COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE (BF)

DATE:      Wednesday, February 4, 2026

TIME:      10:00 a.m. or immediately following the conclusion of the OHA Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment (BAE) Meeting

        PLACE:   Remote Meeting by Interactive Conference Technology  Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477, Webinar ID: 854 9271 8331

This meeting can be viewed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone using the call-in information above. Additionally, this meeting can be viewed live on ʻŌlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/.

A physical meeting location, open to members of the public who would like to provide oral testimony or view the meeting, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

AGENDA

I.     Call to Order 

II.     Approval of Minutes – None 

III.     New Business

A.      Action Item BF #26-01:

Approval of a $500,000 budget for the Permitted Interaction Group (PIG), established by BOT Action Item #25-18 on December 18, 2025, for the purpose of negotiating the official position of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) regarding 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) 

B.      Action Item BF #26-02:

Approval of OHA funding for Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui event sponsorship awards for the following organizations and events for Fiscal Year 2025–2026, Quarter 4:

1.          Hoʻomaʻa  Foundation – Rell Sunn Menehune Contest

2.          Imi Ola Canoe Club – Inaugural 'Imi Ola Canoe Club Long Distance Race

3.          Hawai'i Opera Theatre – Hoʻoulu Festival: Kamalehua World Premiere

4.          Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (INPEACE) – Preschool Here I Come (PHIC)

5.          ʻĀwili – Kālai Hawaiʻi: Youth Council Launch & Advocacy Summit

6.     Nā Leo Kāko'o o Ko'olauloa – Aloha Ko'olauloa

7.     Hānai Kaiāulu – Makuʻu Cardboard to Soil Festival

8.     Four Strings at a Time – ‘Ukulele Summit

9.     Hawaiian Community Assets – Project Maka’ala: Fraud & Scams Can Happen to Anyone

10.    Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii – Project Hope

11.    Nā Puʻuwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System – Nā Puʻuwai Hōʻike Mana 2026

12.    Hawaiian Historical Society – “Lei Niʻihau: Niʻihau is garlanded – with history, language, and beautiful lei pūpū” Gala & Fundraiser

13.    Pālehua Conservation Initiative – Ke Kumu O Ke Ola

14.    Purple Maia Foundation – Hawaiʻi Cooperative Hui Gathering

IV.     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.

Public Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to 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.

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/bf as soon as practicable thereafter.

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.

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. 

Please note that 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 use the link below:

Webinar ID: 854 9271 8331

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85492718331

   (*if you are unable to link directly, copy and paste in search)

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

(1)  a computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual 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.