No 13 Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board Regular Meeting November 2026

The Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board No. 13 regular meeting was held November 7, 2026, with the City and County Neighborhood Commission Office. The main procurement- and capital-project-related discussion was the Department of Design and Construction’s planned Rehabilitation of Streets Unit 65D project: approximately $1 million for spot concrete roadway repairs on King Street and Hotel Street, with construction anticipated to begin in summer 2027. The work includes replacing damaged pavement and related improvements, staged lane closures, bus detours, and a requirement to reopen each King Street work area within about a week. Sidewalks are not included. The project team described business outreach and notice plans and agreed to follow up on nighttime concrete-pour noise levels, possible interim street markings, coordination with nearby rail construction, and multilingual notifications. No contract award, vendor selection, or procurement vote was reported.

The board also received an Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization update describing studies in its transit-planning work program, including bike-plan, traffic-signal, safety, and rail-extension studies, with budgets discussed but no amounts specified. CORE discussed its funding needs, service hours, partnerships, and development of performance measures; the presenter encouraged community members to advocate for additional resources, but no funding allocation was considered or approved. Other topics included public safety, homelessness services, traffic concerns, and a liquor-license matter involving Scarlet Honolulu; the business had withdrawn its application, and a motion to oppose it received no second. No other spending or procurement action was identified.