Inside Honolulu: August 10
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
7:17 p.m. Vacation Rentals Argument Not Over Yet
Colleague Nanea Kalani just posted this story:
Honolulu Vacation-Rental Controversy Heats Up
6:35 p.m. Quintal Retires, Quietly
Enterprise Services Director Sidney Quintal retired from the city at the end of July. The Carlisle administration has been mum. Read the full story here:
Enterprise Services Chief Quintal Retires, Quietly
1:51 p.m. Packed Auditorium
The regulation of vacation rentals has once again fired up the community.
Citizens on both sides of the issue — some arguing for additional permitting, others arguing for tougher regulations — are packed into the Mission Memorial Auditorium for the Planning Commission meeting this afternoon.
Among those listening to a presentation by Department of Planning and Permitting Director David Tanoue were Honolulu City Council member Stanley Chang and various representatives of the Carlisle administration and other council members.
Full story coming later.
9:13 a.m. Beat the School Jam
With students back in class, there are going to be more cars on the road.
City and state transportation officials are set to hold a news conference to remind motorists that about 60,000 college and private school students are back in school starting this month and next.
It’s scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the City and County of Honolulu Traffic Management Center and will feature City Department of Transportion Services Director Wayne Yoshioka; State Transportation Department Deputy Director Jade Butay; Oahu Transit Services President Roger Morton; and Honolulu Police Department Chief Louis Kealoha.
9:01 a.m. Vacation Rentals on Planning Commission Agenda
The city’s Planning Commission is holding a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. today about regulating visitor accomodations. Here’s .
Read more about the issue at the Department of Planning and Permitting‘s FAQ and check out the draft bill .
Morning Reading
From elsewhere on Civil Beat:
- Honolulu Residents Sound Alarm Over Controversial Weed Killer in Parks
- Large Rail Landowners Give to Pro-Rail Campaigns
- Planning Commissioner Fined For Ethics Violations
Where’s Carlisle?
Mayor Peter Carlisle has no local public events scheduled for today.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
August 9: Ethics Agenda Out; EPA Fines Pest Control Co.; Regulating B&Bs Not So Easy; Where’s Carlisle?
August 8: Bombardier on Appeal; Carlisle In Da Hale; Where’s City Oversight?; Police Department Names Names; Carlisle on Japan, in Video; Where’s Carlisle?
August 5: 6:51 p.m. Carlisle in Japan, in Photos; Bombardier Officially Rejected; Ansaldo Enlisted to Fix San Fran’s Light Rail Cars; Traffic Ticket Quota; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Ansaldo Honolulu “Pleased” With Finmeccanica Restructuring; Waianae’s Clean Water Award; Chair Garcia’s Checklist; Where’s Carlisle?
August 4: Congestion Tolls in Honolulu … Someday; HART Here, HART There; Zoning Appeals Board Appointments Advance; Committee Moves Sign Bill Forward; Moratorium Lifted on New Sewer Connections in Waimanalo; Free Speech vs. Open Space; Today’s Committees; Where’s Carlisle?
August 3: Board Defends Rate Hike; Appointee Asked About Water Rates; Tow Trucking Debated; Seniors, Disabled Ask for Help; ORI Discussion Coming Soon; Today’s Committees; Fewer Golfers, More Money; Chang’s Public Service; Where’s Carlisle?
August 2: Case Closed, Not Decided; City Rests, Ansaldo Satisfied; City Witness Rebuts Sumitomo; Ireland, Silva Like Merger; Talking Merger; No Competition for Carlisle; Berg: GOP “Party of the Skin Heads”; Today’s Committees; Want Train? Get Brains; Where’s Carlisle?
August 1: Across the Street?; Waipahu Board Backs Hoopili; Executive Session?; Ansaldo Responds; Rail Appeal Continues, With Questions Churning About Ansaldo; Sewage Spill in Kailua; Where’s Carlisle?
