The Committee on International Legal Affairs reconvened in a remote session and the chair recommended that the committee report out for adoption a series of legal actions affecting the City and County of Honolulu, including authorizations to settle pending lawsuits, retention of special counsel in a separate matter, and a resolution to authorize demolition of an unsafe private structure in Wahiawa.

The committee said it consulted in executive session with its attorneys under sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(4) of the Hawaii Revised Statutes before making the recommendations.

The chair recommended adoption of requests to authorize settlement in Braun v. City and County of Honolulu and Kramer v. City and County of Honolulu, and recommended reporting out for adoption a request to authorize settlement of claims by Winona Lee and a separate claim by Ally Financial against the City and County of Honolulu. The chair also recommended that a resolution to retain the McCorston law firm as special counsel to represent defendant Keith Kaneshiro in the case captioned Laurel Mile v. City and County of Honolulu be reported out for adoption. Finally, the chair recommended reporting out for adoption a resolution authorizing legal action to demolish an unsafe structure located at 525 Avocado Street, Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786.

The transcript records no formal roll-call votes or final adoption in the public record excerpt; the chair repeatedly asked for “aye or no” responses and recorded none in the provided segment. A reservation was noted by Representative Okimoto in connection with the recommendation to retain McCorston as special counsel; the committee paused to determine whether a roll-call vote was required because of that reservation, then moved on after identifying that a roll call was not necessary in the remote session.

All actions were presented as chair recommendations coming out of executive session with legal counsel; the transcript includes no additional substantive debate, financial amounts for settlements, vote tallies, or specific deadlines for implementation.

Items reported out for adoption in the excerpt are: authorization to settle Braun v. City and County of Honolulu; authorization to settle Kramer v. City and County of Honolulu; reporting out a resolution to retain the McCorston law firm as special counsel for defendant Keith Kaneshiro in Laurel Mile v. City and County of Honolulu (reservation noted by Representative Okimoto); authorization to settle claims by Winona Lee; authorization to settle a claim by Ally Financial; and a resolution to authorize legal action to demolish an unsafe structure at 525 Avocado Street, Wahiawa, HI 96786.

Discussion versus decision: the transcript makes clear the committee confined substantive legal discussion to executive session with counsel (citing HRS sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(4)) and, in open session, the chair reported the executive-session recommendations and solicited aye/no responses. The excerpt does not record any formal votes, motions with movers/seconders, or adopted ordinances or resolutions in the public segment provided.

The meeting adjourned after the chair reported the final recommendation.