Date:

Thursday, 12/18/2025

Start Time:

09:00 AM

Place:

virtual meeting can be viewed and observed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or in-person at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

Agenda

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: Thursday, December 18, 2025

TIME: 9:00 A.M.

PLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology

This meeting will be held virtually and may be viewed live via OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and entering Webinar ID: 834 2532 0757. Additionally, this meeting can be viewed live on ‘Ōlelo Community Media on Channel 54 https://olelo.org/. A physical meeting location will be open to the public for those who wish to provide oral testimony or observe the meeting in person at: Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

A. April 25, 2024 – Oʻahu Island Site Visit Summary-Waimānalo Ahupuaʻa and Nation of Hawaiʻi

B. August 27, 2024

C. September 20, 2024

D. September 25, 2024 – Hawaiʻi Island Site Visit Summary- Waipiʻo Valley

E. September 25, 2024 – Hawaiʻi Island Community Meeting

F. September 26, 2024 – Hawaiʻi Island Board Meeting

G. October 15, 2024 – Oʻahu Island Site Visit Summary- Kūkaniloko Birthstones

H. October 16, 2024 – Oʻahu Island Site Visit Summary- Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS)

I. October 17, 2024 – Oʻahu Island Site Visit Summary – ‘Iolani Palace

J. October 17, 2025 – Oʻahu Island Site Visit Summary – Mauna ʻAla, The Royal Mausoleum State Monument

K. October 19, 2024 – Lānaʻi Island Site Visit Summary- Dept. Of Hawaiian Homelands

L. October 19, 2024 – Lānaʻi Island Community and Board Meeting

M. October 31, 2024

N. June 30, 2025

O. September 4, 2025

P. September 18, 2025

Q. September 23, 2025

R. September 23, 2025 – O’ahu Island Community Meeting - Nānākuli

S. September 27, 2025 – Lānaʻi Island Community and Board Meeting

T. October 16, 2025

U. October 27, 2025

V. October 27, 2025 – Emergency Board of Trustees Meeting

W. October 29, 2025 – Board of Trustees Meeting at the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Convention

X. November 5, 2025 – Hawaiʻi Island Site Visit Summary - Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA)

III. Status of OHA Activities

A. Communications

 1. Update on the redesign, redevelopment, and launch of OHA.org and Ka Wai Ola News by June 30, 2026. 2. Update on the Communications RFP for the 2026 Cross-Platform Mainstream Media Initiative to bring the voices, vision, and values of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Native Hawaiian community to a broader audience across Hawaiʻi and the diaspora. 3. Update on the one-time purchase of statewide newsstand racks for OHA’s monthly print edition of Ka Wai Ola.

B. Human Resources

 1. Update on OHA’s position vacancy rate and compliance with the budget proviso to reduce OHA’s vacancy rate below 15% and to fill key OHA positions.

C. Resource Management – Financial Assets

  1. Update on the erroneous $6,000,000 drawdown from the T-23-901 Public Land Trust Proceeds Account (Summary Warrant Vouchers dated 6/26/24 and 7/15/24) and the subsequent withholding of $576,609 in Trust Fund Reimbursement to the Department of Accounting & General Services—actions executed by former CFO Ramona Hinck with the approval and authorization of Administrator Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira, and undertaken without BOT notification or approval.

D. Interim Administrator

  1. Closing Out 2025: Key Highlights, Year-End Summary, and a Look Ahead to Spring 2026

IV. New Business

A. Committee on Investment and Land Management

 1. Action Item ILM #25-16 - Approval of the 2026 Native Hawaiian Trust Fund (NHTF) Public Markets Plan. December 3, 2025

 2. Action Item ILM #25-17: Approval to Negotiate Termination of OHA’s General Lease S-6074 with the Department of Land and Natural Resources at Wailua, Kawaihau (Puna), Kauaʻi, TMK No. (4)4-1-004:02. December 17, 2025

B. Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment

 1. BAE Action Item #25-11: Approval of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Fall 2025 Oʻahu Island Burial Council (Alison-Marie Hufana, Henry Fong, Janis Mark, Kamuela Kalaʻi, Keʻili McEvilly), Maui/Lanaʻi Island Burial Council (John Kahawaiʻi, Leilani Keliʻikipi), Molokaʻi Island Burial Council (Kimberly Kalua), and Kauaʻi/Ni'ihau Island Burial Council Nominations (Michael Lyons), Hawaiʻi Island Burial Council (Warren Kahaʻialiʻi) December 3, 2025

C. Committee on Budget and Finance

 1. Action Item BF #25-81 (Revised): Approval of the OHA Capital Improvement Project Grant Program Components and Process for the Fiscal Year 2026 and Fiscal Year 2027 OHA Biennium Budget. December 17, 2025

 3. Action Item BF #25-101: Requesting approval to reallocate $14,500 from the FY26 Personnel and Fringe Budget to fund the December 19, 2025 OHA Staff Development Day and Holiday Gathering at Kualoa Ranch, Kāneʻohe, HI. December 17, 2025

D. Board of Trustees

 1. Action Item BOT #25-17: Acceptance of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Final Report of the

Permitted Interaction Group to Investigate Army Training Land Retention Efforts, dated

December 4, 2025, and approval of the eight (8) recommendations contained in the Final Report.

 2. Action Item BOT #25-18: Request to establish a Permitted Interaction Group (PIG), pursuant to

Hawai’i Revised Statute §92-2.5(b)(1)(A), for the purpose of negotiating the official position of the

Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) regarding the U.S. military land leases scheduled to expire between

2028 and 2031 with the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, and the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). These leases concern public trust lands

identified under Public Law 86-3, Section 5, for which the United States of America, the State of

Hawaiʻi, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs share legally enforceable responsibilities, including

fiduciary obligations to protect the interests of Native Hawaiians.

 3. Action Item BOT #25-19: Approval of revisions to the OHA Organizational Chart approved as part

of the OHA Biennium Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and Fiscal Year 2026-2027 to (1) repurpose

one Public Policy Advocate position to an Ocean Policy Advocate position and (2) move supervision of

one Senior Executive Assistant position from the OHA Administrator to the Chief Operating Officer.

 4. Action Item BOT #25-20: Approval of a one-time deadline extension of the Mana i Mauli Ola

(MiMO) Ad Hoc Committee to complete its remaining deliverables, that includes recommendation(s)

for necessary course correction(s) to MiMO, OHA’s Strategic Plan, to ensure continued alignment of

the Boardʻs strategic priorities with its governance and fiduciary responsibilities by or before

February 27, 2026.

 5. Presentation of the 2026 Schedule for the OHA Board of Trustees and Standing Committee

Meetings (Chair Kahele)

 6. Update on OHA’s Public Land Trust Working Group (Chair Emerita Lindsey)

 7. For Action and Decision Making: Consideration of the OHA Administrator Stacy Ferreira’s

paid leave status and related staffing matters involving Interim OHA Administrator Summer Sylva.

V. Executive Session§

A. Legal Matters. The Board anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS § 92-5(a)(4) to receive updated information, consult with its legal counsel, and take any necessary action regarding the Board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities with respect to matters relating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822

VI. Community Concerns and Celebrations

VII. Announcements

VIII. Adjournment

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Keola Fong at (808)626-5484 or by email at keolaf@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.

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, no later than three full business days before the meeting. The board packet will also be made available on Oha’s website, https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicable thereafter.

§ 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/83425320757

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 disconnect 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.