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Infrastructure, Transportation & Technology (Itt): Wednesday, June 24, 2026

4 items taken up, from 9:02 a.m., at the City Council Chamber. Every action and vote below is as the council's own written summary records it.

Voting members: Radiant Cordero, Chair; Val A. Okimoto, Vice Chair; Tyler Dos Santos-Tam; Andria Tupola; Matt Weyer. The council's video of this meeting · the written summary

1. RESOLUTION 26-143 – COMMITTEE REPORT 176(26)

9:24 a.m.

APPOINTMENT OF LUCA CUNIBERTI TO SERVE ON THE RATE COMMISSION. Appointing Luca Cuniberti to serve on the Rate Commission of the City and County of Honolulu for a term to expire on June 30, 2031. There was no public testimony. Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation & Technology Written Summary for Video Record Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Resolution 26-143 amended to CD1 (OCS2026-0421/6/30/2026 11:02 AM).

What happened: Resolution 26-143, CD1 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — CORDERO, DOS SANTOS-TAM, OKIMOTO, WEYER; noes TUPOLA – 1.

2. COMMUNICATION D-383(26) – COMMITTEE REPORT 178(26)

9:46 a.m.

VILLAGES OF KAPOLEI – SEWER SYSTEM. From the Department of Design and Construction, requesting consideration of dedication document conveying Grant of Sewer Easement 11522 for public use in ‘Ewa. There was no public testimony. Dedication document conveying Grant of Sewer Easement 11522, as detailed in Communication D-383(26), reported out for Council approval.

What happened: Communication D-383(26), reported out for Council approval.

Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, DOS SANTOS-TAM, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WEYER, none against.

3. RESOLUTION 26-149 – COMMITTEE REPORT 177(26)

9:52 a.m.

GRANT OF EASEMENT TO HAWAIKI SUBMARINE CABLE USA LLC. Approving the grant of perpetual subsurface easements within portions of the Kahe Point Beach Park, ʻEwa, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key No. (1) 9-2-049:001, for underground fiber optic submarine cable purposes in connection with the planned expansion of its telecommunications infrastructure on a parcel of land adjacent to the Hawaiki Cable Landing Station, identified as Tax Map Key No. (1) 9-2-051:001. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-149 reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-149 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, DOS SANTOS-TAM, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WEYER, none against.

In Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale.

4. BILL 41 (2026) – COMMITTEE REPORT 175(26)

9:56 a.m.

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Addressing vehicles and transportation devices.

What happened: Bill 41 (2026) reported out for passage on second reading and scheduling of a public hearing.

Vote: ayes 5 — CORDERO, DOS SANTOS-TAM, OKIMOTO, TUPOLA, WEYER, 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.