MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: Thursday, May 28, 2026

TIME: 8:30 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: 921 5759 1537. 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

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

  A. May 14, 2026 Site Visit Summary – Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF/Barking Sands)

III. New Business

  A. Alakaʻi Awards Recipients 2026 (January – March, 2026)

  B. Committee on Budget and Finance – May 27, 2026

   1. Action Item BF #26-11: Approval of OHA funding for Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui event sponsorship awards for the following organizations and events for Fiscal Year 2026 – 2027, Quarter 1:

     a. 'Imi Ola Canoe Club – Race for Hawaiʻi’s Future

     b. 'Kīkaha Foundation – Papa Hula Kāne

     c. Goodwill Industries of Hawaii – Goodwill Goes GLAM!

     d. Youth in Motion – Molokai Holokai Hoʻolauleʻa

     e. Hana Arts – Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui: Hāna Mele & Cultural Gathering 2026

     f. Big Island Substance Abuse Council – 12th Annual Summer Jam

     g. Puʻuhonua Society – Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea

     h. Hiki Ola – Ipuaehu and Mele in the Forest

     i. ODKF Support Inc., dba Duke Kahanamoku OceanFest – Duke Kahanamoku OceanFest

     j. Bishop Museum – E Ulu A Paʻa 2026 Fundraiser Gala

     k. Welo Foundation – Kū I Ka Welo

     l. Hoʻolehua Homesteader's Association – Molokai Paniolo Heritage Festival & Rodeo Round Up

     m. Leadership in Disabilities & Achievement of Hawaii – Hoomalamalama Ohana

     n. Kekelaokalani – Hawai'i Swim Show

     o. The Lawrence and Hokulani De Rego Foundation – Hula ʻOni E Hula Festival

     p. Hawai'i Songwriting Festival – Hawai'i Songwriting Festival 2026

     q. Aloha Amplified, Inc. – Lights for Lahaina 2026

     r. Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders Association Inc. Trade Name/ DBA: Aloha Festivals Island of Hawaii – 74th Annual Paniolo Parade Aloha Festivals Island of Hawaii

     s. Maui United Way – Paʻūpili Saturday: Hoʻomau - Resilience and Rebuilding

     t. Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden – ‘Ulu Festival

     u. Moanikeʻala Akaka Aloha ʻĀina Education Aha (MAʻAEA) – Aha ʻUlu: ʻIke Kūpuna, ʻIke Honua

  2. Action Item BF #26-12: Approval for Administration to execute the Puʻuhonua

Reentry Program from Strategy and Implementation – Health Outcomes Fiscal Year 2026 Contracts budget.

  3. Action Item BF #26-13: Approval of: (1) Budget Realignment; and (2) Distribution of Funds to the Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group Through Fiscal Sponsor Nā Maka Onaona.

C. Committee on Investment and Land Management – May 27, 2026

  1. Action item ILM #26-06: Approval to perform Due Diligence activities for Kalaeuila, O'ahu. TMK: No. TMKs: (1)5-6-003:031, (1)5-6-003:030, (1)5-6-003:019, (1)5-6-003:011, (1)5-6-003:024, (1)5-6-003:020, (1)5-6-003:021, (1)5-6-003:022, (1)5-6-003:023, (1)5-6-003:026, (1)5-6-003:046, and (1)5-6-003:049 for potential land transfer to OHA.

 D. Presentation: Informational Briefing on Federal Education Landscape and Implications for Native Hawaiian Education (Strategy and Implementation; and Community Partners): Kuʻuleianuhea Awo-Chun, Director of Education and Culture-Based Learning (15 minutes)

E. Administration Update: I Ola – OHA’s Emergency Relief Fund: K.Sean Kekina, Chief Operating Officer

 F. Request for approval to waive Action Item BOT #26-06: Approval of the use of up to $250,000 to fund a statewide, primetime-broadcast Primary Debate on July 20, 2026, for Hawaiʻi’s First Congressional District race, and up to three (3) live-broadcast OHA Board of Trustees candidate General Election Forums for the Oʻahu, Maui, and At-Large races in October 2026, from the Committee on Budget and Finance to the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Bylaws (September 4, 2025), Article VIII, Section M.

 G. Request for approval to waive Action Item BOT #26-07: Approval of the use of up to $172,500 to fund confidential due diligence concerning a potential acquisition by OHA of certain assets and real property controlled by a production and/or broadcast company serving the Hawaiʻi market, from the Committee on Budget and Finance to the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Bylaws (September 4, 2025), Article VIII, Section M.

IV. Executive Session§

 A. Action Item BOT #26-07: Approval of the use of up to $172,500 to fund confidential due diligence concerning a potential acquisition by OHA of certain assets and real property controlled by a production and/or broadcast company serving the Hawaiʻi market, from the Committee on Budget and Finance to the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Bylaws (September 4, 2025), Article VIII, Section M.

The Board anticipates deliberating and consulting with OHA’s attorneys regarding confidential due-diligence activities for the potential acquisition opportunity, including the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities, pursuant to HRS §§ 92-4, 92-5(a)(3), and 92-5(a)(4).

V. New Business – Continued

 A. Action Item BOT #26-06: Approval of the use of up to $250,000 to fund a statewide, primetime-broadcast Primary Debate on July 20, 2026, for Hawaiʻi’s First Congressional District race, and up to three (3) live-broadcast OHA Board of Trustees candidate General Election Forums for the Oʻahu, Maui, and At-Large races in October 2026, from the Committee on Budget and Finance to the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Bylaws (September 4, 2025), Article VIII, Section M.

 B. Action Item BOT #26-07: Approval of the use of up to $172,500 to fund confidential due diligence concerning a potential acquisition by OHA of certain assets and real property controlled by a production and/or broadcast company serving the Hawaiʻi market, from the Committee on Budget and Finance to the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Bylaws (September 4, 2025), Article VIII, Section M.

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, by telephone, 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://zoom.us/j/92157591537

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 by telephone during the remote meeting may dial the phone number listed at the beginning of this agenda and enter the corresponding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to provide oral testimony during the meeting.

Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day of the meeting at the physical meeting location.

If you willfully disrupt the meeting, 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, by telephone or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.