Inside Honolulu: October 20
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
12:33 p.m. Special Committee Meeting
The Honolulu City Council‘s Committee on Safety, Economic Development and Government Affairs will gather for a special meeting on Tuesday to consider a pair of resolutions related to the Hawaii State Association of Counties legislative package. They are:
- , which provides the counties with liability protection for natural conditions on or near public beach parks.
- , which encourages the State Legislature to adopt legislation mandating that the State Department of Health develop and adopt rules for residential reuse of gray water.
Here’s .
12:10 p.m. APEC Security Road Closures
This morning’s big news: The Secret Service and law enforcement agencies have announced the public safety security restrictions for the APEC summit next month. Get the details on the road closures and everything else here:
- Secret Service Releases APEC Security Plans
- APEC Hawaii 2011 — Road Closures and Security Restrictions
Mayor Peter Carlisle has called a 2 p.m. press conference to address the impact on city services.
More coming later.
9:15 a.m. Council Concerned About Rail Operation Costs
Forget the $5 billion price tag to build the Honolulu rail project. Members of the Honolulu City Council are now more worried about how the city is going to pay to operate and maintain the system.
Council Chair Ernie Martin, Vice Chair Ikaika Anderson, Budget Chair Ann Kobayashi and Legal Affairs Chair Romy Cachola — all in Washington D.C. for a rail conference — told Civil Beat Washington Bureau Chief Adrienne LaFrance that they’re very concerned about the impact on taxpayers.
“We have three big city projects that you have to look into: Rail is over $5 billion, then you have the sewer, which is $5 billion, and then the increasing water (fees), which is about $300 or $400 million a year,” Cachola said. “You are the taxpayers and you hear this, how are you feeling right now?”
Read the full story here.
9:09 a.m. City Misses HUD Deadline
The publicly-funded senior center at the heart of a federal probe is still out of compliance, and the city has already missed one deadline. If it doesn’t rectify the situation by the end of October, it will have to return about $8 million in grant funds.
That’s the takeaway from a Civil Beat report from Washington D.C. today. Adrienne LaFrance obtained a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sent to Honolulu officials last week and a return letter sent days later that says the city is still working on it.
Read the full story here.
8:56 a.m. Investigation: Rail at the Airport
Rail opponents asked for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the route shift near Honolulu International Airport, and Civil Beat has obliged.
Today we’ve published a three-part series examining the key questions from an episode that opponents characterize as a “glaring mistake” costing taxpayers millions. Read the intro piece first and delve into the details if you want to understand what really happened.
- Rail At The Airport: Investigation In 3 Parts
- Rail at the Airport, Part 1: What Happened?
- Rail at the Airport, Part 2: Who Was Responsible?
- Rail at the Airport, Part 3: How Much Will It Cost?
Where’s Carlisle?
At 5:30 p.m. today, Mayor Peter Carlisle delivers remarks at the Japan-America Society of Hawaii annual dinner at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Coral Ballroom.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
October 19: Mayor Listens to Preschoolers; The CityCamp “Unconference”; Two TOD Workshops Next Week; Rail Construction Knocks Out Traffic Cams; UPW Strike During APEC?; A Merry Celebration; Martin Running For Mayor; Where’s Carlisle?
October 18: Hula Festival Venue Change; “Overwhelming” Response: APEC Turning Away Volunteers; Garbage Truck Problems; APEC Surveillance Camera Locations; Where’s Carlisle?
October 17: You Say You Want A Rail~Volution; An Evening With Carlisle; Mufi’s Fundraising Muscle; Waipahu Rail Soil Tests Begin; Young People Love Honolulu; Where’s Carlisle?
October 13: Low Sewer Bond Interest; Full Steam Ahead; HART: Ansaldo Still Capable; Police Gifts: A History; There’s No Crying In Rail Contractor Disputes!; Drug Summit Coming To Hawaii; Where’s Carlisle?
October 12: Money For Buses; Ewa Development Plan Up For Review; Second Crack At Homeless on Sidewalk; Where’s Carlisle?
October 11: Rail On PBS; Sidewalk Property Bill Advances; Noise Bill Deferred; Merits of Rail-Volution; Carlisle’s Blood; Targeting Homeless?; Rod Tam’s Friends; Today’s Meetings; Where’s Carlisle?
October 10: Transportation Committee Canceled; Hilton Hawaiian Village On The Agenda; Rail = Jobs; Honolulu’s Global Mayor; Zoning and Planning; Where’s Carlisle?
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?
