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Committee advances PIM for Wahiawa government building tied to $2 million CIP appropriation
Summary
The zoning committee amended and reported out a resolution placing a government building symbol on the public infrastructure map for the Wahiawa Civic Center; the council discussed coordination gaps between city departments and the planning division over outreach and timing.
The Zoning Committee amended Resolution 25-152 to CD1 and reported it out, adding a government building symbol on the public infrastructure map to allow the city to appropriate funds and lease space at the Wahiawa Civic Center for Department of Customer Services operations.
Chair Kiana explained the PIM would allow funding to construct improvements to ground-floor office space in the Waihiwa Civic Center complex and noted the executive capital budget includes an appropriation of $2,000,000 for those improvements. Kimberly Sherrill (referred to in the hearing as Kim Hashiro), Director for the Department of Customer Services, said the department plans to lease 4,340 square feet at 910 California Avenue to relocate Waihiwa driver's licensing and satellite city hall offices from the Waialua police station at 330 North Cane Street and that the move will support an updated driver's license system and expanded counter capacity to improve service.
“We're very much looking forward to relocating our existing Wahoo driver's license and satellite city hall offices to this new facility,” Kim Hashiro told the committee. She said the department included $2,000,000 in its CIP submission last fall and the amount was included in the mayor's executive CIP.
Several council members pressed for better interdepartmental coordination and earlier notice to the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) so DPP staff have time for outreach and due diligence. Members said DPP had to prioritize late requests to meet the PIM deadline and recommended DPP issue a memo reminding all departments of PIM requirements and deadlines. DPP Director Dawn Takeuchi Apuna acknowledged the timing problem, said the state had conducted neighborhood outreach for the civic center project, and committed to improving coordination and to additional community outreach where needed.
The chair recommended and the committee adopted the CD1 and reported Resolution 25-152 out for adoption. Members emphasized the action is a mapping and process step; DPP staff noted that showing a symbol on the public infrastructure map is required before the council may appropriate funds for a facility under ROH chapter 4, article 8.
