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OHA Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment
- Date:
- Tuesday, 02/01/2022
- Start Time:
- 10:00 AM
- Place:
- Virtual Meeting
Agenda
MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE ON BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT
DATE:
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
TIME:
10:00 a.m.
PLACE:
Virtual Meeting
Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR
Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,
Webinar ID: 839 2036 8831
Due to COVID-19, the OHA Board of Trustees and its standing committees will hold virtual
meetings until further notice. Pursuant to Governor Ige’s December 29, 2021 Emergency
Proclamation Related to Sunshine Law In-Person Meetings, there will be no in-person location
for this meeting that is open to the general public. The virtual meetings can be viewed and
observed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listen by phone: (213)
338-8477, Webinar ID: 839 2036 8831
AGENDA
I.
Call to Order
II.
Public Testimony on Items Listed on the Agenda* (Please see page 2 on how to submit written
testimony or provide oral testimony online. Oral testimony by phone will not be accepted)
III.
New Business
A. Action Item BAE #22-01: A Resolution Supporting Community Based Subsistence
Fishing Area Designations and Rules at Miloli‘i, Hawai‘i
B. Presentation by Administration: 2022 State Legislative Session Update
IV.
Executive Session‡
A. Consultation with Interim General Counsel Everett Ohta re: questions and issues
pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities with
respect to the Public Land Trust and associated legislation, pursuant to HRS§92-
5(a)(4).
V.
Announcements
VI.
Adjournment
If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact Everett Ohta at
telephone number (808) 594-1988 or by email at: everetto@oha.org no later than three (3) business days
prior to the date of the meeting. Meeting materials will be available to the public 72 hours prior to the
meeting and posted to OHA’s website at: www.oha.org/bae.
In the event that the livestream or the audiovisual connection is interrupted and cannot be restored, the
meeting may continue as an audio-only meeting through the phone and Webinar ID listed at the
beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings are available upon request
to BOTmeetings@oha.org
until the written meeting minutes are posted to OHA’s website.
†Notice: The 72 Hour rule, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual, Section 49, shall be waived for
distribution of new committee materials.
* PublicTestimony on Items Listed on the Agenda must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda.
‡ Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS § 92-5.
Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, prohibits Board members
from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.
Testimony can be provided to the OHA Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony emailed at least 24
hours prior to the scheduled meeting, (2)written testimony mailed and received atleasttwo business days prior to the
scheduled meeting, or (3) live, oral testimony online during the virtual meeting.
(1)
Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda
should submit testimony via email to BOTmeetings@oha.org at least 24 hours prior to
the scheduled meeting or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Meeting
Testimony, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817 to be received at least two
business days prior to the scheduled meeting. Any testimony received after these
deadlines will be late testimony and will be distributed to the Board members after the
scheduled meeting. Due to COVID-19 office closure
and limited in-office staffing, please do not fax or hand-deliver written testimony.
(2)
Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online
during the virtual meeting must first register at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_61obcyK0S8K8sj8p593hDg
You need to register if you would like to orally testify. Once you have completed your
registration, a confirmation email will be sent to you with a link to join the virtual meeting,
along with further instructions on how to provide oral testimony during the virtual meeting.
The registration page will closed once the PublicTestimony or Community Concerns agenda
items have concluded.
To provide oral testimony online, you will need:
(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting;
(2) internet access; and
(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
Oral testimony online will be limited to five (5) minutes.
Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time.
Once your oral testimony is completed, you will be asked to disconect from the meeting. If
you do not sign off on your own, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting.
You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone, as
provided at the beginning of this agenda.
Please visit OHA’s website for more detailed information on how to submit Public Testimony OR
Community Concerns at: https://www.oha.org/how-to-submit-testimony-for-oha-bot-meetings/
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