MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
\nDATE: Thursday\, August 13\, 2026
\nTIME: 10:00 A.M.
\nPLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology
\nThis meeting will be held virtually and may be viewed live via OHA&rsquo\;s website at www.oh a.org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and e ntering Webinar ID: 954 2127 4052. Additionally\, this meeting can be vi ewed live on &lsquo\;Ōlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/. A physica l meeting location will be open to the public for those who wish to prov ide oral testimony or observe the meeting in person at: Office of Hawaii an Affairs\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
\nAS AMENDED - AGENDA
\nI. \;Call to Order
\nII. \;Approval of Minut es
\n1. \;March 5\, 2026
\n2. \;March 11\, 2026
\ nIII. \;New Business
\nA. \;Alakaʻi Awards Recipients 2 026 (April - June\, 2026)
\nB. \;Action Item BOT #26-11: Appro ve the formation of an Ad Hoc Committee to develop an execution plan for the management and expenditure of trust resources appropriated under Ac t 032 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132) from the Carry-Forward Trust Holding Account and transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the exclusive purp ose of funding Native Hawaiian programs and services addressing critical short-term needs in education\, health\, economic development\, and com munity-based initiatives. The Ad Hoc Committees work will be known as th e &ldquo\;Malu Project&rdquo\;
\nIV. \;Executive Session§\ ;
\nA. \;Approval of Executive Session Minutes
\n1. \;December 18\, 2025
\nB. \;The Board anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5(a)(4) to receive upda ted information and consult with its legal counsel\, and take any necess ary action regarding the Board&rsquo\;s powers\, duties\, privileges\, i mmunities\, and liabilities with respect to matters relating to Stacy Ke alohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822\, including whethe r OHA should appeal the First Circuit Court&rsquo\;s August 6\, 2026 rul ing denying OHA&rsquo\;s motion to compel arbitration.
\nV. \; New Business &ndash\; continued
\nC. \;Legal Matters: Discussi on and possible Board action regarding non-privileged matters relating t o Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822\, includ ing consideration of whether OHA should appeal the First Circuit Court&r squo\;s August 6\, 2026 ruling denying OHA&rsquo\;s motion to compel arb itration.
\nVI. \;Community Concerns and Celebrations
\n\;
\nVII. \;Announcements
\nVIII. \;Adjournment
\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability\, please contact Keola Fong at (808) 626-5484 or by ema il at keolaf@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as poss ible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, this n otice is available in alternate/accessible formats.
\nIn the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be resto red\, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number an d Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recording s will be made available on OHA&rsquo\;s website https://www.oha.org/abo ut/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meetin g.
\nPublic 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&lsquo\;i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting ag enda
\nThe board packet will be available for the public to inspec t at OHA&rsquo\;s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\ , Honolulu\, HI 96817\, no later than three full business days before th e meeting. The board packet will also be made available on OHA&rsquo\;s website\, https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicable thereafter.
\n§\; Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5.
\nTestimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony or (2) live\, oral testimony o nline\, by telephone\, or at the physical meeting location during the re mote meeting.
\n(1) \;Persons wishing to provide written testi mony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, A ttn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 20 0\, 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 wri tten testimony will be posted on OHA&rsquo\;s meeting website. Please om it or redact any personal information (e.g.\, name\, email address\, pho ne number\, home address\, or materials) that you do not want to be disc losed publicly online.
\n(2) Persons wishing to provide oral testi mony online during the remote meeting\, please click on the link below:< /p>\n
https://zoom.us/j/95421274052
\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n(1) a computer or mobile device to conne ct to the remote meeting\;
\n(2) internet access\; and
\n(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
\nPersons wishing to prov ide oral testimony by telephone during the remote meeting may dial the p hone number listed at the beginning of this agenda and enter the corresp onding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to provide oral t estimony during the meeting.
\nPersons wishing to provide oral tes timony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day of the meeti ng at the physical meeting location.
\nIf you willfully disrupt th e 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 t elephone\, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.
\nOral tes timony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting location will be l imited to five (5) minutes
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:MEET ING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
\nDATE: Thursday\, August 13\, 2026
\nTIME: 10:00 A.M.
\nPLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conferen ce Technology
\nThis meeting will be held virtually and may be viewed live via OHA&rsquo\;s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (21 3) 338-8477 and entering Webinar ID: 954 2127 4052. Additionally\, this meeting can be viewed live on &lsquo\;Ōlelo Community Media https://olel o.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.
\nAS AME NDED - AGENDA
\nI. \;Call to Order
\nII. \; Approval of Minutes
\n1. \;March 5\, 2026
\n2. \;Mar ch 11\, 2026
\nIII. \;New Business
\nA. \;Alakaʻi Aw ards Recipients 2026 (April - June\, 2026)
\nB. \;Action Item BOT #26-11: Approve the formation of an Ad Hoc Committee to develop an e xecution plan for the management and expenditure of trust resources appr opriated under Act 032 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132) from the Carry-Forward Trust Holding Account and transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for t he exclusive purpose of funding Native Hawaiian programs and services ad dressing critical short-term needs in education\, health\, economic deve lopment\, and community-based initiatives. The Ad Hoc Committees work wi ll be known as the &ldquo\;Malu Project&rdquo\;
\nIV. \;Execut ive Session§\;
\nA. \;Approval of Executive Session Minute s
\n1. \;December 18\, 2025
\nB. \;The Board anticip ates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5(a)(4 ) to receive updated information and consult with its legal counsel\, an d take any necessary action regarding the Board&rsquo\;s powers\, duties \, privileges\, immunities\, and liabilities with respect to matters rel ating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822\, including whether OHA should appeal the First Circuit Court&rsquo\;s Au gust 6\, 2026 ruling denying OHA&rsquo\;s motion to compel arbitration.< /p>\n
V. \;New Business &ndash\; continued
\nC. \;Legal Matters: Discussion and possible Board action regarding non-privileged m atters relating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1CCV-25 -0001822\, including consideration of whether OHA should appeal the Firs t Circuit Court&rsquo\;s August 6\, 2026 ruling denying OHA&rsquo\;s mot ion to compel arbitration.
\nVI. \;Community Concerns and Cele brations
\n\;
\nVII. \;Announcements
\nVIII.& nbsp\;Adjournment
\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability\, please contact Keola Fong at (808) 6 26-5484 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.
\nIn the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted an d cannot be restored\, the meeting may continue as audio-only through th e phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA&rsquo\;s website https: //www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.
\nPublic Testimony will be called for each age nda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Co mmunity Concerns and Celebrations is not limited to matters listed on th e meeting agenda. Hawai&lsquo\;i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, prohibi ts Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda
\nThe board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA&rsquo\;s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, no later than three full busine ss days before the meeting. The board packet will also be made available on OHA&rsquo\;s website\, https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicabl e thereafter.
\n§\; Notice: This portion of the meeting will b e closed pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5.
\nTestimony 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 locat ion during the remote meeting.
\n(1) \;Persons wishing to prov ide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testim ony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Haw aiian Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony\, 560 N. Nimit z Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be r eceived at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to all ow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting. All written testimony will be posted on OHA&rsquo\;s meeting w ebsite. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g.\, name\, em ail address\, phone number\, home address\, or materials) that you do no t want to be disclosed publicly online.
\n(2) Persons wishing to p rovide oral testimony online during the remote meeting\, please click on the link below:
\nhttps://zoom.us/j/95421274052
\nTo provid e oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n(1) a computer or mobil e device to connect to the remote meeting\;
\n(2) internet access\ ; and
\n(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
\nPerson s wishing to provide oral testimony by telephone during the remote meeti ng 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.
\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
\nIf you wil lfully disrupt the meeting\, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the l ivestream or by telephone\, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.
\nOral testimony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting l ocation will be limited to five (5) minutes
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