Inside Honolulu: October 10
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
12:09 p.m. Transportation Committee Canceled
There will be no Honolulu City Council committee meetings Thursday, as the Transportation Committee has canceled its meeting. Here’s the .
9:47 a.m. Hilton Hawaiian Village On The Agenda
The crowd at this morning’s Zoning and Planning Committee meeting is standing room only, with some overflow out into the hallway. Part of that could be due to a pair of resolutions that would allow the expansion of Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.
The two resolutions — Nos. and — would grant a special management area permit and planned development-resort permit for the hotel complex’s proposed master plan, which includes two new towers.
There are a couple of other Waikiki planning matters on . Because today is Discoverer’s Day, some folks might be off from their construction and architecture jobs and available to spend their mornings down at Honolulu.
Rail = Jobs
That simple equation is the headline of a Civil Beat contribution on the site today, authored by Faith Action for Community Equity of Hawaii director Andrew Astolfi.
Read Astolfi’s piece here.
Honolulu’s Global Mayor
Mayor Peter Carlisle is about to depart on his 10th out-of-state business trip, and todaywe’ve taken a look back at all his official travels his first year in office.
Read the story here: In First Year, Carlisle Was Honolulu’s Global Mayor
Zoning and Planning
Honolulu City Council** committee meetings are usually held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, but we’ve got a rare Monday meeting this morning.
The Zoning and Planning Committee, chaired by Ikaika Anderson, has a number of items to consider. One of them is introduced by Tom Berg that would allow temporary shelters in shipping containers. There’s a that the committee will take up.
Here’s .
Where’s Carlisle?
Mayor Peter Carlisle has no local public events today or at all this week, according to the public schedule put out by his staff Friday. He leaves Tuesday for Incheon, Korea.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
October 7: Gabbard: End The War; Real Property Tax Commission Meeting Monday; The Holidays Are Coming; Carlisle’s Public Schedule; New Rail Financial Plan; More Committee Agendas; Where’s Carlisle?
October 6: Second Committee Posted; Ansaldo Contract Not Signed Yet; Zoning and Planning Meeting Monday, Not Thursday; Rail Opponents To Speak at Rotary Club; Today’s HART Meetings; Where’s Carlisle?
October 5: Police For Sale?; Cameras Coming for APEC; Sidewalk Property, Noise Control Bills Advance; Private Possessions, Public Property; Today’s Honorees; Today’s Council Meeting; Where’s Carlisle?
October 4: Fifty Years Of Friendship With The French; ACLU Scolds HPD; FACE Rail Rally Today; Station to Station; Public Hearing, No Public; Where’s Carlisle?
October 3: Carlisle Responds, Others Attending; Carlisle Attending “Upscale” Condo Groundbreaking; Former DLNR Chair Thielen New City Ag Liaison; HART On Rail Costs; Archaeological Work Begins; Overcharging at Landfill; Carlisle Eats Local; HART Meetings Thursday; Where’s Carlisle?
