A public memorial celebration honoring the late Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi will be held March 3 at the Honolulu Hale courtyard.

Mayor Mufi Hannemann said the Fasi family and city administration are working together to plan the event.

“;We want to provide a fitting tribute to Mayor Fasi, who left such a lasting imprint on our city,”; Hannemann said in a written statement. Fasi, 89, who was mayor for 22 years, died Wednesday at his home.

Hannemann ordered flags at all city buildings to be flown at half-staff until the conclusion of the memorial service. Black bunting, signifying mourning, is draped across the main entrance of Honolulu Hale, and a black ribbon is attached to the Honolulu mayoral flag outside the mayor's office.

First elected mayor in 1968, Fasi governed the city during the years it grew into a metropolis, establishing the public bus system, creating satellite city halls and implementing expansion of services including the HPOWER garbage-to-energy plant, sewage treatment plants and new parks.

He dominated City Hall until 1994, except for one term won by Eileen Anderson, 1980 to 1984. He resigned in 1994 for the last of several failed gubernatorial bids, and announced his retirement from politics in 2004 when he lost a second bid in a row to return to the mayor's office. Fasi is survived by his wife of 51 years, Joyce, and 11 children.