Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report

Zoning & Planning (Zon): Thursday, July 16, 2026

4 items taken up, from 9:04 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

REZONE LAND SITUATED AT PA‘ALA‘A KAI, WAIALUA, O‘AHU. To rezone land situated at Pa‘ala‘a Kai, Waialua, from the Country District to the R-5 Residential District and identified as Tax Map Key 6-6-018:024. Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam entered the Council Chamber. Committee on Zoning & Planning Meeting Written Summary for Video Record Thursday, July 16, 2026 There was no public testimony. Bill 43 (2026) granted a 120-day extension of time pursuant to the written request from the Applicant in Communication M-299(26).

What happened: Bill 43 (2026) granted a 120-day extension of time pursuant to the written request from the Applicant in Communication M-299(26).

Vote: ayes 4 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, WATERS, none against.

In North Shore.

ADOPT RULES PROHIBITING THE HARVEST OF AQUATIC LIFE. Urging the State Board of Land and Natural Resources to direct the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, to adopt rules prohibiting the harvest of aquatic life from State of Hawaiʻi marine waters for commercial aquarium purposes.

What happened: Resolution 26-159 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, WATERS, none against.

Testimony: 8 in support, 3 in opposition. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.

ENACT LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS THE HARVEST OF AQUATIC LIFE. Urging the Hawaiʻi State Legislature to enact legislation that prohibits the harvest of aquatic life from State of Hawaiʻi marine waters for commercial aquarium purposes.

What happened: Resolution 26-160 reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 4 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, WATERS, none against.

Testimony: 7 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.

91-121 ‘ŌLA‘I STREET – KAPOLEI (2026/SMA-12). Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to Starfish Infrastructure Inc. and Humuhumu Services, LLC to allow for the cable landing and installation of six new trans-Pacific subsea fiber-optic telecommunication cables via horizontal directional drilling within Barber’s Point Beach Park and the shoreline setback of a shoreline lot zoned P-2 General Preservation District, located at 91-121 ‘ŌIa‘i Street, and identified as Tax Map Key 9-1-026: 027. Councilmembers Dos Santos-Tam and Weyer exited the Council Chamber. The Committee Chair called upon Jojo Acebo from Google LLC, the Applicant's Agent to provide a brief presentation of the Project t

Vote: ayes 4 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, OKIMOTO, WATERS, 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.