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Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report

Public Safety & Economy (Pse): Tuesday, May 19, 2026

4 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: Augie Tulba, Chair; Esther Kiaʻāina, Vice Chair; Scott Y. Nishimoto; Val A. Okimoto; Andria Tupola. The council's video of this meeting · the written summary

1. RESOLUTION 26-89 – COMMITTEE REPORT 137(26)

2:42 p.m.

APPOINTMENT OF KALANI KAʻANĀʻANĀ TO SERVE ON THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION COMMISSION. Confirming the appointment of Kalani Kaʻanāʻanā to serve on the Economic Revitalization Commission of the City and County of Honolulu for a term to expire on December 31, 2030. Committee on Public Safety & Economy Written Summary for Video Record Tuesday, May 19, 2026 There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-89 reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-89 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, none against.

2. RESOLUTION 26-91 – COMMITTEE REPORT 138(26)

2:43 p.m.

REAPPOINTMENT OF JASPER WONG TO THE COMMISSION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Confirming the reappointment of Jasper Wong to serve on the Commission on Culture and the Arts of the City and County of Honolulu for a term to expire on June 30, 2030. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-91 reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-91 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, none against.

3. RESOLUTION 26-101 – COMMITTEE REPORT 139(26)

2:44 p.m.

REAPPOINTMENT OF JOSHUA TENGAN TO THE COMMISSION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Confirming the reappointment of Joshua Tengan to serve on the Commission on Culture and the Arts of the City and County of Honolulu for a term to expire on June 30, 2031. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-101 reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-101 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, none against.

4. RESOLUTION 26-116 – COMMITTEE REPORT 140(26)

2:47 p.m.

ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT (HOSD). Accepting a monetary gift of $5,000 to the City from Pacific Harley Davidson on behalf of Castiglione A Casauria Foundation to be used by the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department (HOSD) to help support the Junior Lifeguard Program with various costs. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-116 reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-116 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, none against.

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.