Palolo Neighborhood Board Meeting December 2020 Agenda

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Palolo Neighborhood Board Meeting December 2020 Agenda
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Date: Wednesday - 12/9/2020
Time: 7:00pm
Location:
Palolo Neighborhood Board No. 6
2106 10th Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: (808) 768-3710
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LAST MEETING NOTES - Click here to read Palolo Neighborhood Board Meeting October 2020 Minutes minutes notes prior to the meeting scheduled below.

With Permission / Courtesy of: City and County of Honolulu Neighborhood Commission Office

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020, 7:00 PM
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Rules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to raise their hand, and when recognized by the Chair, to address comments to the Chair. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments under three (3) minutes, and those giving reports are urged to keep their reports less than three (3) minutes. Please silence all electronic devices. §2-11-311 Order and decorum. (a) All commissioners shall promote and preserve the order and decorum of the commission’s proceedings.
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 added to the agenda. The presiding officer of the commission or the commission may expel any individual whose conduct at the commission meeting is disruptive, disorderly, contemptuous, or improper for the conduct of business at the commission meeting. [Effective 10/20/08] (Auth: RCH §§4-105(4), 14-102) (Imp: RCH §§4-105(4), 14-102)
§2-14-117 Order and decorum. (a) All board members shall promote and preserve the order and decorum of the board’s proceedings. (b) The presiding officer of the board or a majority of the board may expel any individual whose conduct at the board meeting is disruptive, disorderly, contemptuous, or improper for the conduct of business at the board meeting. [Eff 10/20/08] (Auth: RCH §14-103(a)) (Imp: RCH §14-104)
§2-14-118 Discussion. (a) When a board member or person properly before the board wishes to speak, the member or person shall address the chair, be recognized before proceeding, and shall confine remarks to the subject under discussion, avoiding personalities and abusive language.
§2-14-126 Parliamentary authority. The most current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall be the parliamentary authority of all boards when the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the charter, the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, and the plan are silent. [Eff 10/20/08] (Auth: RCH §14-103(a)) (Imp: RCH §14-104)

1. CALL TO ORDER (Chair Frost)

2. CITY MONTHLY REPORTS
A. Honolulu Fire Department
B. Honolulu Police Department
C. Board of Water Supply

3. REPORTS OF MEMBERS ATTENDANCE AT OTHER CITY MEETINGS

4. FILLING OF VACANT BOARD SEATS: There are two (2) vacancies in Subdistrict 2. Residents interested in filling a vacant board seat must bring current proof of residency to the Board meeting.

5. BOARD PERMITTED INTERACTION GROUP (PIG) - Kuahea/Waiomao Road Earth Movement

6. ELECTED OFFICIALS (Limited to three (3) minutes each) — Follow-up and Reports
A. City Councilmember Ann Kobayashi
B. Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Representative
C. Governor David Ige’s Representative
D. Representative Jackson Sayama
E. State Senator Les Ihara, Jr.

7. RESIDENTS’/COMMUNITY CONCERNS: (Limited to three (3) minutes each subject to Chair discretion) Please first be recognized by the Chair, come to the microphone, face the camera and state your name. NOTE: Because of the State “Sunshine Law,” concerns may be presented, but Board can take no action during the current meeting. All items for decision must be published on the agenda seven (7) days prior to the board meeting. Contact Chair Josh Frost at (808) 371-9334 or josh.frost@me.com with agenda item requests at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.

8. PRESENTATIONS (10 minutes each)
A. Palolo Chinese Home – Update on activities, etc.
B. Dave Watase – Update on Ala Wai Flood Risk Management Project

9. BOARD BUSINESS
A. Consideration of Resolution Concerning the Revised Plan for the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management Project
B. Approval of Minutes from Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Meeting

10. TREASURER’S REPORT

11. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. The P lolo Neighborhood Board’s Next Meeting will be on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM at a location to be determined.
B. Bulky Trash Pick-Up – Appointment System Pilot Program for pick-up. Please visit http://www.opala.org or call 768-3200 for general information, then press ־” for appointment requests.
C. Farmers’ Market – Every Wednesday from 6:30 a.m. - 7:20 a.m. at P lolo District Park
D. ’Olelo Broadcast Slots – The P lolo Neighborhood Board No. 6 meetings are aired on Channel 49 the first and third Sundays of the month at 12:00 p.m. and the 4th Thursday at 9:00 p.m. or online, anytime at http://www.olelo.org
E. Social Media – Join us informally at the P lolo Valley Community or ‘Palolo Neighborhood Board No. 6’ pages or Palolo Neighborhood Board No. 6 Friends group on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com. Also stay connected with the P lolo community at www.nextdoor.com.
F. Agenda Requests – No Later Than 7 days prior to meeting, contact Chair Frost at (808) 371-9334.
G. Designated Board Members to Assist to Close-Up – Mahalo for your cooperation!

12. ADJOURNMENT

If you would like to receive this Board’s agenda and minutes, please contact the Neighborhood Commission Office, Kapalama Hale, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, HI 96817; call the Neighborhood Assistant Lindon Valenciano at 768-3712, e-mail l.valenciano@honolulu.gov, or fax 768-3705 to be added to the mailing list or visit https://www.honolulu.gov/esub/email-subscribe-nco

Any individual wishing to attend a Neighborhood Board meeting who has questions about accommodations for a physical disability or a special physical need should call the Neighborhood Commission Office at 768-3710 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting.

PALOLO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 6

RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE REVISED PLAN

FOR THE ALA WAI FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT

(DRAFT)

WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) has developed plans for the Ala Wai Canal Project (the “Project”), officially referred to as the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management Project, in order to mitigate the effects of a potentially catastrophic 100-year flooding event within the Ala Wai Watershed; and

WHEREAS, the Palolo Neighborhood Board (“Board”) and six other Neighborhood Boards passed resolutions in early 2019 requesting that the State Legislature defer appropriating any funds for the Project until community stakeholders’ concerns were sufficiently addressed, including consideration of alternatives to the Project; and

WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Legislature declined to appropriate funds for the Project in the 2019 and 2020 Sessions; and

WHEREAS, based on the new 1D/2D modeling and new data, the USACE presented in August of this year a significantly revised flood mitigation plan in which the detention basins in the upper Manoa, Palolo, and Makiki Valleys were removed and new features added, such as a 40-foot-tall pumping station and miter gate set in the Canal itself, a Makiki Bypass conduit along the Promenade, and high walls around the Canal and Ala Wai Park, the Woodlawn Bypass and berms in Manoa Valley, and the continued existence of the Kanewai Park Multipurpose Detention Basin with 9’ berms adjacent to Hokulani Elementary School; and

WHEREAS, community members and recreational users have not had a full opportunity to absorb, understand, and react to these changes in the Project; and

WHEREAS, the community and the City Council have presented alternative proposals or alternative features to be incorporated into the current USACE plan; and

WHEREAS, this Board would like the USACE to evaluate seriously the proposals from the City Council and from the community; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Board requests of USACE that its environmental assessment process and any potential environmental impact statement process include technical engineering review of the City Council proposal and of the community-generated alternatives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the USACE should insure that it properly inform the public, residents, condominium associations, recreational clubs, and schools of the USACE’s schedule of public engagements with respect impacts affecting areas known as the Ala Wai Watersheds; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board also requests that the City and County of Honolulu defer entering into any partnership agreement with the USACE until community concerns are sufficiently addressed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the USACE, the Governor of the State of Hawaii, the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, members of the City Council of Honolulu, all members of the Hawaii State Legislature, the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of Budget and Finance, the Office of Environmental Quality, and the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Design and Construction.

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