MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
\nDATE: Thursday\, April 3\, 2025
\nTIME: 10:00 A.M.
\nP LACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology
\nViewable at www.oha.org/livestream Or
\nListen by phone: (213) 338-8477\, Webinar ID: 864 0242 1085
\nThis virtual meeting can be viewed and observed v ia livestream on OHA&rsquo\;s website at www.oha.org/livestream or liste n by phone using the call-in information above. A physical meeting locat ion\, open to members of the public who would like to provide oral testi mony or view the virtual meeting\, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hw y.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
\nAGENDA
\nI. Call to Order
\nII. Approval of Minutes
\n\; A. February 20\, 2025*
\nIII. New Busi ness
\n\; A. Status of OHA Activities: Ka Pouhana/CEO and Adm inistration&rsquo\;s Update on OHA&rsquo\;s activities.*
\n\; \;1. Informational Briefing on OHA Kūkā Kaiaulu: Na Iwi Kūpuna o N āue\, at Waipa on February 24\, 2025
\n\; \;2. Update on Maui Community Meeting Meaʻai &\; Manaʻo - March 11\, 2025
\n& nbsp\; \;3. Update on OHA Administration&rsquo\;s Travel Services E xpense Project
\n\;B. Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and E mpowerment &ndash\; April 2\, 2025
\n\; \;1. 2025 OHA St ate Legislative Package-Matrix 1*
\n\; \;2. 2025 Legisla ture: OHA Position on Bills Naming OHA-Matrix 2*
\n\; \; 3. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting the Public Land Tru st-Matrix 3*
\n\; \;4. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Natural Resources and Native Hawaiian Traditional &\ ; Customary Practices-Matrix 4*
\n\; \;5. 2025 Legislatu re: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Housing-Matrix 5*
\n\; \;6. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affectin g Native Hawaiian Health-Matrix 6*
\n\; \;7. 2025 Legisl ature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Education-Matrix 7*
\n\; \;8. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Aff ecting Native Hawaiian Economic Development-Matrix 8*
\n\; &n bsp\;9. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting HRS Chapter 6E (Iwi kūpuna)-Matrix 9*
\nC. Committee on Budget and Finance &ndas h\; March 25\, 2025
\n\; \;1. Action Item BF # 25-20: Ap proval 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*
\n\; \;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 Even t on April 24\, 2025\, to April 26\, 2025\, in the amount of $9\,450*
\nIV. Community Concerns and Celebrations
\nV. Announcements\n
VI. Adjournment
\n\;
\nIf 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 a s possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, this notice is available in alternat e/accessible formats.
\nIn the event that the livestream public br oadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored\, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the b eginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made available on OH A&rsquo\;s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustee s/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.
\nPublic Testimony wi ll be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concerns and Celebrations is not limite d to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai&lsquo\;i Revised Statut es\, Chapter 92\, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking acti on on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.
\n* Document(s) as sociated with this agenda item are anticipated to be included in the boa rd packet for this meeting. The board packet will be available for the p ublic to inspect at OHA&rsquo\;s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hw y.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, OHA&rsquo\;s neighbor
\nisl and offices\, and on OHA&rsquo\;s website https://www.oha.org/bot no lat er than two business days before the meeting. The 72 Hour rule\, pursuan t to OHA BOT Operations Manual\, Section 49\, shall be waived for distri bution of new committee materials.
\n§\; Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5.
\nTest imony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written te stimony or (2) live\, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting l ocation during the remote meeting.
\n(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 Hawaii an Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony\, 560 N. Nimitz H wy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be rece ived at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the me eting.
\nAll written testimony will be posted on OHA&rsquo\;s meet ing 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.
\n(2)Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting\, please clic k on the link below:
\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86402421085
\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n\; &nb sp\;(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting\;\n
\; \;(2) internet access\; and
\n\; \;( 3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
\nPersons wishing to pr ovide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the da y-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
\nOnce your ora l testimony is completed\, you may be asked to disconect from the meetin g. 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.
\nOral testimony on line or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minut es. Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this ti me.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:MEET ING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
\nDATE: Thursday\, April 3\, 2025
\nTIME: 10:00 A.M.
\nPLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technol ogy
\nViewable at www.oha.org/livestr eam Or
\nListen by phone: (213) 338-8 477\, Webinar ID: 864 0242 1085
\nThis virtual meeting can be view ed and observed via livestream on OHA&rsquo\;s website at www.oha.org/li vestream or listen by phone using the call-in information above. A physi cal meeting location\, open to members of the public who would like to p rovide oral testimony or view the virtual meeting\, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
\nAGENDA
\nI. Call to Order
\nII. Approval of Minutes
\n\; A. February 20\, 2025*
\ nIII. New Business
\n\; A. Status of OHA Activities: Ka Po uhana/CEO and Administration&rsquo\;s Update on OHA&rsquo\;s activities. *
\n\; \;1. Informational Briefing on OHA Kūkā Kaiaulu: Na Iwi Kūpuna o Nāue\, at Waipa on February 24\, 2025
\n\; &n bsp\;2. Update on Maui Community Meeting Meaʻai &\; Manaʻo - March 11 \, 2025
\n\; \;3. Update on OHA Administration&rsquo\;s Travel Services Expense Project
\n\;B. Committee on Beneficia ry Advocacy and Empowerment &ndash\; April 2\, 2025
\n\; &nbs p\;1. 2025 OHA State Legislative Package-Matrix 1*
\n\; \;2. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Naming OHA-Matrix 2*
\n< p> \; \;3. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting th e Public Land Trust-Matrix 3*\n\; \;4. 2025 Legislature : OHA Position on Bills Affecting Natural Resources and Native Hawaiian Traditional &\; Customary Practices-Matrix 4*
\n\; \; 5. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Hou sing-Matrix 5*
\n\; \;6. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Health-Matrix 6*
\n\; &nbs p\;7. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Education-Matrix 7*
\n\; \;8. 2025 Legislature: OHA Posi tion on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Economic Development-Matrix 8*\n
\; \;9. 2025 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecti ng HRS Chapter 6E (Iwi kūpuna)-Matrix 9*
\nC. Committee on Budget and Finance &ndash\; March 25\, 2025
\n\; \;1. Action It em BF # 25-20: Approval of OHA funding for a Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Spon sorship to Ulu A'e Learning Center for the 2025 Kapu'uola Hula Festival on April 6\, 2025\, in the amount of $2\,500*
\n\; \;2. Action Item BF # 25-21: Approval of OHA funding for a Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui e vent Sponsorship to Hawaiʻi Rise Foundation for the 2025 Mele Manaka 3 D ay Community Event on April 24\, 2025\, to April 26\, 2025\, in the amou nt of $9\,450*
\nIV. Community Concerns and Celebrations
\nV . Announcements
\nVI. Adjournment
\n\;
\nIf you n eed 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 g reater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, this notice is avai lable in alternate/accessible formats.
\nIn the event that the liv estream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored\, the mee ting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be mad e available on OHA&rsquo\;s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership /board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.
\nPu blic Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited t o matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concerns and Celebrati ons is not limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai&lsquo\ ;i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, prohibits Board members from discussi ng or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.
\n* Document(s) associated with this agenda item are anticipated to be in cluded in the board packet for this meeting. The board packet will be av ailable for the public to inspect at OHA&rsquo\;s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, OHA&rsquo\;s nei ghbor
\nisland offices\, and on OHA&rsquo\;s website https://www.o ha.org/bot no later than two business days before the meeting. The 72 Ho ur rule\, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual\, Section 49\, shall be waived for distribution of new committee materials.
\n§\; Noti ce: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS §\; 9 2-5.
\nTestimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either a s: (1) written testimony or (2) live\, oral testimony online or at the p hysical meeting location during the remote meeting.
\n(1)Persons w ishing 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 req uested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testim ony before the meeting.
\nAll written testimony will be posted on OHA&rsquo\;s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal informa tion (e.g.\, name\, email address\, phone number\, home address\, or mat erials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online.
\n(2 )Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meet ing\, please click on the link below:
\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/ 86402421085
\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n\; \;(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the r emote meeting\;
\n\; \;(2) internet access\; and
\n\; \;(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
\nPers ons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location c an sign up the day-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
\ nOnce your oral testimony is completed\, you may be asked to disconec t from the meeting. If you willfully disrupt the meeting or do not disco nnect 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.
\nOral testimony online or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes. Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be ac cepted at this time.
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