam Esther Kiaʻāina Val A. Okimoto Augie Tulba Tommy Waters Matt Weyer
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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 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 on the Honolulu City Council YouTube Channel, type the following into the address bar of the browser: https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/meetings; (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 on the Honolulu City Council YouTube Channel, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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 89381140491 and Passcode 123348.
2. To testify by videoconference visit The Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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 through the Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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, email address, and phone number, will be available to the public on the Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov.
Should you have any questions, please call (808) 768-3817 or send an email to jaylin.purdy@honolulu.gov.
Meeting materials are accessible on the Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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 jaylin.purdy@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 25-293 – REAPPOINTMENT OF SHELTON JIM ON TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION. Confirming the reappointment of Shelton Jim On to serve on the Ethics Commission for a term to expire on December 31, 2030. (Transmitted by Communication MM-157; public hearing held 11/05/25)
MM-157(25) MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Draft Resolution relating to the reappointment of Mr. Shelton Jim On to serve on the Ethics Commission of the City and County of Honolulu. PH ILA
M-0586(25) Testimony on RES25-293 for Nov 5, 2025 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0594(25) Testimony on RES25-293 for Nov 19, 2025 @ 01:00 PM *INTERNATIONAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS (ILA) Meeting.
PROPOSED CD1 TO RESOLUTION 25-293 (Submitted by Councilmember Nishimoto) – The CD1 (OCS2025-0885/11/5/2025 9:03 AM) makes the following amendments:
A. Amends the BE IT RESOLVED clause to replace the word "appointment" with the word "reappointment."
B. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
2. RESOLUTION 25-281 – ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT (DHR). Accepting a gift of travel and related expenses, valued at $2,271.20 from Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative for the Director of Human Resources to participate in the 2025 Managing Talent in City Government Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 18, 2025. (Transmitted by Communication D-741)
D-0741(25) HUMAN RESOURCES - Draft Resolution for acceptance of a gift from Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.
PROPOSED CD1 TO RESOLUTION 25-281 (Submitted by Councilmember Nishimoto) – The CD1 (OCS2025-0812/10/9/2025 11:18 AM) makes the following amendments:
A. Amends the title of the resolution to read as follows:
"ACCEPTING A GIFT OF TRAVEL AND RELATED EXPENSES, VALUED AT $2,271.20, TO THE CITY FROM THE BLOOMBERG HARVARD CITY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2025 MANAGING TALENT IN CITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2025."
B. In the fourth WHEREAS clause, identifies the letter dated September 26, 2025, as Departmental Communication 741 (2025).
C. Labels the attached Declaration of Gift form as "EXHIBIT A."
D. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
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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 Committee on International & Legal Affairs on questions and issues pertaining to claims and other matters on the Council's powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities.
3. Request for authorization to settle a case against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Certified Construction, Inc. v. Andrew T. Kawano as Procurement Officer and Director of the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawai‘i, Civil No. 1CCV‑24‑0000396 (JJK) (Cir. Court)
4. Request for authorization to settle a claim by Diana Crockett against the City and County of Honolulu, Claim No. 23-06540
5. Request for authorization to settle a case against the City and County of Honolulu: Debra L. Freeman v. City and County of Honolulu, et al., Civ. No. 1CCV-24-0000193
6. Request for authorization to settle a case against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Akiwine Sykap and Yovita Lucio v. City and County of Honolulu, et al., Civil No. 1CCV-21-0000674 LWC (Cir. Ct.)
7. Request for authorization to settle a lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Lance Aaron B. Solon and Leimomi Solon v. City and County of Honolulu, et al.; Civil No. 1CCV-23-0000615
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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.
SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair
Committee on International
& Legal Affairs