Bill 1 (2015) Real Property Tax for Low-income …...2015/03/10 · On February 18, 2015, the City Council passed Bill 1 (2015) on second reading, which re-lates to real property

At the Council meeting on Wednesday, February 18, the Council unanimously adopted Resolution 15-17, CD1, FD1 that calls on Mayor Kirk Caldwell to undertake an experimental and demonstration project utilizing shipping containers for housing pur-poses and to explore the potential use of State land to undertake the project. The legislation is another step toward research-ing and finding out solutions for affordable housing at time where Honolulu is in a hous-ing crunch. For the duration of the Resolution’s hear-ings, Faith Action for Community Equity (FACE) set up a 20-foot-by-8 shipping con-tainer on the grounds of Honolulu Hale to show that it could house a family of five to demonstrate and experience of what’s pos-sible with the use of these shipping contain-ers.

During the February 18 City Council meet-

ing, the City Council adopted Resolution 15-

5, CD1 that was introduced by Councilmem-

ber Joey Manahan on January 7, 2015. Reso-

lution 15-5, CD1 urges the State Department

of Education to implement the 21st century

school pilot program with priority given to

schools that are situated along the route of

the Honolulu Rail Project Alignment.

There was verbal testimony in support of

this Resolution and its intent from the Transit

Oriented Development Administrator from

the Department of Planning and Permitting

and the Department of Education Planning

Section Manager to continue coordinating

their efforts in considering school facility

needs and developing a master plan.

Resolution 15-5, CD1 21st Century School Pilot Program

On February 18, 2015, the City Council passed Bill 1 (2015) on second reading, which re-

lates to real property tax relief for properties used for low-income rental housing. The pur-

pose of this bill is to provide real property tax relief for properties classified as Residential A,

and being used as rental housing for low-income residents. If passed, Residential A proper-

ty owners will be allowed to make a five-year dedication of their property for low income

rental housing use, and have the property be classified as Residential.

Bill 1 (2015) Real Property Tax for Low-income Rentals

Resolution 15-17 Shipping Containers Demonstration Project

Council Chair Ernest Martin, Councilmembers Joey Manahan, Brandon Elefante, Ikaika

Anderson and Trevor Ozawa attended the National Association of Counties Legislative

Conference (NACo) in Washington, D.C. that was held on February 21 to February 25,

2015.

The conference included a day of meetings on Capitol Hill where attendees would ad-

vocate for counties’ federal policy priorities. NACo assists America’s 3,609 counties by

amplifying their voices at the national level, connecting local and federal officials and

providing tools to address some of the most pressing issues counties face.

In addition to meeting with lawmakers and other federal officials, the conference of-

fered exceptional educational opportunities. Hawaii local lawmakers were given the op-

portunity to share ideas and information with other county officials across the nation, and

meet with Hawaii’s Congressional delegation to discuss matters such as federal funding

for rail transit and military retention on Oahu, support for transportation and infrastructure,

and additional funding to help with homelessness issues in Kapalama and Kakaako.

Councilmember’s Martin, Ozawa,

Anderson, Elefante and Manahan

at NACo

VP Joe Biden addresses the NACo Confer-

ence and highlights the importance of in-

vesting in infrastructure.

US Representative Tulsi Gabbard met with

Councilmember’s Ozawa and Manahan to

address rail and homelessness issues on Oahu.

A portion of Houghtailing Street, from King

Street to the H-1 Freeway underpass, was re-

cently repaved by the Department of Facility

Maintenance as an interim fix. The Houghtailing

Street road repaving project is for the Rehabili-

tation of Streets, Unit 75. The project will likely

include: reconstruction of concrete curb/gutter;

reconstruction of asphalt concrete pavements;

installation of pavement markings and vehicle

detector loop; tree root and canopy pruning.

Mahalo to the Department of Trans-

portation Services and Facility Mainte-

nance for your investigation and ac-

tion on North King Street by Richard

Lane. The faded pedestrian signs in

the area were replaced and the

crosswalk at the intersection was re-

striped. Thank you for your efforts to

keeping our pedestrians and drivers

safe!

The City Council adopted Resolution 15-19, CD1 at the February 18, 2015 Council Meet-

ing which established a permitted interaction group (PIG) of Councilmembers Joey Mana-

han, Brandon Elefante, Trevor Ozawa, and Council Chair Ernest Martin to investigate feder-

al funding for City programs and projects.

After meeting with the Therese McMillan

(FTA Acting Administrator), Matthew Welbes

(FTA Executive Director), and Richard Stein-

mann (FTA Senior Advisor to the Administra-

tor) about the Honolulu High Capacity

Transit Corridor Project (HHCTC Project),

Councilmember Joey Manahan, Chairman

of the City's Committee on Transportation,

reported back to Honolulu via KITV and

said, “The FFGA (full funding grant agree-

ment) is a binding contract between us

and the federal government. So, if they

have to basically meet the requirements on

their end, we also have to meet the re-

quirements on ours and that’s based on the

current financial plan that we have adopt-

ed and that HART has put out.”

Before leaving for Washington D.C., the Honolulu City Council adopted Resolution 15-18

which calls on HART to delete the bus funds from the rail project’s financial plan. The discus-

sion between Honolulu City Councilmembers and the FTA came to a conclusion that the

$210 million in “5307 federal bus funds” must be replaced by an alternative source of fund-

ing. Please join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram: @joeymanahan

Picture Above (Left to Right): Councilmember’s

Ozawa, Elefante, Martin, and Manahan

On February 9, 2015, Councilmember Joey Manahan, along with other political and com-munity leaders were in attendance to W.R. Far-rington High School’s first Ground Breaking Cer-emony for their school’s master plan. Farrington High School’s master plan will con-sist of their field being resurfaced with synthetic grass, their dirt track will be a six-lane rubberized surface, and locker rooms will be added to their massive bleacher structure. The first phase of the school’s master plan project is expected to be completed by March of 2016. And the massive renovation project is expected to cost $15.1 million.

Councilmember Joey Manahan, along with State Senators Suzanne Chun Oakland and Glenn Wakai, and fellow Councilmember Carol Fukunaga, called together on February 18 ,2015 a coali-tion of business owners, health and social agencies, schools, city and state officials and the Hono-lulu Police Department to discuss the burgeoning problems related to the Kapalama Canal and the surrounding community. The future of Kapalama Canal has been a topic of community concern for decades, but re-cently has become a critical issue for businesses along and near the canal and raised health and safety concerns for the people living in the encampments and those who work closeby. The Community Policing Section of District 5, provided an overview of the problem facing law enforcement in trying to remove and prevent the encampments while providing valuable tips on how businesses can prevent crime and not enable those who choose to live along the banks of the canal. Health, education and social service agencies, such as the Institute for Human Services (IHS) and Kalihi Palama Health Center, explained how they have reached out to the homeless along the banks but many have refused services. The homeless are comprised of families with young children waiting for public housing, veterans, and individuals released from prison who have been unable to find employment. HPD and the City’s Department of Facilities Maintenance (DFM) have enforced sweeps by HPD and stored property ordinance thirteen times over the past year but the homeless tend to return after a day or two after the sweeps. Many agreed that the long term solution is to provide affordable housing that address the var-ied situations of the homeless. For the short term, the city will be investigating proposals such as installing fencing and declaring the banks of the canal as prop-erty of the Department of Parks and Recreation, this making it illegal to camp there. City and state officials will continue to work with the health and social service agency to form a comprehen-sive strategy to address the issues of the homeless at Ka-palama Canal. Follow up meetings will be scheduled for those who want to be involved in addressing the is-sue of homelessness at Kapalama Canal and other are-as in Kalihi-Palama. Those who want more details on the meeting can contact our office at 768-5030. You can also visit: ht tp :// thetentsatkapalamacanal .vpweb.com/statements-made to provide comments or suggestions regarding Kapalama Canal .

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MARCH

3 — Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Public Health, Safety & Welfare 9AM

Parks, Community & Customer Services 10:30 AM

Executive Matters & Legal Affairs 1PM

4 — Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Budget 9AM

Public Works, Infrastructure & Sustainability 1PM

5 — Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Zoning & Planning 9AM

Transportation 1PM Business, Economic Development & Tourism 2:30PM

7 — Going Green 2015 at Farrington High School 9AM

to 1PM

11 — Council Meeting at Honolulu Hale from 10AM to

4:30PM

11 — Kalihi Valley Neighborhood Board Meeting at Akira

Sakima Recreation Center Auditorium 7PM

26 — Prince Kuhio Day (Holiday)




APRIL

1— Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Budget 9AM




3 — Good Friday (Holiday)

8 — Kalihi Valley Neighborhood Board Meeting at Akira

Sakima Recreation Center Auditorium 7PM

22 — Council Meeting at Honolulu Hale from 10AM to

4:30PM




29 — Council Committee Meetings at Honolulu Hale: Budget 9AM




District 7 Staff

We are happy to serve you!

Dennis Arakaki

Community Liaison [email protected]

Mitchel Cabreros

Legislative Aide [email protected]

Radiant Cordero

Senior Advisor

[email protected]

Valerie Sadural

Legislative Analyst

[email protected]

Kaila Shimabukuro

Secretary [email protected]

Shirley Templo

Community Aide [email protected]

Abandoned Vehicles 733-2530 Pothole Hotline 768-7777

Building Inspector 768-8259 Property Assessment 768-3799

Building Permit 768-8220 /

768-3126 Property Tax Bill/Payment 768-3980

Bus Route/Schedule Information 848-5555 /

848-4400 Recycling 768-3200

City Council 768-5010 Refuse Collection, Green Waste.

Bulky Item Pick-up

768-3401 /

768-3486

Civil Defense Agency (Oahu) 723-8960 Road/Street Ownership Inquiry 768-8725

Complaint (About City Government) 768-4381 Roosters (Crowing) 911

Dead Animal Pickup 832-7840 /

455-1725 Satellite City Halls (City Square) 768-4500

Department of Transportation Com-

plaint Hotline/ HI Rehab Inquiries

831-6714 or

485-6200 Senior Citizen Information 768-7700

Dog License 532-7710 Sewer Line Problem 768-7272

ENV Refuse Inspector's Office (illegal

dump sites, late pick-up trash & bulky

items, concerns)

768-5220 /

768-3203 Stored Property Ordinance Hotline 768-3585

Graffiti Hotline 723-3475 or 911

Storm Drain Cleaning (cleaning of streams,

drain line and catch basins, channels or other

waterways)

768-3600 or 911

(weekend only)

HandiVan Reservations 456-5555 Street Light Repair 768-5300

HART/Rail Project Hotline 768-6159 Street Sign Repair 768-3638

Information City Government 768-4385 Street Use Permits 768-8387

Motor Vehicle Registration 532-4325/4324 Towed Vehicle 529-3111

Neighborhood Boards 768-3710 Tree Trimming 971-7151

Narco/Vice Division (HPD; Officer

Loke) Gambling, Gaming Establish-

ment, Drug & Prostitution

723-3933 Water Service (Billing) 748-5020

Parks (General Information) 768-3003 Water Service (Customer Service) 748-5030

Park Permits 768-3440 Water Service (Line Break Emergen-

cy) 748-5000

Police Information Community Affairs 529-3352 Zoning Information 768-8252

Documents

Bill 1 (2015) Real Property Tax for Low-income …...2015/03/10 · On February 18, 2015, the City Council passed Bill 1 (2015) on second reading, which re-lates to real property