Date:

Thursday, 04/03/2025

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Place:

Viewable on http://www.oha.org/livestream and at Nā Lama Kukui - 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Honolulu, HI. 96817

Agenda

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: Thursday, April 3, 2025

TIME: 10:00 A.M.

PLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology

Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream Or

Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477, Webinar ID: 864 0242 1085

This virtual meeting can be viewed and observed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listen by phone using the call-in information above. A physical meeting location, open to members of the public who would like to provide oral testimony or view the virtual meeting, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

  A. February 20, 2025*

III. New Business

  A. Status of OHA Activities: Ka Pouhana/CEO and Administration’s Update on OHA’s activities.*

   1. Informational Briefing on OHA Kūkā Kaiaulu: Na Iwi Kūpuna o Nāue, at Waipa on February 24, 2025

   2. Update on Maui Community Meeting Meaʻai & Manaʻo - March 11, 2025

   3. Update on OHA Administration’s Travel Services Expense Project

 B. Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment – April 2, 2025

   1. 2025 OHA State Legislative Package-Matrix 1*

   2. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Naming OHA-Matrix 2*

   3. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting the Public Land Trust-Matrix 3*

   4. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Natural Resources and Native Hawaiian Traditional & Customary Practices-Matrix 4*

   5. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Housing-Matrix 5*

   6. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Health-Matrix 6*

   7. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Education-Matrix 7*

   8. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Economic Development-Matrix 8*

   9. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting HRS Chapter 6E (Iwi kūpuna)-Matrix 9*

C. Committee on Budget and Finance – March 25, 2025

   1. Action Item BF # 25-20: Approval of OHA funding for a Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Sponsorship to Ulu A'e Learning Center for the 2025 Kapu'uola Hula Festival on April 6, 2025, in the amount of $2,500*

   2. Action Item BF # 25-21: Approval of OHA funding for a Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui event Sponsorship to Hawaiʻi Rise Foundation for the 2025 Mele Manaka 3 Day Community Event on April 24, 2025, to April 26, 2025, in the amount of $9,450*

IV. Community Concerns and Celebrations

V. Announcements

VI. Adjournment

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Everett Ohta at (808) 594-1988 or by email at everetto@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.

In the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.

Public Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concerns and Celebrations is not limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.

* Document(s) associated with this agenda item are anticipated to be included in the board packet for this meeting. The board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817, OHA’s neighbor

island offices, and on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/bot no later than two business days before the meeting. The 72 Hour rule, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual, Section 49, shall be waived for distribution of new committee materials.

§ Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS § 92-5.

Testimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony or (2) live, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location during the remote meeting.

(1)Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting.

All written testimony will be posted on OHA’s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g., name, email address, phone number, home address, or materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online.

(2)Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting, please click on the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86402421085

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

   (1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting;

   (2) internet access; and

   (3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.

Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.

Once your oral testimony is completed, you may be asked to disconect from the meeting. If you willfully disrupt the meeting or do not disconnect 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.

Oral testimony online or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes. Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time.