Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report

Zoning & Planning (Zon): Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026

4 items taken up, from 9:04 a.m., at the City Council Chamber. Every action and vote below is as the council's own written summary records it.

Voting members: Esther Kiaʻāina, Chair; Tommy Waters, Vice Chair; Radiant Cordero; Val A. Okimoto; Andria Tupola. The council's video of this meeting · the written summary

68-309 CROZIER DRIVE – WAIALUA (2025/SMA-81). Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to Robert Vavul to allow for the construction of a new single-unit dwelling, pool, spa, garage, and recreation room on an approximately 13,230-square-foot shoreline lot zoned R-7.5 Residential District, located at 68-309 Crozier Drive and identified as Tax Map Key 6-8-005: 015. There was no public testimony. Committee on Zoning & Planning Meeting Written Summary for Video Record Thursday, January 15, 2026 Resolution 25-333 granted 90-day extension of time pursuant to the written request from the Applicant’s agent in Communication M-2(26).

What happened: Resolution 25-333 granted 90-day extension of time pursuant to the written request from the Applicant’s agent in Communication M-2(26).

Vote: ayes 3 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, none against.

REAPPOINTMENT OF GEENA THIELEN TO SERVE ON THE BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS. Confirming the reappointment of Geena Thielen to serve on the Building Board of Appeals of the City and County of Honolulu for a term to expire on December 31, 2030. Council Chair Waters entered the Council Chamber. There was no public testimony. Resolution 25-320 amended to CD1 (OCS2025-0966/12/30/2025 12:26 PM) and reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, WATERS, none against.

430-D NORTH KALĀHEO AVENUE – KAILUA (2025/SMA-54). Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to Margaret Taylor to allow for the construction of a new single-unit dwelling with an attached eight-car garage and an internal above-grade swimming pool on an approximately 23,256-square-foot lot with an existing single-unit dwelling in the R-10 Residential District, located at 430-D North Kalāheo Avenue and identified as Tax Map Key 4-3-017:019. Councilmember Tupola entered the Council Chamber. The Committee Chair called upon Mark Howland from Whale Environmental Services, LLC, the Applicant's Agent to provide a brief presentation of the Project to the Committee. (M-1[26]) There was no publi

Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.

EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE SENIOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL PROJECT AT THE FORMER ʻAIEA SUGAR MILL SITE. Authorizing the execution of an amendment to ground lease, and second amendment to development agreement, relating to the senior affordable housing project for low to moderate income households at the former ʻAiea Sugar Mill site, located at 99-385 Pohai Place, ʻAiea, and identified as Tax Map Key (1) 9-9-078:006. There was no public testimony. Action on Resolution 26-6 postponed to the next Committee on Zoning & Planning meeting scheduled on February 5, 2026.

What happened: Resolution 26-6 postponed to the next Committee on Zoning & Planning meeting scheduled on February 5, 2026.

Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.

Testimony: 1 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.

From the council's “Written Summary for Video Record” for this meeting (the document), read by script and not reviewed by a person. Measures, actions and roll-call votes are the council's own words; councilmembers are named as the record names them; residents who testified are counted, not named. Items are placed on area pages by any tax map key the summary prints.