V. \n
New Business
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VI.
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Announcements
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VII.
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Adjournment
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If you require an auxi
liary aid or accommodation due to a disability\, please contact Raina Gu
shiken at
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telephone nu
mber (808) 594-1772 or by email at: rainag@oha.org no later than three
(3) business
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days pri
or to the date of the meeting.
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Meeting materials will be available to the public on Friday\, M
arch 12\, 2021 and posted to OHA&rsquo\;s
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website at: www
.oha.org/bae
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Notice: The 72 Hour rule\, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual\, Secti
on 49\, shall be waived
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for distribution of new committee materials.
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* Public Testimony on Items
Listed on the Agenda must be limited to matters listed on the
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meeting age
nda.
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Hawai&lsquo\;i Re
vised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, Public Agency Meetings and Records\, prohi
bits Board members
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fro
m discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agend
a.
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Testimony can be pr
ovided to the OHA Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony ema
iled at
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least 24 hours
prior to the scheduled meeting\, or (2) live\, oral testimony online du
ring the virtual
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meeti
ng.
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(1) Persons wishin
g to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should
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submit testimony via email
to BOTmeetings@oha.org at least 24 hours prior to the
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scheduled meeting. Any testimony receiv
ed after this deadline will be late testimony and \n
will be distributed to the Board members aft
er the scheduled meeting. Due to COVID- 19\,
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please do not fax\, mail\, or hand-deliver writte
n testimony
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(2) Person
s wishing to provide oral testimony online during the virtual meeting mu
st first
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register at:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN
_oqUDLdKBSA6qToc8nXrhWw
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You need to register if you would like to orally testify. Once you hav
e completed your
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regis
tration\, a confirmation email will be sent to you with a link to join t
he virtual meeting\,
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a
long with further instructions on how to provide oral testimony during t
he virtual meeting.
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Th
e registration page will close during the Public Testimony or Community
Concerns
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agenda item.
Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time.
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To provide oral testim
ony online\, you will need:
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(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting\
;
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(2) internet access\
; and
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(3) a microphone
to provide oral testimony.
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Oral testimony online will be limited to five (5) minutes. Once yo
ur oral testimony is completed\, you
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will be asked to disconnect from the meeting. If you do n
ot sign off on your own\, support staff will
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remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can continu
e to view the remainder of the meeting on the
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livestream or by telephone\, as provided at the
beginning of this agenda.
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Please visit OHA&rsquo\;s website for more detailed information on h
ow to submit Public Testimony OR
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Community Concerns at: https://www.oha.org/how-to-submit-test
imony-for-oha-bot-meetings/
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**Notice: Trustees may establish or revise an
OHA position on ANY proposed bill/resolution
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for submission to the state legislature. The Trus
tees both in Committee and as the
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Board of Trustees (BOT) reserve the right to discuss any and
all bills or resolutions
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recommended for submission to the state legislature in order to disc
harge their
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fiduciary
obligations as Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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