MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: Thursday, September 24, 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: 957 4257 8297. 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 21, 2026

III. New Business

  A. Administration Update – Kōkua Kaʻū Emergency Disaster Relief: Update and discussion regarding

OHA’s ongoing emergency disaster relief and recovery efforts for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries and

communities impacted in Kaʻū, including implementation of the Kōkua Kaʻū Relief Fund, distribution of

authorized emergency relief resources, coordination with governmental, nonprofit, and community partners,

and ongoing assessment of beneficiary and community needs. No deliberation or decision-making.

  B. Administration Update – Hurricane Lowell Disaster Relief: Update and discussion regarding OHA’s

ongoing emergency disaster relief and recovery efforts for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries and communities

impacted by Hurricane Lowell, including distribution of authorized emergency relief resources,

coordination with governmental, nonprofit, and community partners, and ongoing assessment of beneficiary

and community needs. No deliberation or decision-making.

  C. Committee on Budget and Finance – September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026

   1. Action Item BF #26-20: Approval of Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Adjustments Totaling $320,515 for Waialua Courthouse, Wao Kele O Puna, and Honolulu Harbor Shops

   2. Action Item BF #26-21: Approval of salary range adjustment for vacant compliance manager position and reallocation of available funds to support recruitment.

   3. Action Item BF #26-22: Approval of FY27 Papahānaumokuākea Grant Award and Carryover of Unused FY26 Funds to FY27

IV. Community Concerns and Celebrations

V. Announcements

VI. 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.

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/95742578297

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