Date:

Wednesday, 03/29/2023

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Place:

Virtual Meeting

Agenda

MEETING OF THE

COMMITTEE ON BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT

DATE:  Wednesday, March 29, 2023

TIME:  10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Virtual Meeting

560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Honolulu, HI 96817 Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream

OR Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,

Webinar ID: 847 7984 1196

This virtual meeting 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: 847 7984 1196. 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.  Unfinished Business

 

 

 

 

 

A. 2023 OHA State Legislative Bill Package – OHA-1 – Matrix 1**

B. 2023 OHA State Legislature Bill Positions Related to Measures Naming OHA – Matrix 2**

C. 2023 OHA State Legislature Bill Positions Related to Measures Affecting Native Hawaiians – 

Matrix 3**

III.  Announcements

IV.  Adjournment

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/support or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact 

Everett Ohta  at  telephone  number  (808)  594-1988  or  by  email  to  everetto@oha.org  as  soon 

 as possible. Requests made as early as possible will allow adequate time to fulfill your request. 

Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or 

electronic copy.

 

Meeting materials for this meeting will be available for the public to view 48 hours prior to this 

meeting at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Meeting 

materials will also be available to view at OHA's neighbor island offices and will be 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.

 

**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.

 

†Notice: The 72 Hour rule, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual, Section 49, shall be waived for 

distribution of new committee materials.

 

PublicTestimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to those matters listed on 

the meeting agenda. 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.

 

(2)        Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the virtual meeting must first 

register at:

 

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tJxpaFcAQja3k-5o3kB2-A

You need to register if you would like to orally testify online. 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.

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

(1) a computer or mobile device to connect t      l meeting;

(2) internet access; and

(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.

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.

 

(3)  Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the 

day-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.

Oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.