Councilmember Joey Manahan November 2015 Monthly Report

Holiday Travel Lane Closure Restriction The Director of the Department of Transporta-tion Services has informed our office with a list of dates and City streets that will be affected by the “Annual Holiday Travel Lane Closure” re-striction. There will be no travel lane closures for all City streets on November 27, 2015, the day after Thanksgiving. There will also be no travel lane closes from December 11, 2015 to January 1, 2016 on the following streets: Honolulu

School Street from Likelike Highway to Liliha Street

Dillingham Boulevard from North King Street to Kohou Street

Alakawa Street from Dillingham Boulevard to Nimitz Highway

Celebrating Filipino-American History Month

In commemoration and recognition of Octo-ber Filipino-American History Month , the Honolulu City Council in partnership with Philippine Consulate of Honolulu, Filipino-American Historical Society of Hawaii, and Hawaii’s Filipino organizations honored and had a presentation ceremony of the Jose

Rizal statute. The event took place on October 16, 2015 at the Philippine Consulate.

Kalihi Waena Graffiti Clean-Up Event

On Saturday October 10, 2015, Councilmember Joey Manahan, his

staff and the Farrington High School’s Leo Club gathered to do a graffiti

clean-up and paint out at: Kalihi Waena Neighborhood Park; Richard

Lane’s bridge; and N. King Street

and Gulick Avenue business facil-

ities. Thank you to the Kalihi

Youth Gang Violence Task Force

for initiating the graffiti clean-up.

And also thank you to Weed and

Seed and the Honolulu Communi-

ty Policing Team for supporting

this event.

Legislative Updates: Resolution 15-295 – Resolution urging the administration to imme-

diately fund and implement services and permanent housing

solutions for homeless individuals and families. The Committee on

Budget passed this Resolution on October 21, 2015 for adoption

and the City Council on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

Resolution 15-282 – Resolution requesting the City Administration

to consider the use of Ambu-Buses to provide mobile health ser-

vices to the homeless. The Committee on Public Health, Safety

and Welfare passed this Resolution on October 21, 2015 for

adoption and the City Council on Wednesday, November 4,

2015.

Resolution 15-281, CD1 – Resolution requesting the City Auditor to

conduct a performance audit of the City’s Section 8 Tenant-

Based Assistance Program. The Committee on Public Health,

Safety and Welfare passed this Resolution on October 21, 2015

for adoption and the City Council on Wednesday, November 4,

2015.

Resolution 15-271, CD1 – Resolution urging the City Administra-

tion to give high priority to infrastructure projects in Transit-

Oriented Development Zones. The Committee on Zoning and

Planning passed this Resolution on October 21, 2015 for adoption

and the City Council on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

Resolution 15-268 CD1, FD1 – Resolution requesting the City Ad-

ministration, after consultations with the Urban Rest Stop program

and local hygiene service providers, to report to the Council on

the feasibility of establishing hygiene centers in the Mapuna-

puna area for homeless persons and undertaking a pilot pro-

gram to operate such a center. The Committee on Public

Health, Safety and Welfare passed this Resolution on October 21,

2015 for adoption and the City Council on Wednesday, Novem-

ber 4, 2015.

District 7 Staff We are happy to serve you!

Dennis Arakaki

Community Liaison

darakaki2@honolulu.gov

Mitchel Cabreros

Legislative Aide

mcabreros@honolulu.gov

Radiant Cordero

Senior Advisor

rcordero@honolulu.gov

Valerie Sadural

Legislative Analyst

vsadural@honolulu.gov

Dinna Schwiering

Secretary

dschwiering@honolulu.gov

Shirley Templo

Community Aide

stemplo@honolulu.gov

November Calendar

4 — Council Meeting at Honolulu Hale from 10AM to 4:30PM 11 — Veteran’s Day (Holiday) 17 — Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Public Health, Safety & Welfare 9AM Parks, Community & Customer Services 10:30AM Executive Matters and Legal Affairs 1PM 18 —Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Budget 9AM Public Works, Infrastructure & Sustainability 1PM 18 — Kalihi-Palama Neighborhood Board Meeting at Kalihi Union Church 7PM 19 —Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Zoning & Planning 9AM Transportation 1PM Business, Economic Development & Tour-ism 2:30PM 26 — Happy Thanksgiving! (Holiday)

Visit to Woodland Park Zoo Seattle

Councilmember Trevor Ozawa arranged a meeting with Coun-

cilmember Manahan and the CEO of the Woodland Park Zoo of

Seattle to learn best practices for increasing zoo revenues for our

very own Honolulu Zoo. At the

zoo, the Councilmembers were

briefed on policies and guide-

lines that Seattle had adopted

in order to fund improvements

and maintain their own zoo.

CEO Bruce Bohmke is a member

of the National Zoo Accredita-

tion Board that gives Honolulu

Zoo its accreditation.

Student Leadership Conference

Councilmember Joey Manahan and a few other community lead-

ers spoke at a Leadership Conference for Student Leaders of

Moanalua Middle School, Kalakaua Middle School, Dole Middle

School, Puuhale Elementary School, Kalihi Waena Elementary, and

Farrington High School. Councilmember Manahan provided a

presentation about serving the school, serving fellow students, and

serving the community as a whole. These students were exposed to

a whole day of learning more about the skills and acts of leadership

in their daily lives. Councilmember Manahan was grateful to be a

part of their experience and growing journey to be young leaders

in our community.

Kalihi Water System Improvements, Part III Project Work Schedule Preliminary work will begin on November 3, and the project is scheduled to be

completed around May 2017. The construction area includes replacing water

main on Puuhale Rd., Bannister St., Gulick Ave., Kopke St., Stanley St., and Water-

house St. If you have questions, please call the BWS Construction Section at 748-

5730.

You can refer to the attached for the road closure dates:

Phase 1 to begin on November 3, 2015

Phase 2 to begin on January 5, 2016

Phase 3 to begin on June 7, 2016

Phase 4 and 5 to being on July 8, 2016

Phase 6 to begin on March 10, 2017

Phase 7 to begin on November 18, 2016

Phase 8 to begin on March 13, 2017

The completion dates for each phase is left open because at this point it is difficult

to determine any unforeseen circumstances in the field.