2026-10-20 Housing Homelessness & Parks

The Honolulu City Council’s Housing, Homelessness & Parks committee meeting on October 21, 2026, considered several Parks and Recreation gifts and housing measures. The committee recommended Resolution 26-219 for adoption, accepting two traditional benches and plaques valued at $5,607.25 for Ainahau Park, and Resolution 26-223 for adoption, accepting a gift from Victor Chongchua for Sandy Beach Park. The transcript also describes Resolution 26-224, a donation of 12 tennis nets valued at $3,769.63 from USTA Hawaii Pacific Inc. for Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park, but does not capture a clear action on that resolution. On Bill 57, concerning information about outdoor play courts, the Parks director said a new reconstruction contract had been put out to bid after the prior contract was found to cover resealing only; the department had notified about 10 vendors and reorganized contract management. The committee approved an amendment to the bill, but no contract award or spending authorization was discussed.

The committee recommended Bill 11, requiring reports on city affordable-housing incentives, for passage on third reading without recorded objection; the Housing and Land Management director opposed its project-by-project reporting approach and cited ongoing program-level modeling work. Bill 18 would revise affordable-housing development standards, including height, density, and construction requirements. After discussion and testimony, action was postponed because too few committee members were available to vote. No procurement award or new budget allocation was identified.