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Supporters said graywater — water recycled from sinks, showers and laundry for on‑site reuse — would conserve potable water and could lower household water bills. Director Don Apuna of the DPP told the committee graywater systems are “a sustainable system,” but cautioned listing them explicitly as a community benefit may not be the best fit because community benefits under TOD are intended to “directly benefit the surrounding neighborhood,” whereas graywater may primarily benefit the project’s occupants.

The resolution was introduced by Councilmember Weier and Committee Vice Chair Okimoto, who both said the goal is to encourage sustainable practices in new affordable housing and other TOD projects. Apuna described DPP’s current approach: graywater can be negotiated as a community benefit on a case‑by‑case basis and may not need explicit codification. “We currently are able to include graywater systems as a community benefit. We have that flexibility,” Apuna said.

The Board of Water Supply’s Kathy Mitchell told the committee BWS supports conserving potable water and “reusing water for irrigation purposes,” but agreed with DPP that quantifying the neighborhood benefit for TOD negotiations can be difficult. Public testifiers urged stronger measures: Claire Tamamoto said graywater “should be really a requirement of any project going forward,” and other speakers asked the council to consider a task force or clearer reporting on volumetric savings.

Members pressed DPP on the mechanics: Councilmember Tupole asked whether any recent projects used graywater and how much cost savings the systems produced for affordable projects; Apuna said he was aware of one early project and deferred to technical experts for cost data. DPP and members discussed using reporting requirements — for example, volumetric readings — so that negotiated community benefits could demonstrate measurable benefits to TOD neighborhoods.

Chair Cordero recommended the resolution be reported out for adoption so DPP can analyze the proposed amendment and, if appropriate, transmit recommendations to the Planning Commission and back to council. The committee recorded no objections and moved the measure forward.

Next steps: DPP will analyze how an ordinance amendment would relate to existing community benefit practice, whether an incentives or regulatory approach is more effective, and the report will go to the Planning Commission before returning to the council for a final decision.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2025-04-02 Planning Infrastructure & Transportation","oneSentenceSummary","The Committee on Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation on a motion from the chair recommended that Resolution 2551, which asks the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) to examine amending the Land Use Ordinance to list graywater systems among possible community benefits for transit‑oriented development (TOD), be reported out for adoption; no objections were recorded.","taxTitle","Honolulu City, Honolulu County, Hawaii","taxId",61746,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6092376,"Committee amends Primary Urban Center development plan; Bill 24 advanced to council for third reading",1493,2046000,3539000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2854089-ba83c423efd2373d1161086e4b480531&start=2046&end=3539","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2854089-ba83c423efd2373d1161086e4b480531/thumbnail_2046000.jpg","/articles/6092376/Honolulu-City/Honolulu-County/Hawaii/Committee-amends-Primary-Urban-Center-development-plan-Bill-24-advanced-to-council-for-third-reading","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6092376-5ea1ebc8e4bcbc5f8d209e652ae2bc17/orig.mp4?Expires=1771160939&Signature=Pwum2SaUWeHXvWCa5YI0Qtami3R6aZ1qPtz2drJPbTDk4pcYLed0e3HC8fyMSGNn8jwNVXS5Ru6w37hqnrZshU2SloZMDH94QiKNQPBaZGiCMmakR4~ELktkxChek2gnBmoD2AQ6fEVwpM~gzAYXGUZHwWsOxt2DkYK9DYORORbNmtW3dWitE-VxWT4Wm2eyVGMa9m2pgEx7q4QjaKop6oIHh2yQRWne8euYuYJfEFqe0ANcLGaKQ7WXq8dN3f6uNs891hepTyRoxk5VfLrr-4AGibazTHH6wR6TM68QxDjWDCjWj7FuUBUfP1ZEiQCqbUfx2Xa7O-BDcWL8jkXlbQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Committee on Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation on a recommendation from Chair Cordero amended Bill 24 (2024 CD1), the Primary Urban Center Development Plan (PUCDP) update, to a CD2 that incorporates multiple council communications and floor changes and recommended the amended bill be reported out for passage on third reading; the committee recorded no objections.

Chair Cordero said the CD2 will incorporate amendments submitted in council communications from Councilmember Dos Santos Tam (CC 69 2025), former chair Councilmember Kia‘āina (CC 76 2025), and the chair’s own CC 84 2025, plus additional mapping fixes and floor amendments discussed in the committee. The changes include adding a caption calling for redevelopment of public housing to revitalize communities and add affordable rental units; several place‑type and figure map edits affecting the Aiea Town Center area (the committee accepted edits to figure 2.1 and figure 2.2 to lower certain place types and to extend a sensitive FAA height zone); and other district‑specific adjustments.

Don Apuna, director of the Department of Planning and Permitting, told the committee staff was generally “agreeable to the draft and the floor amendments,” but flagged one item of garbled text on page 27 of the posted PDF that staff requested be corrected. Apuna and DPP staff were available to answer technical questions and to coordinate map revisions.

Multiple Aiea residents and community representatives urged map changes that would preserve open space and reflect the Aiea Town Center Master Plan. Claire Tamamoto of the Aiea Community Association asked the committee to change the place type of a parcel behind existing homes from near‑town to open space preservation and to lower place types near the Aiea Town Center to better match the community’s vision. Allison Kaolino Kaimana Yasuoka submitted written testimony and a petition supporting biocultural restoration and said the amendments “strengthened the primary urban center development plan and honor…25 years of envisioning by the Aiea community.” Kehaulani Lam and other speakers thanked the chair for working with the community on map edits.

Chair Cordero thanked DPP staff, the Office of Council Services, community groups and council members for their participation and said the updated PUCDP provides guidelines for future area plans while not prescribing zoning changes directly. The chair moved the bill to a CD2 incorporating the listed amendments and floor changes; the committee accepted the recommendation with no objections and recommended the CD2 be reported out for passage on third reading.

Next steps: The amended Bill 24 CD2 will be transmitted to the full council for third reading and, if passed, will replace Article 2 of Chapter 24 in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu (2021). DPP will correct the identified PDF language issue and continue technical coordination on map exhibits.","The committee amended Bill 24 (PUCDP) to incorporate several council communications and floor amendments including mapping and place‑type changes affecting the Aiea/Aiea Town Center area, added captions for public housing redevelopment, and an extension of a sensitive FAA height zone. The bill was amended to CD2 and reported out for passage on","actionData","errors"]

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Committee advances resolution to consider graywater systems as transit‑oriented development community benefits

Committee amends Primary Urban Center development plan; Bill 24 advanced to council for third reading