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Hawaiian Homes Commission

Date:
Friday, 06/12/2026
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Place:
Hale Ponoʻi, 91-5420 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei, Oahu, 96707, and Zoom Meeting ID: 609 754 2925

Agenda

STATE OF HAWAII

DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS

HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION BUDGET WORKSHOP AGENDA

91-5420 Kapolei Parkway, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Zoom- Meeting ID: 609 754 2925

Friday, June 12, 2026, 10:00 a.m.

Livestream available at www.dhhl.hawaii.gov/live

Note: Commission meeting packets will be uploaded by June 9, 2026.

 

I.                ORDER OF BUSINESS

A.              Roll Call

B.              Approval of Agenda

C.              Public Testimony on Agendized Items - see information below

 

Public testimony on any item relevant to this agenda may be taken at this time, or a testifier may wait to testify when the agenda item is called for discussion. Pursuant to section 92-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and section 10-2-11(c), Hawaii Administrative Rules, the Chair has the authority to impose reasonable conditions to ensure an orderly and efficient meeting.

 

II.              WORKSHOP DISCUSSION ON DHHL FY 2027 HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS BUDGET

A.              DHHL Sources of Funding: Federal, General Fund, General Obligation Bond, Trust Fund, Special Fund, Revolving Fund, etc.

B.              Presentation on DHHL Budget Sections to include:

·       Administrative and Operating Expenses Section

·       Loans Section

·       Development Budget Section

C.              Presentation on DHHL Trust Fund Requests

·       DHHL System Modernization Initiative Request for $941,046.00 from the Hawaiian Home Trust Fund to Support the DHHL System Modernization Initiative

·       NAHASDA Request for up to $25,232,000 Advance from the Hawaiian Home Trust Fund to Finance the 41 Homes in EKIIC for NAHASDA Eligible Households

 

III.           EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

The Commission anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to Section 92-5(a)(4), HRS, to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities on these matters.

 

A.           Briefing regarding fiduciary duties and responsibilities

 

IV.            ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT

 

A.           Next Regular HHC Meeting –June 15 & 16, 2026, 9:30 a.m., Hale Ponoʻi, 91-5420 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei, Oahu, 96707

B.            Adjournment

 

 

 

 

_______________________________

Kali Watson, Chairman

Hawaiian Homes Commission

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS

 

Lawrence Lasua, Molokaʻi                                      Pauline N. Namuʻo, Oʻahu                                                    Shaylyn Ornellas, Kauaʻi                                        Michael L. Kaleikini, East Hawaiʻi                                         Makai Freitas, West Hawaiʻi                                          Sanoe Marfil, Oʻahu                                               Walter Kaneakua, Oʻahu                                           Archie Kalepa, Maui

 

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Michael Lowe at 730-0298 or michael.l.lowe@hawaii.gov as soon as possible, preferably by June 9, 2026. If a response is received after that, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats.

 

Public Testimony on Agendized Items can be provided either as (1) in person at the meeting location by filling out a form at the reception table, (2) written testimony mailed to Commission Testimony, P.O. Box 1879, Honolulu, HI, 96815, or emailed to DHHL.icro@hawaii.gov by June 9, 2026, or (3) live, oral testimony online by joining the Zoom meeting and relabeling your profile to include the agenda item you wish to testify on.  Your computer will be muted and your camera off until you are called. You will need a computer with internet access, a video camera, and a microphone to participate if you would like to be visible to Commission members and other meeting participants.

 

Disruption of Interactive Technology – If all participating Commissioners cannot maintain audiovisual communication and a quorum is lost, the meeting will automatically be recessed for 30 minutes. During that time, an attempt to restore audiovisual communication will be made. If such an attempt to restore is unsuccessful within 30 minutes, all Commissioners, public members, staff, and other interested individuals shall log on again to the Zoom link on this Notice, whereby audio communication will be established for all participants, and the meeting will continue. If reconvening the meeting is impossible because audio and visual communication cannot be re-established, the meeting will be terminated.                 

 


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