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Zoning & Planning (Zon): Thursday, June 25, 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

ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT (DPP). Accepting a gift of travel and related expenses, valued at $659.60, to the City from the County of Hawai‘i Planning Department for three Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) employees to participate at the Regional Planning Focus Group in Hilo, Hawai‘i on June 10, 2026. Committee on Zoning & Planning Meeting Written Summary for Video Record Thursday, June 25, 2026 There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-140 amended to CD1 (OCS2026-0394/6/17/2026 1:57 PM) and reported out for adoption.

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

LAND USE ORDINANCE RELATING TO LARGE DETACHED DWELLINGS. Proposing an amendment to Chapter 21, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021 (The Land Use Ordinance), relating to large detached dwellings. There was no public testimony. Action on Resolution 26-150 postponed to the next Committee on Zoning & Planning meeting on July 16, 2026.

What happened: Resolution 26-150 postponed to the next Committee on Zoning & Planning meeting on July 16, 2026.

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

EXPENDITURE FOR A PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT. Approving the expenditure of Clean Water and Natural Lands funds to acquire a perpetual conservation easement over twelve parcels known as Ke Kīpuka o Kalaeuila, Tax Map Keys: (1) 5-6-003: 011, 019, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 030, 031, 046, and 049 in Kahuku, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. The Committee Chair called upon Reyna Ramolete from the Trust for Public Land to provide a brief presentation of the Project to the Committee. (M-264[26])

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

Testimony: 4 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.

EXPENDITURE FOR A PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT. Approving the expenditure of Clean Water and Natural Lands funds to acquire a perpetual conservation easement over one parcel of land, Tax Map Key: (1) 3-6-023:006 (CPRs 0001-0008) situated in Wailupe, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. The Committee Chair called upon Healani Sonoda-Pale from Pu‘uhonua o Wailupe, to provide a brief presentation of the Project to the Committee. (M-265[26])

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

Testimony: 4 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.

AMENDING THE STATE LAND USE DISTRICT BOUNDARY MAP (HALE‘IWA QUADRANGLE). Amending portions (7.292 acres) of the State Land Use District Boundary Map (Hale‘iwa Quadrangle) from the Agricultural District to the Urban District for certain lands situated in the Hale‘iwa Special District, Hale‘iwa, Oahu, Hawai‘i. 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-267[26])

What happened: Bill 37 (2025), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.

Vote: ayes 3 — KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, WATERS; noes CORDERO, TUPOLA – 2.

Testimony: 9 in support, 10 in opposition. 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.