Office of Information Practices

S Memo 25-03
March 6, 2025
Board Packet’s Availability

Requester asked whether the Neighborhood Commission, City & County of Honolulu, had violated the Sunshine Law by not sending notification to persons on its mailing list that a board packet was available for its meeting held July 25, 2022 (July 25 Meeting).  OIP found that the Neighborhood Commission Office distributed a board packet to the Neighborhood Commission members on July 22, 2022, but did not notify persons on the Neighborhood Commission’s meeting notice mailing list of the board packet’s availability at any time before or even after the July 25 Meeting.  Because the Neighborhood Commission failed to notify its mailing list of the board packet’s availability, which the Sunshine Law clearly requires, OIP concluded that the Neighborhood Commission violated the Sunshine Law’s requirement to send a board packet notification to persons on its mailing list for its July 25 Meeting.  HRS § 92-7.5 (Supp. 2024).