4:17 → 8:05(3m 48s)
Committee Chair Cordero called the meeting to order, explained remote and in-person testimony procedures under HRS section 92-3.7, allowed testimony in English and Hawaiian, set a one-minute limit for oral testimony, and described the roll-call requirement for votes in remote sessions.
Honolulu City Council’s Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology received a briefing from the city Department of Housing and Land Management on master planning and redevelopment options for a roughly 17–18 acre area around the future Cooley (Quilly) rail station and the city-owned Veil/Evole Center site. Director Kevin Auger described land acquisitions, consultant hiring, $3.3 million in planning grants, contamination and flood-map constraints, and a demolition and phased development timeline; members pressed for faster TOD zoning and clarity on financing tools.
