AMENDED MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, December 4, 2025

9:00 am

In person at 1151 Punchbowl St, Room 132

 (DLNR Board Room, Kalanimoku Building)

 Honolulu, HI

Online via ZOOM, ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822460210

Meeting ID: 848 3905 2615

livestreamed at  https://youtube.com/live/E7pO2YA-TSE?feature=share

This meeting will be held using interactive conference technology under section 92-3.7, Haw. Rev. Stat. (HRS). Commission members, staff, applicants, testifiers, and the public can choose to participate in person, online via Zoom, or by telephone. The public may also view the live meeting via its live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/E7pO2YA-TSE?feature=share

To Provide Written Testimony:   We encourage interested persons to submit written testimony in advance of the meeting, which will be distributed to Commissioners prior to the meeting and allow a timely review. Please submit written testimony via email to: KIRC.PublicTestimony@hawaii.gov. Written testimonies can also be mailed to 811 Kolu St, Suite 201, Wailuku, HI 96793 or faxed to (808) 243-5885.  Late written testimony will be retained as part of the record and distributed to Commissioners as soon as practicable, but we cannot ensure the Commission will receive it in sufficient time to review, prior to decision-making. 

To Provide In-Person Oral Testimony:  Attend in-person at: 1151 Punchbowl St, Room 132 (Kalanimoku Building), Honolulu, Hawaii.

To Provide Testimony by Telephone:  On the day of the meeting at the start of the agenda item you wish to testify on, dial: 1-669-444-9171 (Zoom), at the prompts enter: Meeting ID: 818 2246 0210. Note: to unmute, press *6. 

To Provide Video/Zoom Testimony:  Email your request in a timely manner to: KIRC.PublicTestimony@hawaii.gov with your information, email address, and the agenda item you wish to testify on. Once your request has been received, you will receive a confirmation email with pertinent information. You may testify without signing up in advance.

I.                CALL TO ORDER

II.            APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A.    Minutes of August 21, 2025 Regular Commission Meeting

III.       OPEN FORUM: PUBLIC COMMENT ON ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA, FOR CONSIDERATION FOR COMMISSION'S AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING.

IV.                   ACTION ITEMS

A.    Approve Proposed Calendar Year 2026 Access Dates and Activities for the Protect Kahoʻolawe ‘Ohana (PKO)

B.     To declare that the Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana (PKO) Hakioawa Clivus Replacement Project is exempt from the preparation of an Environmental Assessment pursuant to Chapter 343, HRS

C.     Approve Proclamation to Acknowledge the 50^th Anniversary of the Kaho‘olawe Landing to Halt Federal Control and Naval Bombardment of the Island

V.                    ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS

A.        Executive Director’s Report

1.   Status Update on Budget, Finance and Funding: Review Expenditure Report and Budget Variances

2.   Status Update on Plans, Policies and Procedures: Review Long Range Schedule

3.   Status Update on Administration, Staffing and Personnel: Commissioner Status Update; KIRC Staff Status Update

4.   Status Update on Public Information, Outreach and Government Relations: Legislative Meetings for 2026 Session; Association of Hawaiian Civil Club Survey

5.   Status Update on Capital Improvements, Reserve Operations and Logistics: Update on Base Camp Capital Improvement Project; Update on Kīhei Boathouse Expansion; New Honokanai‘a Water Catchment Project

VI.             PROJECT STATUS UPDATES

A.    Status Update on Current Restoration Projects:

1.      Coastal and Upland Wetland Restoration on Kahoolawe, HI (North American Wetland Conservation Act [NAWCA]-Wetlands)

2.      Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa Partnership Project (Kanaloa Working Group Project)

B.     Status Update on Current Ocean Program Grant Projects

1.      Developing a Digital Application for the Collection of Kilo ʻIke Pili (IMLS 6)

2.      County of Maui Greens Grant Program (Greens Grant)

3.      Shoreline Revegetation to Protect Kaho‘olawe Coastal Habitat (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grant)

VII.                 NEXT MEETINGS AND FOLLOW-UPS

VIII.    ADJOURNMENT

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Terri Gavagan, KIRC Commission Coordinator at 808-243-5020 or KIRC.PublicTestimony@hawaii.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this agenda and other materials are available in alternate/accessible formats. 

Packet materials may be viewed at least three business days prior to the meeting at the KIRC website:

http://www.kahoolawe.hawaii.gov/home.php and are available for review at our office located at 811 Kolu St, Suite 201, Wailuku, HI during regular state office hours and will also be available at the meeting.