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Aloha and Happy New Year!
I’d like to take the opportunity to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve you as the City Councilmember for District VII. I am honored to serve a district that is so diverse with a unique and passionate community.
Last year was a great start to address the concerns affecting our district. I am eager to begin 2014 with continued efforts to better our neighborhoods and the community as a whole.
A part of helping you is the continuation of our open communication. Please do not hesitate to speak to me, or my staff, about any issues important to you and about how we can work together.
I look forward to working with you and I thank you again for the opportunity to serve you.
Mahalo,
Joey Manahan Councilmember, District VII
District 7 Monthly Report January 2014
Councilmember Joey Manahan
www.joeymanahan.wordpress.com
Serving Council District 7 –
Portions of Kalihi Valley & Liliha, Kalihi-Palama, Iwilei, Kalihi Kai, Sand Island, Mapunapuna, Salt Lake, Aliamanu, Hickam, Foster Village, Pearl Harbor and portions of Aiea/Halawa Estates
City & County of Honolulu Frequently
Called Numbers Fire, Police, Ambulance, Illegal Dumping, Crowing Roosters, Barking Dogs: 911 TheBus & HandiVan: 768-8300
Refuse Collection, Green Waste, Bulky Item Pickup: 768-5220 Street Signs for New Location: 768-8305 Graffiti Hotline: 732-3475 or 911 Roadway Repavement, Street Sign Replacement, Striping/Crosswalk Markings: 768-3622
Abandoned Vehicle: 733-2530
Report a Pothole: 768-7777
City’s Complaint Office: 768-3481
Complaints about Public Trees: 971-7151
Inquiries About Road Ownership: 768-8725
Complaints About Satellite City Halls: 532-7747
Happy New Year!
For more information, phone numbers, website links, go to
http://joeymanahan.wordpress.com/important-numbers-links/
Honolulu Hale, 530 S. King St. Room 202, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
¿ Phone: (808)-768-5007 ¿ Fax: (808)-768-1200 ¿ E-mail: [email protected]
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Legislative Tracker
Pia Boisvert Chief of Staff/Executive Assistant
Radiant Cordero External Government Relations & Legislative Aide
Valerie Sadural Legislative Analyst
Mitchel Cabreros Legislative Analyst
Dennis Arakaki Community Aide
Shirley Ann Templo Community Aide
District 7 Staff Bill 62 – Councilmember Manahan introduced Bill 62 on October 9, 2013 which intended to address helmet requirements for minors when operating toy vehicles or similar devices upon public sidewalks, alleys, malls, parks, grounds, parking lots and other public places where such operation is not permitted. The bill was deferred during the Full Council meeting on November 13, with a vote of 8 ayes. Councilmember Manahan believes that the bill is still a work in progress and will continue to involve dialogue with people from the community to find an equitable and workable solution, with the objective to prevent serious injury or death. He is furthering the efforts to develop language to incorporate an educational component for the bill.
Resolution 13-288, FD1 – The hand-carried FD1 attaches the amended Action Plan and includes a list of projects to be funded through Hawaii Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative (HAHPI) program income. The list of projects was selected through the City’s Request for Proposal (RFP) process through the City’s nominated Selection Committee. The funds were allocated based on the score and the ability to proceed within the funding requirement. In cases where the request was larger than available balance, projects that could not proceed with full funding were skipped in favor of those that could be funded to insure the maximum allocation within each category. Within project category, Public Facility Projects, Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services: Gulick Elder Center Rehabilitation is listed to receive $243,767. In addition, another $61,362 is also appropriated to Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services: Gulick Elder Center Rehabilitation as an alternate funding project.
Honolulu Hale Tour for Farrington High School’s Law and Justice Academy
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Honoring Rear Admiral Phillip Sawyer On December 11, 2013 at the Honolulu City Council’s Full Council Meeting Honorary Certificate, both Councilmember Joey Manahan and Councilmember Chang recognized and congratulated the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s new commander, Rear Admiral Phillip G. Sawyer.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Submarine Force (COMSUBPAC) is responsible for 60 percent of the Navy’s submarines. It is also responsible for the nation’s ballistic missile submarine force and auxiliary submarine rescue vehicles throughout the Pacific. COMSUBPAC provides anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, precision land strike, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and early warning and special warfare capabilities to U.S. Pacific
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HAHPI Sale – The Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative (HAHPI) is the City’s plan to get the City out of the affordable rental management business by offering 12 city-housing projects under a 65-year lease. On October 2012, the Carlisle administration put out a Request For Proposal and Honolulu Affordable Housing Partners won the right to make the purchase. On December 10, 2013, the Honolulu Housing Partners issued the City a default notice due to a mentioned breach in contract with the introduction of two resolutions, which were ultimately shelved. The Caldwell administration re-opened the sale to propose top two bidders in efforts to salvage any lost that has been incurred. On January 3, 2014, a meeting by the Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee was held to discuss any informational briefing on the Honolulu Affordable Preservation Initiative. “The City is pleased to extend the financing contingency to March 31, 2014 in order for the parties to close the sale of the city’s 12 affordable housing properties,” says Managing Director Ember Shinn.
Resolution 13-243 – To address speeding, which remains a significant problem that impacts motorists, pedestrians and cyclists and results in fatalities, injuries and property damage, Councilmember Manahan introduced a resolution on October 8, 2013. The resolution requests the Department of Transportation Services to study the feasibility of using digital, solar-powered driver feedback signs to combat speeding. Driver feedback signs have virtually no disadvantages and provide lasting results. They are relatively inexpensive and can be outfitted with solar panels to lower operating and maintenance costs even further. The resolution passed both in the Transportation Committee’s meeting on November 21 2013 and was adopted at the Council’s Full Council meeting on December 11, 2013.
Resolution 13-297 – Councilmember Manahan responded to the Residental A $1 million Real Property Tax assessed value threshold by introducing Resolution 13-297 on December 16, 2013. This resolution urges the administration to annually review the new Residential A Real Property tax class’s assessed value threshold. This resolution will be heard at the Committee on Budget on January 14, 2014.
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Salt Lake community wants city pool fixed (Reported by Brianne Randle from KHON2 News)
Honoring Rear Admiral Phillip Sawyer (cont.)
Command and strategic deterrence capabilities to U.S Strategic Command.
On August 7, 2013, COMSUBPAC and Commander Task Force 134 held a change of command ceremony at the submarine piers atop the hull of the USS Jacksonville submarine on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Rear Admiral Phillip G. Sawyer relieved Rear Admiral James F. Caldwell, Jr. and was promoted to rear admiral (upper half).
Rear Adm. Sawyer graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Systems Engineering, followed with a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University. He has served as Division, Engineering and Executive Officer in the USS Bluefish, USS Florida, USS Salt Lake City and afloat command assignments aboard the USS La Jolla and Submarine Squadron in Guam. His shore duty assignments include the Joint Staff, Operations Directorate as a branch chief for Anti-terrorism and Force Protection; Deputy Director for Operations at Commander Naval Personnel as the Submarine Force Placement Office and Assistant Captain Detailer; Instructor at Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, Atlantic; Chief of Staff of United States Strategic Command Special Activities and Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic. He also served as Vice Commander, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command.
Rear Adm. Sawyer most recently commanded Submarine Group 7 in Yokosuka, Japan which operates in Asia and the Middle East. His personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
The Salt Lake District Park has an Olympic-sized swimming pool opened in 2001 to great fanfare from the community.
But a decade later, swimmers feel they’re getting the cold shoulder from the city.
“Usually wear a rash guard. Then I wear another piece underneath, keep me warmer,” one swimmer said. “It’s very cold. You want to come in? Haha.”
KHON2 threw in a thermometer to test just how cold it is. It was about 72.5 to 73 degrees, so definitely cold.
Honolulu City Councilman Joey Manahan says he’s been trying over a year to get city crews to fix the three large heat pumps.
“The water temperature is supposed to be 78 at this property here,” swimmer Ken Thong said.
Thong, who swims here almost every day, says the pumps have not been working properly for years.
“Especially when you have a wind chill. Right now, it’s ok. But when there’s wind and cool air, it’s very cold,” Thong said.
The city says in 2011, vandals broke in and damaged the heat pumps. Two pumps were repaired a year later and have worked off and on due to electrical and equipment issues. Then, during final repairs last November, a contractor found another electrical problem requiring repairs.
“They told us they fixed one heater, but theres still two heaters that are broken, so I said, ‘Well, what’s the point of that?’ It’s a waste,” Councilman Manahan said.
Councilman Manahan represents the Salt Lake area. He says it’s a waste to keep throwing money down the drain to fix the aging heaters when it doesn’t seem to last.
“It’s a waste of taxpayer money, it’s a waste of staff, staff efforts, waste of the pool,” Councilman Manahan said.
Councilman Manahan and the Salt Lake-Aliamanu Neighborhood Board brought in an expert, who found it may be more cost effective to replace the heat pumps with new ones than keep repairing the old ones.
“It’s certainly not being maintained in the way it was designed to be maintained and the water is not heated,” said Dennis Egge, Salt Lake Neighborhood Board Chair.
The city hopes to have the pool heaters fully operational early this year.
The estimated cost for the upcoming repairs, including November’s work, is about $8,000.
