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2026-10-21 - International & Legal Affairs

Summary

RES26-228 Lei Pua Ala Foundation Gift

00:57-03:48

  • The resolution would accept a gift from the Lei Pua ʻAla Foundation. Captions are unclear about the gift itself, but testimony described it as a monument for a city park honoring those lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Managing Director's office did not appear at first; the Managing Director arrived partway through and testified in support, calling it a generous gift and a good thing for the community and the park.
  • One individual testified in support, speaking in an individual capacity. Andrew Ogata (spelling per captions), representing Hawaii Health (as heard), said the organization stands in support and was there to answer questions about the monument and its work to help create it.
  • No remote testifiers and no questions from members. Nishimoto chaired and recommended it be reported out for adoption (resolution number garbled in captions); no ayes or noes were recorded, so it appears to have moved with no objection.

Kim v. City and County of Honolulu Settlement

03:48-05:19, 17:45-18:22

  • Executive session item: a request for authorization to settle a lawsuit against the city, Kim v. City and County of Honolulu (case name as captioned). No one signed up to testify in person or remotely.
  • The committee voted without objection to go into executive session to consult with its attorneys on the city's and Council's powers, duties and liabilities, with Corporation Counsel, Council attorneys and the Director of Council Services (as heard) taking part. Nothing said in closed session is captioned.
  • On reconvening, Nishimoto recommended postponing the item for a month because the committee has research it wants to do. No objections; the item is expected back next month. The meeting then adjourned.

Other business

00:33-00:57

  • Nishimoto called the committee to order with all members present and directed attendees to the hearing notice for the rules.

Captions for this video are human-uploaded and may contain errors; the resolution number and some names were garbled and are hedged above. The executive session recess (05:19-17:45) has no captioned speech and is not counted as discussion time. The Managing Director was not named in the captions, so is not linked.

Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate, includes side talk):

Topic Minutes Share
RES26-228 Lei Pua Ala Foundation Gift 3 50%
Kim v. City and County of Honolulu Settlement 2 33%
Other business 1 17%
  • Official minutes: Resolution 26-228 (accepting $97,081 from the Lei Pua ʻAla Foundation for an AIDS memorial at Kakaʻako Waterfront Park) was reported out 9-0. The Kim v. City and County of Honolulu settlement was discussed in closed session and the vote was postponed to the November 17, 2026 meeting (2026-11-17 - International & Legal Affairs).

Agenda

Resolution 26-228 accepting a gift from the Lei Pua ʻAla Foundation.

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These are uploaded (human-made) English captions; minor errors are possible.

Transcript

00:33>>Chair Nishimoto: OKAY.

00:34GOOD AFTERNOON.

00:34CALLING TO ORDER THE COMMITTEE

00:40ON INTERNATIONAL AND LEGAL

00:40AFFAIRS.

00:42MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE, PLEASE

00:46REFER TO THE COMMITTEE HEARING

00:47NOTICE FOR THE RULES, POLICIES

00:50AND PROCEDURES FOR THIS HEARING.

00:51ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

00:53LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER

00:57ONE.

00:57RESOLUTION 26-228.

01:01GIFT.

01:02WE HAVE MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH

01:06US TODAY.

01:09DO I NOT SEE HIM.

01:12ANYONE WISHING TO TESTIFY ON

01:13THIS MEASURE?

01:15PLEASE COME FORWARD.

01:20>>Testifier: MAHALO, CHAIR

01:21NISHIMOTO.

01:22DYLAN ARMSTRONG IN MY INDIVIDUAL

01:24CAPACITY.

01:25WHILE I'M A LONG TIME LGGTQIA

01:32SUPPORTER, I'M SPEAKING AS AN

01:33INDIVIDUAL.

01:34I SUPPORT THIS.

01:34AS WE DEVELOP OUR PARKS, WE WANT

01:36TO MAKE SURE WE ESTABLISH A

01:38STRONG SENSE OF PLACE.

01:39HAWAI'I HAS ENDURED TWO

01:41CENTURIES OF PANDEMICS AND

01:45EPIDEMICS.

01:49HIV AIDS WAS A TRANSITIONAL

01:54PEOPLE COST A GREAT NUMBER OF

01:56LIVES.

01:57HIV ACTIVISTS COMMUNITY HAS

01:58CREATE AD BETTER PUBLIC HEALTH

02:00INDUSTRY AND A BETTER SENSE OF

02:02PUBLIC SERVICE TOWARDS ALL

02:04PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF

02:07ORIENTATION, GENDER AND WHAT

02:08HAVE YOU.

02:08AS A RESULT, I THINK THIS IS

02:11ABSOLUTELY AN APPROPRIATE

02:12MONUMENT FOR THE LOCATION.

02:14VERY CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF PAU

02:17POWER IN HONOLULU.

02:19AND WILL BEAUTIFIES AREA.

02:21FOR THAT, I'M GRATEFUL TO

02:25SUPPORT.

02:25MAHALO.

02:25>> ANYONE WISHING TO TESTIFY

02:28COME FORWARD.

02:29REMOTE TESTIFIERS?

02:30>>Clerk: THERE ARE NONE.

02:31>>Chair Nishimoto: SEEING

02:33NONE, MEMBERS, ANY QUESTION?

02:45ANDREW OGATA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

02:49TESTIFY?

02:54>> KNOW THANK NO THANK YOU.

02:58I REPRESENT HAWAI'I HEALTH.

03:01I'M HERE IN CASE THERE ARE

03:02QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOFNMENT --

03:06MONUMENT OR OUR WORK TO HELP

03:08CREATE IT.

03:10WE STAND IN SUPPORT.

03:12>>Chair Nishimoto: MEMBERS,

03:13ANY QUESTIONS?

03:14I SEE OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR IS

03:16HERE.

03:16WOULD YOU LIKE TO TESTIFY, SIR?

03:21>>Testifier: CHAIR,

03:23COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU.

03:24I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR FULL

03:26SPOIR FOR -- SUPPORT FOR THIS

03:28PROJECT AND THIS GENEROUS GIFT.

03:31WE THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR

03:33THE COMMUNITY AND PARK.

03:34I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

03:36YOU MIGHT HAVE.

03:36THANK YOU.

03:37>>Chair Nishimoto: THANK YOU.

03:38MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

03:39SEEING NONE CHAIR RECOMMENDS

03:43THAT 26-2 BE REPORTED OUT FOR

03:44ADOPTION.

03:45ANY WRS OR NOS?

03:46NONE.

03:47THANK YOU.

03:48ALL RIGHT.

03:51WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO

03:54EXECUTIVE SESSION.

03:54FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN

03:56REFERRED.

03:57IT NUMBER TWO,

04:00REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO

04:02SETTLE A CASE AGAINST THE CITY

04:03AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU ENTITLED

04:05JANICE P. KIM V. CITY AND COUNTY

04:06OF HONOLULU.

04:06WE WILL PROCEED WITH IN-PERSON

04:10TESTIMONY IN CHAMBER.

04:13CHECKS, ANY TESTIFIERS?

04:14>>Clerk: THERE ARE NONE.

04:17>>Chair Nishimoto: ANY

04:17IN-PERSON TESTIFIERS WHO WANT TO

04:18WALK UP AND TESTIFY?

04:20SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY

04:23REMOTE TESTIFIERS?

04:24>>Clerk: NONE.

04:24>>Chair Nishimoto: THANK YOU.

04:26MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY

04:27OBJECTIONS TO RESOLVING INTO

04:31EXECUTIVE NEXT NO ON OBJECTIONS.

04:33COMMITTEE RESOLVES INTO EXEC TEV

04:38SESSION PURSUANT TO SHIP SLIT 9D

04:4292-5(A)(4).

04:42PERSON TAKE TO POWERS, DUTIES,

04:44PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND/OR

04:45LIABILITIES. TO THE CITY AND THE

04:47COUNCIL ON THE ITEMS LISTED FOR

04:49EXECUTIVE SESSION.

04:50FOLLOWING PERSONS WILL BE

04:52PARTICIPATING.

04:53ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT.

04:55DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATION

04:58COUNSEL, DEPUTY COUNCIL YOST AND

05:03WONG.

05:04OFFICIAL OF COUNSEL SERVICE,

05:07DIRECTOR PARK, PITCHER AND STAFF

05:11MEMBERS.

05:12I WILL CALL A RECESS FOR

05:15EXECUTIVE SESSION. RECESS.

05:19LET'S GO.

17:45>>Chair Nishimoto: COMMITTEE

17:46ON INTERNATIONAL AND LEGAL

17:48AFFAIRS IS RECONVENED.

17:49PUR SIEWFNT TO 92-4 AND

17:5192-5(A)(4) OF THE HRS, COMMITTEE

17:53IS CONSULTED IN EXECUTIVE

17:55SESSION WITH ITS ATTORNEYS ON

17:56QUESTION AND ISSUES PERTAINING

18:00TO THE POWERS, DUTIES,

18:01PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND/OR

18:01LIABILITIES. OF THE CITY AND THE

18:03COUNCIL ON THE ITEMS LISTS ON

18:05THE AGENDA FOR EXECUTIVE

18:06SESSION.

18:07FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.

18:08CHAIR EASER RECOMMENDATION

18:11POSTPONE A MONTH UNTIL NEXT

18:12MONTH.

18:13AND WE'LL TAKE IT UP NEXT MONTH.

18:15COMMITTEE HAS RESEARCH IT WANTS

18:17TO DO ON THIS MATTER.

18:19OKAY.

18:19SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, WE ARE

18:22ADJOURNED.

18:22THANK YOU.

18:48