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OHA Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment

Date:
Tuesday, 05/03/2022
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Place:
Virtual Meeting

Agenda

    MEETING OF THE  COMMITTEE ON BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT 
    DATE: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 
    TIME: 10:00 a.m.   
    PLACE:  Virtual Meeting
        Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR   Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,   
    Webinar ID: 885 9866 7294 

    Due to COVID-19, the OHA Board of Trustees and its standing committees will hold virtual meetings until further notice. 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: 885 9866 7294. A physical meeting location open to the general public will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu HI 96817.  All members of the public that wish to access the physical meeting location must pass a wellness check and provide proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of entry. 

     

    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. Unfinished Business
    A. 2022 OHA State Legislative Bill Package Updates – SB2122/HB1474,    SB2121/HB1473, coordinated advocacy - Matrix 1** B. 2022 OHA State Legislature Bill Positions Related to Measures Naming OHA – Matrix 2**
    C. 2022 OHA Legislature Bill Positions Related to Measures Affecting Native Hawaiians – Matrix 3**
    D. 2022 OHA Legislature Bill Positions and Monitored Bills Related to Measures Affecting Native Hawaiians – Matrix 4**
    E. 2022 OHA Legislature Resolution Positions and Monitored Resolutions Related to Measures Affecting Native Hawaiians – Matrix 5**  

    IV. Executive Session‡ A.  Consultation with Board Counsel Robert Klein, Sherry P. Broder, Esq and 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, Maunakea 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. * Public Testimony on Items Listed on the Agenda must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. **Trustees may establish or revise an OHA position on ANY proposed bill/resolution for submission to the state legislature.  The Trustees, both in Committee and as the Board of Trustees, may discuss any and all bills or resolutions before the state legislature in order to discharge their statutory and fiduciary obligations to conduct advocacy efforts for Native Hawaiians as Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. ‡ 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 at least two business days prior to the scheduled meeting, or (3) live, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location 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 handdeliver 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_mUG_1E-qQnmVsJUIpPdvCA 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 Public Testimony 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 or at the physical meeting location 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 disconnect 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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