Waikiki Business Improvement District Association

“Wbida has three classes of members. The class a membership shall be composed of the fee simple owners and ground lessees of record of the real property located within the city and county of honolulu business improvement district no. One. The class b membership shall be composed of tenants leasing space pursuant to a commercial lease within the district who have applied for membership by filling out a registration form at the principal office of the association and who have received approval thereof and been admitted to membership. The class c membership shall be composed of (i) fee simple owners of record of real property, and ground lessees of record where applicable, located within the district who are exempt from assessment, (ii) nonvoting members of the board or their designees; and (iii) such other persons or entities who have an interest in the mission and charitable purposes of the district and who have applied for membership in the association by filling out a registration form at the principal office of the association and who have received approval thereof and been admitted to membership. Class b and c members will be required to renew their registration forms and admission status on an annual basis.”

“Class a and class b members shall be the only members with voting rights. Class c members shall have no right to vote. Class a members shall vote to elect the class a directors and class b members shall vote to elect the class b directors.”

“A copy of the tax return is routed to the executive committee for review and approval before the return is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Board of directors monitors to ensure no director shall vote on any matter under consideration by the board or committee in which the director has a conflict of interest.”

“Reviewed and approved annually by the compensation committee.”

“Reviewed and approved annually by the compensation committee.”

“City & county of honolulu ordinance creating the district, articles of incorporation, and bylaws which includes the conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Financial audit by independent auditor is posted on the association's website and selected financial information is included in the association's annual report, which is also posted on the website.”

“The waikiki business improvement district association (wbida) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation formed pursuant to honolulu city ordinance number 00-40 for the purpose of implementing and managing the service programs designed to improve security, sanitation, and combat community deterioration in the waikiki area of honolulu. The wbida activities supplement the level of services provided to the area by the city and county of honolulu.”

“The research and planning program conducts studies of public sidewalks, street usage and the homeless population in waikiki, as well as general research on waikiki indicators, and best practices utulizing data from other business improvement districts. The public improvements program which develops guidelines and action programs for systematic, integrated and ongoing district-wide improvements.”