MEDIA ALERT: August 2026 Honolulu City Council Hearing
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
August 10, 2026
***WEDNESDAY***
MEDIA ALERT
August 2026 Honolulu City Council Hearing
WHAT: The Honolulu City Council August 2026 Full Council Hearing
WHEN: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | 10 a.m.
WHERE: Honolulu Hale, 3rd Floor, City Council Chambers
MEDIA INTERVIEWS: Councilmembers' statements and interviews are available by request following this Full Council Hearing.
LEGISLATION:
THIRD READING:
Bill 35 (2026) – Relating to streets, sidewalks, malls, and other public places. Amending and repealing certain outdated, obsolete, or unnecessary provisions relating to curbside tellers.
Bill 41 (2026), CD1 – Relating to transportation. Addressing vehicles and transportation devices by updating regulations for electric bicycles and other electric transportation devices to conform with state law.
SECOND READING:
Bill 45 (2026) – Relating to real property taxation. Amending provisions relating to the real property tax home exemption.
Bill 46 (2026) – Relating to real property taxation. Amending provisions relating to the real property tax home exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or over.
Bill 47 (2026) – Relating to the motor vehicle weight tax. Addressing the motor vehicle weight tax.
Bill 48 (2026) – Relating to condemnation. Clarifying notice requirements for proposed condemnation actions.
Bill 44 (2026) – Relating to revenues and funds. Addressing certain provisions relating to revenues and funds, including the disposition of transient accommodations taxes into the Parks Maintenance and Recreation Services Revolving Fund, the Honolulu Zoo Fund, and the Botanical Gardens and Urban Forestry Revolving Fund.
Bill 68 (2025) – Relating to real property taxation. Addressing the taxation of real property.
Bill 16 (2026), CD1 – Relating to the regulation of dogs. Amending provisions related to the regulation of dogs.
Bill 50 (2026) – Relating to funds. Amending provisions related to the Land Conservation Fund.
FIRST READING:
Bill 52 (2026) – Relating to streets, sidewalks, malls, and other public places. Amending provisions related to the use of streets, sidewalks, malls, and other public places.
Bill 53 (2026) – Relating to shopping carts. Regulating the possession and abandonment of shopping carts in order to reduce the threat they pose to the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
Bill 54 (2026) – Relating to parking. Amending provisions relating to stopping, standing, or parking.
APPOINTEES
Resolution 26-154, CD1 – Confirming the appointment of Shannon Smith to serve on the Board of Review II for real property tax appeals.
Resolution 26-155 – Confirming the appointment of Shannon Alivado to serve on the Grants in Aid Advisory Commission.
Resolution 26-130, CD1 – Confirming the reappointment of Melanie Islam to serve on the Climate Change Commission.
Resolution 26-129 – Confirming the nomination of Krishna F. Jayaram to serve as the Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu.
Resolution 26-172 – Relating to the reappointment of Naʻalehu Anthony to serve on the Board of Water Supply.
GENERAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 26-165, CD1 – Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to allow for the Oʻahu Subsea Cable Telecommunications Project.
Resolution 26-159 – Urging the State Board of Land and Natural Resources to direct the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, to adopt rules prohibiting the harvest of aquatic life from State of Hawaiʻi marine waters for commercial aquarium purposes.
Resolution 26-158 – Urging the City Administration to conduct a Citywide energy vulnerability assessment and to report its findings and recommendations to the Council.
Resolution 26-160 – Urging the Hawaiʻi State Legislature to enact legislation that prohibits the harvest of aquatic life from State of Hawaiʻi marine waters for commercial aquarium purposes.
GIFTS ACCEPTANCE
Resolution 26-157 – Accepting the gift of travel, accommodations, meals, and ground transportation expenses valued at $7,150.00 to the City from the Fuzhou Municipal People's Government, People's Republic of China, for Councilmember Andria Tupola to attend the 2026 Bond with Kuliang Festival.
Resolution 26-162 – Accepting a gift of $4000 to the City from Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association to help off-set the operational cost of the Mayor’s 50th Annual Craft and Country Fair on November 21, 2026, at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.
Resolution 26-163, CD1 – Accepting a gift of a 4.5’ x 3’ framed giclee print by Gary Reed, entitled “Ko‘olau Shadows” valued at $3,000.00 from Laurie P. Thornley to be displayed at the Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden, Paul R. Weissich Education Center.
Resolution 26-164 – Accepting a gift in the amount $25,000 from Real Heaven, Inc., to support public programs, garden maintenance and operational needs at Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden.
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution 26-179 – Approving collective bargaining cost items for the Hawaiʻi Fire Fighters Association Bargaining Unit 11 included and excluded managerial employees.
Resolution 26-175 – To retain the legal services Starn O'Toole Marcus & Fisher, A Law Corporation as Special Counsel to represent Defendant City and County of Honolulu in the legal action entitled Laurel J. Mau v. City and County of Honolulu, et al.
Resolution 26-176 – To retain the legal services of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. as Special Counsel to represent Defendant Jacob George Delaplane in the legal action entitled Laurel J. Mau v. City and County of Honolulu, et al.
Resolution 26-177 – To retain the legal services of Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP as Special Counsel to represent Defendant Vernon Branco in the legal action entitled Laurel J. Mau v. City and County of Honolulu, et al.
The hearing will be broadcast live on ‘Ōlelo Channel 54. For more information on the legislation, visit https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/browse/agendas
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