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The committee adopted a CD1 version of the SMA (resolution 25‑91) with verbal amendments requiring that, before issuance of any construction or building permit, the applicant submit copies of the State Historic Preservation Commission’s acceptance letters for the archaeological monitoring plan and burial treatment plan and any required mitigation protocols. The committee also extended the applicant’s deadline to obtain construction permits to 60 months and removed a clause that would have shielded the city from legal actions related to permit review and approval.

The approved PDR conceptual plan (resolution 25‑92) was amended to allow the Department of Planning and Permitting director to approve “minor or non‑substantive deviations” from the approved conceptual plan, and to lengthen the deadline to obtain a construction or building permit from 36 months to 60 months. The PDR CD1 as amended also adds public‑benefit requirements including a sculpture garden, monthly public festivals, a bike‑share station and bike repair station, surfboard and bicycle storage racks, pedestrian access improvements, shade trees and seating, maintenance of bus stops along the fronting roadway, and employee bicycle passes and parking cash‑out programs. Committee members clarified that the monthly festival will be free to the public and that participating vendors will not be charged stall fees.

Applicant representatives said the project team completed a final supplemental environmental impact statement in 2023 and a range of technical studies, and that archaeological surveys uncovered previously identified and three newly found archaeological properties, including two instances of human skeletal remains that require the monitoring and burial treatment plans now mandated in the CD1. Jonathan Fuess, senior vice president for investments at Park Hotels and Resorts, the property owner, said the new tower would provide visitor capacity and jobs; he quantified roughly 370 full‑time equivalent jobs from the new tower and about 123 secondary jobs during operations.

Developers and architects described design elements intended to strengthen a Hawaiian “sense of place,” internalize loading and delivery facilities beneath the building to reduce curbside congestion on Ala Moana Boulevard, and create a landscaped public plaza and Port Cochere that opens at the ground plane. The project team said internal loading will remove current delivery trucks that park on Ala Moana Boulevard.

The Department of Planning and Permitting told the committee it supports the CD1 as verbally amended and is available for follow‑up questions. Public testimony in support came from the Waikiki Improvement Association and ABC Stores, and from a community testifier who identified herself as affiliated with CARES. The committee chair reported the resolutions as amended and recommended they be reported out for adoption by the full council.

The committee’s actions do not authorize construction; they report the amended CD1 versions of the SMA and the PDR conceptual plan out of committee for scheduling and final council consideration and further permit processing by city departments and state agencies.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2025-04-03 Zoning","oneSentenceSummary","The Honolulu City Council Committee on Zoning on April 3, 2025, reported out for adoption an amended special management area major permit and approved a revised conceptual planned development resort plan for a new 36‑story hotel tower and podium at Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.","taxTitle","Honolulu City, Honolulu County, Hawaii","taxId",61746,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6089795,"Votes at a glance: Zoning committee actions on special management area permits, map revisions, extensions and charter proposal",2588,236000,2824000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2871845-c85d77ab9a2ffee90b34f6a0af20b1e0&start=236&end=2824","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2871845-c85d77ab9a2ffee90b34f6a0af20b1e0/thumbnail_236000.jpg","/articles/6089795/Honolulu-City/Honolulu-County/Hawaii/Votes-at-a-glance-Zoning-committee-actions-on-special-management-area-permits-map-revisions-extensions-and-charter-proposal","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6089795-a168d704f253394bf2db0792174fa6a3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155116&Signature=SnSHDH52B3qFWoCKcMUDTCa822LL4-AWemA7n-nHm9YIlmSQk4ZT2RRJrD~xMqN4tzXJKRat~zouCKZnFVcC~o-LRAapLOwwxoTKKooWMXllJ77HQdsKDXABOKQQs8JC93SaeeqdlonIWfTrSiDX9eeKmhlXr1UXmusFXfs7XuJym85d0iuiN0D55bn8zLJs4Xls8K2bXiSftjljtjJNawaQpCqJmLsKGVfDtzDELztBzz5t78wof9v12KlA6JVVmaGX3UautcAa1r4Lx8FISB5rsB-ktC1cisKZAZsw8IvBE1-cj77-7OttL-IM9VVAcqcB-eMEYZMJ0T~PcDdjpA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Honolulu City Council Committee on Zoning on April 3, 2025, took committee‑level action on a package of resolutions, reporting several CD1 measures out for adoption, postponing others and granting time extensions where applicants requested more time. Below are the items the committee reported or acted on during the meeting.

Items reported out for adoption (CD1 as amended or amended to CD1):
- Resolution 25‑81: Revised public infrastructure map (North Shore sustainable communities plan) to add a government building symbol in the vicinity of specified tax map keys (intended to support future acquisition and negotiations for a North Shore First Responders Center). DPP had no objections; committee recommended the report be reported out for adoption.

- Resolution 25‑82: Revised public infrastructure map (Koʻolau Poko sustainable communities plan) to add a government building symbol to facilitate future first responder/ambulance services. DPP supported the map revision and the committee reported it out for adoption.

- Resolution 25‑93: Amendment to extend the deadline to obtain a development permit for a Kahala single‑family dwelling project at 4439 Kahala Avenue to 05/03/2027 (applicant requested a two‑year extension). The committee amended the resolution to CD1 and reported it out for adoption. Applicant presented revisions to increase shoreline resiliency and noted a change in ownership; the archaeology monitoring plan concurrence was pending at time of the hearing.

- Resolution 25‑80 (Smythe): After‑the‑fact SMA major permit to Kimberly M. and Timothy D. Smythe (275 Keapulu Drive, Lanikai) for retention of a two‑story single‑family dwelling and related site work. The committee amended the proposed CD1 (deleted a condition requiring payment of accrued civil fines prior to permit and removed a clause protecting the city from litigation) and reported the CD1 out for adoption. The DPP reported no objections; applicant presented project history and cooperation with DLNR regarding easement realignment for the Kaiva Ridge Trail.

- Resolution 25‑95 (Highmark Capital LLC): SMA major permit for demolition and construction of a new two‑story single‑family dwelling at 12 Kailua Road, Kailua. Committee amended CD1 to require a copy of SHPD’s acceptance letter for the archaeological inventory survey and removed the clause shielding the city from lawsuits; reported out for adoption.

- Resolution 25‑24 (Western Community Crossroads LLC): SMA major permit for demolition of three dwellings and construction of two single‑family dwellings at 5537 Kamehameha Highway, Laie. Committee amended CD1 with clarifications including correcting an annual coastal erosion rate to 1.01 feet, requiring SHPD acceptance letters for archaeological inventory surveys and deleting the clause shielding the city from lawsuits; reported out for adoption.

- Resolution 25‑91 (Hilton Hawaiian Village SMA) and Resolution 25‑92 (Hilton PDR concept) — see separate article: both CD1s were amended (archaeological conditions and permit deadlines) and reported out for adoption.

Items postponed or extended:
- Resolution 25‑78 (Kaiva Ridge Trail, DLNR): Committee granted a 90‑day extension of time for council action to allow the State Department of Land and Natural Resources more time to negotiate an easement with Puʻulani Kai and other landowners. The chair noted written request available online as miscellaneous communication 01/2025 and no objections were raised.

- Resolution 25‑88 (Central Oʻahu PIM park symbol): The introducer asked to postpone this measure; the committee postponed action to a date and time determined by the committee chair to allow additional landowner conversations and DPP review.

- Resolution 25‑68 (Baker applicants, Pupukea/Paumalu): Applicant lacked information at hearing; the committee postponed action and granted a 90‑day extension of time subject to a written request from the applicant.

Other committee actions:
- Council Communication 90 (Review of the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission): The committee recommended that the commission be retained without change and reported the committee report for scheduling with public hearing and adoption.

Across multiple SMA items, the committee consistently accepted Department of Planning and Permitting recommendations, required State Historic Preservation Division acceptance letters before construction in shoreline/archaeology‑sensitive sites, corrected technical references (for example, an annual erosion rate typographical correction to 1.01 feet), and removed proposed clauses that would have limited legal actions against the city, its officials or employees. Several projects required applicants to submit revised traffic, landscape and site plans when the PDR or major Waikiki Special District permit follows.

Many items were reported out by voice without a recorded roll‑call tally in the transcript; the committee chair recorded “hearing none, so ordered” or similar language to adopt or report out the CD1 versions for full‑council consideration.","The Committee on Zoning reported multiple CD1 amendments out for adoption, postponed several items and granted extensions. Items include SMA permits in Lanikai, Kahala, Kailua, Laie and Pupukea, public infrastructure map revisions for North Shore and Koʻolau Poko, and the Hilton Hawaiian Village PDR and SMA.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6089800,"Zoning committee postpones vote on mayor’s housing‑land management reorganization after members request org charts and position details",8212,1033000,9245000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2871845-c85d77ab9a2ffee90b34f6a0af20b1e0&start=1033&end=9245","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2871845-c85d77ab9a2ffee90b34f6a0af20b1e0/thumbnail_1033000.jpg","/articles/6089800/Honolulu-City/Honolulu-County/Hawaii/Zoning-committee-postpones-vote-on-mayors-housingland-management-reorganization-after-members-request-org-charts-and-position-details","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6089800-a7b396eb1f32e0eb3ab250948419a584/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155116&Signature=KruvzbFshWy3dMi5Ft8961Hxk8SltJNvxs-V2-41n6Npee8A1hOXWWokYFgOXmFYe6pHIdnt1rRSVJt9unXjTbBYeC6bal6etBUOM20eNSlubHJkOUReeivsrZVmAev9cuX~ZADSr8BgAv22xrEk6HJpdhiSPPA2LF4m7X6s~NAgkA4mUBmA184i9V7rCcyuak2nXFgT52Nf2L4GJoP5reNFOH2cLLgoNmVQOEpUeYKSiu6EEAeD442IDbN0TMMULQgRAdnntnsM5RCeqzGe8Msg4D3BA44qeWlPiqUcwjxX8I-ACByQR1fRGZI6jfPnovs27eFQ8rac~TcXvxuURg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Honolulu City Council Committee on Zoning on April 3, 2025, amended and then postponed further action on a resolution (Mayor’s Message 44‑20‑25; resolution 25‑86) that would initiate charter amendments to reorganize housing functions and create a Department of Housing and Land Management (DHLM).

The mayor’s submitted CD1 would consolidate the Office of Housing with the Department of Land Management and take selected functions from the Department of Community Services, Department of Planning and Permitting, and Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, as part of an executive reorganization. The administration’s executive director of the Office of Housing, Kevin Auger, told the committee the administration supports the proposed CD1 and is available to answer questions.

Committee members pressed administration and Department of Planning and Permitting officials for details about staffing, duties and how responsibilities would shift. DPP staff told members that consolidating housing tasks with land‑management transactions may increase efficiency because some housing responsibilities — for example, private activity bond administration and certain affordable‑housing agreement reviews — are not core daily functions of the planning division. The administration said the reorganization would create three new divisions within DHLM: a housing development division to work with private developers, a housing finance division to pursue financing tools and grants, and a housing policy division to coordinate policy; the mayor’s proposed platform originally sought 51 positions but, because of budget timing, would begin with 47 positions if the budget is approved. The Department of Land Management currently has 23 filled positions.

Members expressed concern about a charter‑level specification that the executive for housing would be an appointed position and would be required to have “a minimum of three years of experience in administration of affordable housing programs or projects.” Several members asked that the experience requirement remain flexible so future administrations can recruit varied candidates with policy, finance or development backgrounds. Vice Chair DeSantos Tam and other members also asked for a clearer division of ongoing grant administration responsibilities between the Department of Community Services and the proposed DHLM.

Given the scope of the change, the committee chair recommended postponing final action. The chair asked the administration to provide a PowerPoint illustrating the current and proposed staffing and position breakdowns, budget detail for the new positions and a schedule of next steps; the chair also proposed an information session for the Council’s Housing Committee and scheduling consideration by the full council before the May 7 deadline for charter measures. The committee amended the CD1 as posted and then postponed further action to a date and time to be determined by the committee chair.

No final vote on charter amendments occurred at the April 3 meeting; the committee expects further briefings and follow‑up from the administration before it reschedules the item for action.","Committee amended the mayor’s proposed CD1 for charter amendments that would consolidate housing functions into a Department of Housing and Land Management, then postponed final action to allow further briefings and an intercommittee hearing; members asked for a visual org chart and a breakdown of positions and duties.","actionData","errors"]

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