Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report

Zoning & Planning (Zon): Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026

9 items taken up. Every action and vote below is as the council's own written summary records it.

Voting members: Esther Kiaʻāina, Chair; Tommy Waters, Vice Chair. The council's video of this meeting · the written summary

57-329 PAHIPAHI‘ĀLUA STREET - KAHUKU (2026/SMA-25). Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to Barbara L. Paullin to allow for the construction of a new two-story single-unit dwelling with ground floor parking and a second story living space, a rock garden, an in-ground swimming pool, and an individual wastewater system, on a 18,992-square-foot shoreline lot zoned R-5 Residential District, located at 57-329 Pahipahi‘ālua Street, and identified as Tax Map Key 5-7-003: 057. 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-397[26]) There was no public testimony. Resolution 2

What happened: Resolution 26-183 amended to CD1 (No OCS number) and reported out for adoption.

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

In Koʻolauloa.

AMENDING RESOLUTION 23-83, CD1. Amending Resolution 23-83, CD1, to update the project description, incorporate by reference an updated list of exemptions from the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority's Mauka Area Rules, and extend the deadline for the commencement of construction for the Pohukaina Commons Affordable Rental and mixed-use Project in Kaka‘ako, O‘ahu. The Committee Chair called upon Chris Deuchar from Form Partners, the Applicant's Agent to provide a brief presentation of the Project to the Committee. (M-399[26]) There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-207 amended to CD1 (No OCS number) and reported out for adoption.

What happened: Resolution 26-207 amended to CD1 (No OCS number) and reported out for adoption.

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

AMENDING PORTIONS OF THE STATE LAND USE DISTRICT BOUNDARY MAPS (SCHOFIELD QUADRANGLE AND ‘EWA QUADRANGLE). Reclassifying approximately 14.837 acres of land in ‘Ewa, O‘ahu, from the State Land Use Agricultural District to the State Land Use Urban District. Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam exited the Council Chamber. There was no public testimony. Bill 37 (2026) reported out for passage on third reading.

What happened: Bill 37 (2026) reported out for passage on third reading.

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

RELATING TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL DISTRICT. Expanding the transit-oriented development (“TOD”) special district to include three additional Skyline rail transit station areas and to incorporate land use standards and guidelines for those areas based on the recommendations in the East Kapolei Neighborhood TOD Plan. Committee on Zoning & Planning Meeting Written Summary for Video Record Thursday, September 24, 2026 The following individual testified: Dalan Kam, O‘ahu Bill 38 (2026) reported out for passage on third reading.

What happened: Bill 38 (2026) reported out for passage on third reading.

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

Testimony: 1 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.

REZONE LAND SITUATED AT KAPOLEI AND HONOULIULI IN ‘EWA, O‘AHU. Changing the zoning of approximately 1,374.4 acres of land in ʻEwa, Oʻahu. There was no public testimony. Bill 39 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.

What happened: Bill 39 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.

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

AMENDING THE STATE LAND USE DISTRICT BOUNDARY MAP (KAHUKU QUADRANGLE). Re-classifying approximately 8.188 acres of land in Lāʻie, Oʻahu, from the State Land Use Agricultural District to the State Land Use Urban District. Councilmember Tupola exited the Council Chamber. There was no public testimony. Bill 42 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.

What happened: Bill 42 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.

Vote: ayes 3 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, WATERS, none against.

REZONE LAND SITUATED AT PA‘ALA‘A KAI, WAIALUA, O‘AHU. Rezoning land situated at 66-9A Waialua Beach Road, Pa‘ala‘a Kai, Waialua, O‘ahu 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, September 24, 2026 Councilmember Tupola entered the Council Chamber. There was no public testimony. Bill 43 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.

What happened: Bill 43 (2026), CD1 reported out for passage on third reading.

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

In North Shore.

PEDESTRIAN MALLS. Addressing pedestrian malls in the downtown Honolulu area. The following individual testified: Dylan Armstrong (M-393[26]) General comment) Bill 48 (2025) amended to CD1 (OCS2026-0576/9/18/2026 9:55 AM) and reported out for passage on third reading.

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

IPD-T PROJECT / 1588 ALA MOANA DEVELOPMENT (2026-PDP-1). Approving a conceptual plan for an Interim Planned Development-Transit (IPD-T) Permit to redevelop 187,174 square feet of land zoned BMX-3 Community Business Mixed-Use District within the Ala Moana Neighborhood Transit Oriented Development Plan area with a mixed-use development project, located at 1450 Ala Moana Boulevard, and identified as Tax Map Keys 2-3-038: 041. The Committee Chair called upon Alana Kobayashi Pakkala from Kobayashi Group and Isaiah Sato from R.M. Towill Corporation, the Applicant's Agent to provide a brief presentation of the Project to the Committee. (M-402[26]) The following individuals testified: 1. Lorna Woo,

What happened: Resolution 26-171 amended to CD1 (No OCS number) and reported out for adoption.

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

Testimony: 46 in support, 4 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.