Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report
Zoning & Planning (Zon): Thursday, March 5, 2026
5 items taken up, from 9:01 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
2. RESOLUTION 26-27 – COMMITTEE REPORT 64(26)
9:16 a.m.4669 AND 4671 KĀHALA AVENUE – WAIʻALAE-KĀHALA (2025/SMA-91). Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to Kinoshita Group Co. LTD to allow for the construction of a new one-story, single-unit dwelling, detached covered cabana, two-car open parking area, in-ground swimming pool and water feature, and at-grade spa on two jointly developed zoning lots in Waiʻalae-Kāhala. Council Chair Waters entered the Council Chamber. The Committee Chair called upon Jim Hayes from Planning Solutions, Inc., the Applicant's Agent, to provide a brief presentation of the Project to the Committee. (M-87[26]) There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-27 amended to CD1 (OCS2026-0133/3/3/2026 11:28 AM) and r
Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
3. RESOLUTION 26-29 – COMMITTEE REPORT 65(26)
9:31 a.m.92-384 FARRINGTON HIGHWAY – HONOULIULI (2025/SMA-79). Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to Hawaiki Submarine Cable USA LLC to allow for the expansion of the existing cable landing station ("CLS") via horizontal directional drilling, and installation of three new trans-Pacific subsea fiber-optic telecommunication cables traversing under the shoreline at Kahe Point Beach Park, continuing under the former Oʻahu Railway & Land Company right-of-way and train tracks and Farrington Highway, to the existing CLS facility, on portions of six zoning lots in Honouliuli. The Committee Chair called upon David Slessor from BW Digital, the Applicant's Agent, to provide a brief presentation of
Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
Testimony: 1 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.
4. BILL 70 (2025), CD1
9:42 a.m.RELATING TO PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. Allowing dog parks to be credited toward satisfying the requirements for the provision or dedication of land for park and playground purposes. This item was cancelled.
5. BILL 6 (2026), CD1 – COMMITTEE REPORT 62(26)
9:45 a.m.LUO AMENDMENT RELATING TO APARTMENT AND APARTMENT MIXED-USE ZONING DISTRICTS. Amending the development standards for the apartment and apartment mixed-use zoning districts.
What happened: Bill 6 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.
Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
Testimony: 2 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.
6. BILL 7 (2026), CD1 – COMMITTEE REPORT 63(26)
9:55 a.m.LUO AMENDMENT RELATING TO SIGN STANDARDS FOR APARTMENT AND APARTMENT MIXED-USE ZONING DISTRICTS. Amending the Land Use Ordinance relating to the regulation of signs in the apartment and apartment mixed-use zoning districts.
What happened: Bill 7 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.
Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
Testimony: 2 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.