The Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation, and Technology met on September 24, 2025, at 9:02 a.m. via remote and in-person interactive conference technology. Chair Cordero presided with members Dosantos Tam, Wire, Okimoto, and Tupola (joining later). The meeting covered land conveyances, bills on HART planning, fare box recovery ratio repeal, library vending machines at Skyline stations, taxi regulations, and informational briefings on bus/rail integration and Biki bike share operations. Public testimony was heard on multiple agenda items.
Good morning with the committee on infrastructure, transportation, and technology. Please come to order. It is Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 9 02 a.m. I would like to welcome uh committee members dosantos TAM and WIRE. Uh we have Committee Vice Chair Okimoto and Tipola on their way. Okay, pursuant to Section 92-3.7. The available revised statutes, this meeting will be conducted as a remote meeting by interactive conference technology with the following procedures in effect for the meeting. Members of the public will be allowed to provide oral testimony on all items on the agenda through two ways. Remotely and in-person in the council chamber. Remote and in-person oral testimony will be allowed when agenda item is taken up. As both English and Hawaiian are official language languages of the state of Hawaii pursuant to the article to article 15, section four of the Hawaii State Constitution and Section I Section 113 of the Hawaii revised statutes. Members of the public may testify in either language. For oral testimonies offered in Olalo Hawaii, additional time as may be necessary will be allowed for the testifier to provide an English translation of their testimony. Each speaker may not have anyone else read their statement, and it is limited to a one and is limited to a one-minute presentation on each item. One minute. Okay, thank you. Moving to agenda item number one, we have communication D671 2025 from the Department of Design Construction. It is a request for consideration of the deed conveying roadway lot 53 and grants of flowage easement 10 and flow each easement 11 for the for public use in Eva. With us from the city administration, we have Aaron Sakamoto, Chief of Land Survey and Acquisition. Good morning, Chair Cordero, Voice Chair Okamoto, Council members Aaron Sakamoto with the Department of Design Construction. We've submitted dedication documents for the Hoanani subdivision, and we're asking for your approval and acceptance of these documents. Thank you very much. Members, do we have any questions for Chief Sakamoto? Right. Seeing none, we will now proceed with remote testimony. We don't have any registered remote testifiers, but is there anyone else, anyone online who wishes to testify? Chair, there none. Thank you. Seeing none, um, we are now moving to in-person testifiers. Is there anyone in person wishes to testify? Seeing that that there's none, um, members, we are in discussion on this deed conveyance. Okay, seeing none, members, uh, the chair then recommends that the document requesting approval and acceptance of the grant conveying easement for public use in Eva, transmitted by communication D 671 be reported out for council approval. Any discussion? Objections or reservations. Hearing none, so ordered. Moving forward to agenda item number two. Can communication D698 2025 from the Department of Design Construction? This requests the consideration of deed conveying roadway lots 19886 and 1988 7. Grant of flowage easement 11180 and grant of temporary road turnaround easements 11178 and 11179 for public use and Eva. Once again with us, uh we have the Chief of Land Survey and Acquisition of the Department of Design Construction, Aaron Sakamoto. Chief Sakamoto. Good morning again. Aaron Sakamoto, Department of Design and Construction. And we've submitted the uh dedication documents for the Hawkea at Hoopili subdivision and asking for your approval and acceptance of those items. Thank you. Members, do we have any questions uh relating to this conveyance at for Haakea at Hoopili subdivision? Okay, seeing now we'll go to testimony, and if there's any uh discussion later on, uh we'll take that up after testimony. Uh we don't have any registered or in-person testifiers, but is there anyone online who wishes to testify? Chair, there are none. Okay, seeing none, we will uh now ask if there's anyone in person who wishes to testify.