# No 09 Waikīkī Neighborhood Board Regular Meeting October 2026


**Body:** City and County Neighborhood Commission Office
**Date:** October 14, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Professional Services, Physical Infrastructure


The Waikīkī Neighborhood Board regular meeting of the City and County Neighborhood Commission Office was held October 14, 2026. Procurement-related discussion included the City Department of Facility Maintenance’s beach shower improvement project: a representative of the city-contracted engineering firm Corollo Engineers presented preliminary concepts for showers 1–6 and invited community input at workshops. No project cost, contract number, award decision, or procurement vote was reported. A resident also proposed automated curb-enforcement cameras, naming Gear Mobility as a potential vendor and suggesting private financing or federal safety funds; the proposal projected $1.42 million in annual revenue by year two, but the board took no action on it. A private developer presented a conceptual three-unit project at 432 Kaioku Street; the board voted to approve the concept, with one member opposed. This was not a city procurement.

The board voted to support testimony on Honolulu City Council Bill 53 concerning unauthorized use of shopping carts, and voted to send the mayor a letter urging signature of Bill 52; these were policy advocacy actions, not purchasing decisions. State contracting practices also came up in discussion of an audit of the Kūhio housing effort: a senator cited roughly $43 million received over about three years and discussed concerns that emergency proclamations had allowed contracts to proceed outside normal procurement laws. Possible changes to emergency-procurement rules were discussed, but no change was adopted at this meeting. No contract awards or procurement-related budget allocations were identified.

**Source:** City and County Neighborhood Commission Office