Inside Honolulu: July 11
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
Transparency Site Getting Stale
5:45 p.m.
It’s been a few months since Civil Beat reported on the city budget and the transparency issues that were supposed to be addressed by a .
As of this writing, there haven’t been any additions since a new draft financial plan for the rail project was published in April. Before that was the proposed 2012 budget in March.
The site’s CAN-DO acronym stands for “Citizens Analyzing Numbers Discover Opportunity.” Maybe there just aren’t any new numbers for citizens to discover these days?
Hoopili Hearing Set for September
2:44 p.m.
Mark your calendars: The Hoopili hearing begins Sept. 9.
With the Ewa development clearing a major procedural hurdle a couple weeks back, the Land Use Commission today published a legal notice for the hearing. The notice also kicks off a 15-day window for intervenors to petition for inclusion in the case — Sen. Clayton Hee and the Sierra Club have intimated they’ll do just that. Friends of Makakilo, run by Dr. Kioni Dudley, is already in.
Any petitions are filed are likely to be heard on Aug. 4, the next of the LUC. (The panel is later this week on Maui.) The August meeting could also include a site visit to the Hoopili property.
Fire Commission Meeting Today
9:18 a.m.
The city’s Fire Commission is set to meet at 4 p.m. today at the Honolulu Fire Department auditorium. Media reports last week said the fireworks ban helped prevent accidental blazes this Fourth of July.
At least one city worker at Honolulu Hale complained to Inside Honolulu last week that the ban should be lifted because the holidays are for the children. The issue could come up during the reports from the department to the commission.
Carlisle’s Early Start
Mayor Peter Carlisle was set to get his week off to an early start, with a 6:30 a.m. blessing ceremony for the beginning of Hawaii Five-O’s second season production at the former Honolulu Advertiser building.
That’s the only event on the mayor’s public schedule for today.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
July 8: Rail Appeals Opened to Public; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Ethics Panel To Decide on Violations Tuesday; Smoke on the (Waste) Water; Three Oahu Projects in Environmental Notice; County Governments Gather in Honolulu; General Plan Process Under Way.
July 7: T-Minus One Hour to General Plan Meeting; Rail Contractor Protest Closed To Public; What to Read This Morning.
July 6: Oh Godbey, New City Lawyer in the House; Derailed: Tom Berg Q&A; Steinberger Slams ‘Anti-Synagro’ Resolution; Ag Land Property Tax Bill Heads Back to Committee; New Chair, New Seats; Council Gathers Early to Fete Honorees; Martin, Anderson Ink Op-Ed.
July 5: New State Law Protects County Firefighters, Lifeguards; Federal Highways Rep: City and State Need to Play Nice; Leeward Politicians Push for Bikeway; State Officials in the Hale for Transportation; Ernie Martin’s First Agenda as Chair; No Crime Stats for HPD.
July 1: City Parade to Cost $20K; Furloughs Are Over, Pay Is Up; No Laie Decision At Next Council Meeting; Housing Office Open For Business; HART Kicks Off New Era for Honolulu Rail; Happy New Year!; Martin Tabs Kobayashi as Budget Chair.
