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International & Legal Affairs (Ila): Wednesday, March 4, 2026

3 items taken up, at the City Council Chamber. Every action and vote below is as the council's own written summary records it.

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. The council's video of this meeting · the written summary

Request for authorization to settle a lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Gordon J. Knowles v. Sheryl Sunia, individually and as an agent/employee of the Hawai‘i Pacific University et al., Civ. No. 1CC161001086 (Cir. Ct.) Committee Report 59(26) reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 7 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, WEYER, none against.

Request for authorization to settle a lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu and Retired HPD Lieutenant Darryl Kon entitled Joshua Spriestersbach v. City and County of Honolulu and Darryl Kon, et al., Civil No. 1:21-CV-00456-LEK-RT (USDC) Committee Report 60(26) reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 7 — KIAʻĀINA*, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO*, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, WEYER, none against. One member voted aye with reservations.

Request for authorization to settle claims against the City and County of Honolulu by Donna Y.L. Leong regarding partial reimbursement of legal fees and costs Committee Report 61(26) reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 7 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO*, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, WEYER, none against. One member voted aye with reservations.

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.