King Kamehameha Celebration Commission Meeting Agenda

Date:       Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Time:              6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Place:              Join the meeting:

Physical location:

Hawaiʻi State Art Museum 
Multipurpose Room 

250 S. Hotel Street, First Floor 

Honolulu, HI 96813 
or

Join Zoom Meeting Link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86839577823?pwd=AlYaTEOC8gpsJA73paKqkHCKlLpAVc.1

Meeting ID: 868 3957 7823

Passcode: 380296

      I.     Call to Order, roll call, and establish quorum.

    II.     Review and approve minutes of previous meeting(s)

  III.     Public Testimony

                        i.         Public testimony will be taken on any agenda item at the call of the Chair. All written testimony on agenda items received after posting of this agenda and up to 48 hours in advance of the meeting will be distributed to the board. Late testimony on agenda items will be distributed to the board within 24 hours of receipt. Registration for oral testimony on agenda items will be provided at the meeting location 15 minutes prior to the meeting and closed once the meeting begins. Individuals may submit written testimony on posted agenda items in advance of the meeting via email to kkcc@hawaii.gov. Individuals interested in signing up to provide oral testimony on posted agenda items at the meeting may submit their name, email, and phone number to kkcc@hawaii.gov.  Individuals may provide oral testimony at the meeting, via the above-listed video conferencing link or by calling the above listed telephone number. Oral testimony is limited to three (3) minutes each.

 IV.     Executive Director’s Report/Financial Report -- Amy Hammond

   V.     KKCC Business

                        i.         Executive Committee Report -- Beverly Lee

a.     KKCC Department transfer to DBEDT

                      ii.         Committee Reports

a.     Legislative -- Vacant

b.     Statuary -- Kimo Alama Keaulana

1.     Oʻahu Statue Mound Landscaping

c.     Retention -- Kēhaulani Keana‘aina

d.     State Archives -- Kimo Alama Keaulana

e.     Friends of KKCC -- Moani Whittle-Wagner

f.      Outreach & Education -- Ikaika Bantolina

 VI.     Events -- General update on ALL island-wide events

a.     Kaua‘i -- Kalei Hoffman

b.     Oʻahu

1.     Parade and Hoʻolauleʻa -- Clint Kalaola

2.     Pāʻū -- Beverly Lee

3.     Lei Draping Ceremony -- Louise Alina

c.     Moloka‘i -- Tylor Tanaka/Leinā‘ala Lopez

d.     Maui -- Daryl Fujiwara/Moani Whittle-Wagner

e.     Lāna‘i -- Pam Alconcel

f.      Hawai‘i Island -- Kēhaulani Keana‘aina

1.     Kohala

2.     Kona

3.     Hilo   

VII.     Commissioner Reports -- In addition to anything not reported above that may be relevant to KKCC business.

a.     Royal Order of Kamehameha -- Ikaika Bantolina

b.     ‘Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu -- Louise Alina  

c.     Hale O Nā Ali‘i -- Ian Custino

d.     Daughters & Sons of Hawaiian Warriors, Māmakakaua -- Puake‘ala Mann

e.     Daughters of Hawai‘i -- Kēhaulani Keana‘aina

f.      Assn. of Hawaiian Civic Clubs -- Beverly Lee  

g.     Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association -- Jame Schaedel

h.     Kapahulu Music Club -- Kimo Alama Keaulana

i.      Waimānalo Hawaiian Homestead Association -- Leilani Kahoano

j.      Papakōlea Community Association -- Vacant

k.     Hawai‘i Island -- Vacant     

l.      Maui -- Moani Whittle-Wagner

m.   Kaua‘i -- Kalei Hoffman

n.     Moloka‘i -- Leinā‘ala Lopez

o.     Lāna‘i -- Pam Alconcel

VIII.     Public Testimony

 IX.     Miscellaneous

   X.     Upcoming meeting date is Tuesday, June 2, 2026

 XI.     Adjourn

Additional requirements for those joining by video conference include keeping your camera on, speaking slowly, announcing your name each time when speaking and announcing any guests in your immediate area at the beginning of the meeting.  Please be concise and present what is absolutely relevant. If the board’s audio-visual connection to the remote meeting fails at the requisite physical location (or at official sites for in-person meetings), the meeting must be automatically recessed for up to 30 minutes while the board attempts to restore the connection. If the meeting cannot be reconvened within 30 minutes after interruption to communication, and reasonable notice has not been provided to the public of how the meeting will be continued to another date or time, the meeting is automatically terminated.

If you need an auxiliary aid service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact (808) 586-0333 and kkcc@hawaii.gov as soon as possible.  We will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.  Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is availalbe in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy.  For further information, please call the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission at (808) 586-0333 or e-mail kkcc@hawaii.gov.