MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE:     Thursday, February 5, 2026

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: 824 9764 3135 Additionally, this meeting can be viewed live on ‘Ōlelo Community Media  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 - AS AMENDED

I.                   Call to Order

II.                Status of OHA Activities

A.     Update: OHA-In-Community and Status of Community and Brand Engagement Manager and Community and Brand Engagement Agent Positions – Lise Vaughan-Sekona, Director of Community Engagement

B.      Update: FY26 Mālama Honua Home Improvement-Renovation Program Grant for Nonprofits Solicitation Rollout - Elena Farden, Senior Director of Strategy and Implementation; Lindsay Kukona Pakele, Strategy Consultant for Housing, Infrastructure and Sustainability; Chantelle Belay - Grants Manager.

III.             New Business

A.     Ad Hoc Committee on Mana i Mauli Ola (MiMO)  - Presentation to the Board of Trustees on a draft reassessed MiMO Strategic Plan, including proposed changes. For discussion and feedback only.

B.      Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment – February 4, 2026

1.   Request for approval to waive HB 2231 (Matrix 2), SB 3085 (Matrix 3), HB 2218 (Matrix 4), and HB 1754 (Matrix 8) from the Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment (BAE) to the Board of Trustees (BOT), pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Bylaws (September 4, 2025) Article VIII, Section M. These highlighted bills were not included on the February 4, 2026 BAE meeting agenda, but are being submitted by Administration to the BOT for bill position approval.

2.   2026 OHA State Legislative Bill Package - Matrix 1

3.   2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Naming OHA - Matrix 2

4.   2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting the Public Land Trust - Matrix 3

5.   2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Natural Resources and Native Hawaiian Traditional & Customary Practices - Matrix 4

6.   2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Housing-Matrix 5

7.   2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Health-Matrix 6

8.   2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Education-Matrix 7

9.   2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Economic Stability - Matrix 8

10. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapter 6E (Iwi

C.  Committee on Budget and Finance – February 4, 2026

1. Action Item BF #26-01: Approval of a $500,000 budget for the Permitted Interaction Group (PIG), established by BOT Resolution Action Item No. #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).

2. 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:

a)       Hoʻomaʻa Foundation – Rell Sunn Menehune Contest

b)      Imi Ola Canoe Club – Inaugural 'Imi Ola Canoe Club Long Distance Race

c)       Hawai'i Opera Theatre – Hoʻoulu Festival: Kamalehua World Premiere

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

e)       ʻĀwili – Kālai Hawaiʻi: Youth Council Launch & Advocacy Summit

f)       Nā Leo Kāko'o o Ko'olauloa – Aloha Ko'olauloa

g)      Hānai Kaiāulu – Makuʻu Cardboard to Soil Festival

h)      Four Strings at a Time – ‘Ukulele Summit

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

j)        Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii – Project Hope

k)      Nā Puʻuwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System – Nā Puʻuwai Hōʻike Mana 2026

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

m)    Pālehua Conservation Initiative – Ke Kumu O Ke Ola

n)      Purple Maia Foundation – Hawaiʻi Cooperative Hui Gathering 

            D.  Committee on Investment and Land Management – February 4, 2026

1. Action Item ILM #26-01: Approval for OHA Administration to pursue a Joint Venture Partner for development of Lots A,B/C,D1,D2,E,F/G and K within Kakaʻako Makai, Oʻahu, TMK Nos. (1) 2-1-058:129, (1) 2-1-058:130,  (1) 2-1-058:048, (1) 2-1-060:027, (1) 2-1-058:006, (1) 2-1-060:026, and (1) 2-1-060:028.

2. Action Item ILM #26-02: Approval of the Use of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) for Lands owned in fee by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

IV.             Executive Session§

A.     Legal Matters. The Board anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS§ 92-5(a)(4) to consult with its legal counsel and take any necessary action regarding the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities related to alleged contractual claims and demands of a former OHA contractor.

B.      Briefing and Authorization Regarding Potential Acquisition Opportunity.

      The Board anticipates convening in executive session pursuant to HRS § 92-5(a)(3) to deliberate and make determinations regarding the authority of persons designated to negotiate and evaluate an acquisition opportunity involving all assets and real property controlled by a production and/or broadcast company serving the Hawaiʻi market, including authorization for the Chairperson, or designee, to enter into a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement as necessary, request and receive non-public financial, operational, and other due-diligence information, and direct preliminary financial, strategic, and valuation analyses for the limited purpose of assessing the feasibility and potential trust benefit of such an opportunity, with the understanding that no commitment or authorization to acquire any asset or entity is granted by this action.

V.                Community Concerns and Celebrations

VI.             Announcements

VII.          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/82497643135

 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.