Meeting Summary of the
Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 3:30 p.m.
Mayor’s Conference Room
Honolulu Hale, Room 301
530 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
Members
Present:
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NB
#10 Makiki-Lower Punchbowl-Tantalus |
Charles
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American Planning
Association |
John Valera |
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American
Society of Landscape Architects |
Chris
Dacus |
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Charley’s
Taxi |
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Committee
for Balanced Transportation |
Frank
Genadio |
|
E
Noa Corporation |
Tom
Dinell |
|
Eye
of the Pacific |
Patricia
Blum |
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Hawaii
Teamsters and Allied Workers, Local 996 |
Michael
Costa |
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Interagency
COORDINATION Councils |
CC
Curry |
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Land
Use Research Foundation |
David
Arakawa |
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League
of Women Voters |
Jacqueline
Parnell |
|
NB
#02 Kuliouou-Kalani Iki |
Linda
Starr |
|
NB
#03 Waialae-Kahala |
Lester
Fukuda |
|
NB
#09 Waikiki |
Robert
Finley |
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NB #18 Aliamanu-Salt Lake-Foster Village |
Lorene
Godfrey |
|
NB
#21 Pearl City |
Cruz
J. Vina, Jr. |
|
NB
#24 Waianae Coast |
David
Brown |
|
NB
#27 North Shore |
Antya
Miller |
|
NB
#30 Kaneohe |
Wendell
Lum |
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NB #35 Mililani Mauka-Launani Valley |
|
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North
Shore Chamber of Commerce |
|
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Pacific
Resource Partnership |
Richard
Kane |
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Sierra
Club Hawaii Chapter |
Randy
Ching |
|
Waikiki
Residents Association |
Daisy
Murai |
Members Absent (Reps):
|
American
Society of Civil Engineers |
Joy
Nishida |
|
Castle
& Cooke Homes Hawaii |
Dean
Minakami |
|
Committee
for Balanced Transportation |
Joe
Magaldi, Jr., Vice Chair |
|
Hawaii
Bicycling League |
Chad
Taniguchi |
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Hawaii
Highway Users Alliance |
Darcianne
Evans |
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Hawaii
Transportation Association |
Gareth
Sakakida |
|
Honolulu
Community Action Program |
Vai
Leatiota |
|
Institute
of Transportation Engineers |
Peter
Pascua |
|
Leeward
Oahu Transportation Management Association |
Gladys
Quinto |
|
NB
#01 Hawaii Kai |
Elizabeth
Reilly |
|
NB
#05 Diamond Head-Kapahulu-Saint Louis Heights |
|
|
NB
#08 McCully-Moiliili |
Ron
Lockwood |
|
NB
#12 Nuuanu-Punchbowl |
Jay
Fidell |
|
NB
#13 Downtown |
Burton
White |
|
NB
#14 Liliha-Alewa-Puunui-Kamehameha Heights |
Donald
Nitta |
|
NB
#22 Waipahu |
Thomas
Maus |
|
NB
#23 Ewa |
R.
Scott Belford |
|
NB
#25 Mililani-Waipio-Melemanu |
David
Aki |
|
NB
#26 Wahiawa |
Robert
Kent |
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NB #34 Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale |
Michael
Golojuch |
|
Tax
Foundation of Hawaii |
Lowell
Kalapa |
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Waianae
Coast Transportation Concerns Group |
Dick
Boddy |
Guests Present:
|
Jackie Boland |
AARP |
|
Mary Protheroe |
AARP |
|
Tiffany Hamada |
ASCE |
|
Joseph Salvador |
ASCE |
|
Jacce Mikulanec |
Councilmember Dela Cruz |
|
Bonnie Arakawa |
Department of Planning
& Permitting |
|
Kathy Sokugawa |
DPP |
|
Betty Wood |
Department of Health |
|
Ben Gorospe |
Department of
Transportation |
|
Gregg Matsushima |
DOT |
|
Rike Weiss |
Habitat for Humanity |
|
Jon McKenna |
Hileko(??) |
|
Cliff Slater |
HonoluluTraffic.com |
|
Susan Todani |
Kamehameha Schools |
|
Janet Inamine |
Moiliili resident |
|
Tom Eisen |
NB #6 Palolo |
|
Luther Flynn |
NB #22 Waipahu |
|
Joe Francher |
NB #26 Wahiawa |
|
Ken LeVasseur |
NB #29 Kahaluu |
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Dr.
Peter Flachsbart |
University of Hawaii Manoa
& APA |
OMPO Staff Present:
Chair Charles Carole called the meeting to order at 3:30
p.m. A quorum was present.
Richard Kane noted that, in section 3.B., “compliment” should be “complement”.
Cruz Vina,
Jr., moved and Mr. Kane seconded that the August 15, 2007 meeting minutes be
approved as corrected. The motion
carried unanimously.
Due to technical difficulties preventing the use of
the projector for PowerPoint presentations, the agenda items were taken out of
order.
CC Curry moved and Jacqueline Parnell
seconded that the CAC submit a request to the Policy Committee to allow two (2)
members of the CAC to be voting members on the Policy Committee.
Discussion:
Mr. Kane stated that a special point of contention
would be whether or not these added members would have voting rights. Mr. Kane suggested a friendly amendment to
request, instead, that one CAC member be made a non-voting member of the Policy
Committee. He felt that it would be an easier
to do first step.
Ms. Curry agreed that Mr. Kane’s suggestion would be
easier, but stated that her motion was to prove a point that the CAC has not
been permitted to have voting status on the Policy Committee. She was not open to a friendly amendment.
Mr. Kane noted that the CAC is an advisory board to
the Policy Committee.
Mr. Kane called for the question. A vote was taken. The motion failed with 10 for, four against,
and six abstentions.
Mr. Kane moved and Ms. Parnell seconded that the CAC request that the
Policy Committee Chair allow the CAC Chair to sit at the table with the Policy
Committee members as an ex-officio, non-voting representative of the CAC. The
motion carried with 19 votes in favor of the motion with none against or
abstaining.
Mr. Kane asked that the status of this request be
reported at the next CAC meeting.
2.A. “Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)”
Handout: What Can Honolulu Learn from Other Cities
about Transit-Oriented Development? (working draft #3, July 11, 2007)
Dr. Peter Flachsbart gave a presentation on TOD.
4. CAC FY 2009
Overall Work Program (OWP) Subcommittee Report
Lester Fukuda went over the list of CAC FY 2009 OWP
Subcommittee Suggested Work Element Proposals.
Antya Miller asked if the facilities management plan
includes bridges. Mr. Fukuda responded
that, for the City only, it includes bridges.
Ms. Curry commented that there was no bus service to
Ewa for the intra-island ferry.
Dale Evans requested that the members be given time to
make comments on the proposals.
Mr. Kane
moved and Ms. Curry seconded that the CAC approve the CAC FY 2009 OWP
Subcommittee Suggested Work Element Proposals, and include any written comments
as an addendum.
Ms. Parnell asked whether there was a time constraint
regarding the submittal of proposals.
Mr. G. Lum responded that the purpose of these recommendations was to
provide the agencies with an idea of what CAC organizations felt were high
priority studies before the agencies submitted their proposals. The less time the agencies had in being aware
of these priorities, the less chance it could be reflected in the agencies’
submittals. The amount of time had
already been reduced in responding to an earlier CAC request.
In response to one of the subcommittee’s
recommendations, Frank Genadio stated that alternate energy could be used to
power not only the spurs of the City’s transit system, but could be used to
power the entire system.
Ms. Miller asked if it would be practical to bring the
comments to the CAC for action. Mr.
Fukuda responded that it would not be necessary. Mr. Kane added that, in the past, the
subcommittee did the work for the CAC and written comments were added as an
addendum without further CAC action.
Wendell Lum stated that solar-power vehicles for the
City’s transit system did not make sense.
Ms. Curry responded that is does for spurs in India.
Mr. Kane
called for the question. The motion was
unanimously carried.
5. OahuMPO Meeting Highlights - Policy
Committee & Technical Advisory Committee
There was neither a Policy Committee nor a Technical
Advisory Committee meeting held since the CAC last met in August.
·
There is no
Technical Advisory Committee meeting scheduled at this time.
·
A Policy
Committee meeting will probably be held sometime in October.
2.B. “Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)”
Kathy
Sokugawa gave a presentation on the City & County of Honolulu TOD
Program. Because there was not enough
time for questions and answers, Chair Carole asked Ms. Sokugawa to come back at
a later time for a question-and-answer session.
6.
Announcements
There
were no announcements.
The meeting was adjourned
at 4:55 p.m.