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Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report

Public Safety & Economy (Pse): Thursday, July 16, 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: 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 26-162 – COMMITTEE REPORT 213(26)

1:05 p.m.

ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT (DPR). Accepting a gift of $4,000 to the City from Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association to help off-set the operational cost of the Mayor’s 50th Annual Craft and Country Fair on November 21, 2026, at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. There was no public testimony. Committee on Public Safety & Economy Written Summary for Video Record Thursday, July 16, 2026 Resolution 26-162 reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-162 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 3 — NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, none against.

2. RESOLUTION 26-163 – COMMITTEE REPORT 214(26)

1:07 p.m.

ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT (DPR). Accepting a gift of a 4.5’ x 3’ framed “Koʻolau Shadows” giclee print by Gary Reed, valued at $3,000, to the City from Laurie P. Thornley to be displayed at the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden, Paul R. Weissich Education Center. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-163 amended to CD1 (OCS2026-0442/7/9/2026 3:17 PM) and reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 3 — NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, none against.

3. RESOLUTION 26-164 – COMMITTEE REPORT 215(26)

1:09 p.m.

ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT (DPR). Accepting a gift of $25,000 to the City from Real Heaven, Inc., to support public programs, garden maintenance and operational needs at Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-164 reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-164 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 3 — 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.