DATE:       September 25, 2026   

TIME:       9:00 a.m.

PLACE:    DLNR Boardroom, Kalanimoku Bldg.
1151 Punchbowl Street, 1^st Floor / & Online via Zoom

Meeting ID:  840 2400 3976

ZOOM LINK:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84024003976

LIVE STREAM:  https://www.youtube.com/live/9T2-uizpRYk

This agenda and the listed submittals will be provided in the Board Packet. This meeting will be held using interactive conference technology under section 92-3.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).  Board members, staff, applicants, testifiers, and the public can choose to participate in person, online via Zoom, or by telephone. The public may also view the live meeting via its live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/live/9T2-uizpRYk

To Provide Written Testimony

We encourage interested persons to submit written testimony in advance of the meeting, which will be distributed to Board members prior to the meeting and allow a timely review. Please submit written testimony via email to: blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov. Written testimonies can also be mailed to: P.O. Box 621, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809. Written testimonies may be posted upon the Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting website; as a precaution, please be mindful with any personal information prior to submitting unless you intend it to be shared. Late written testimony will be retained as part of the record and distributed to Board members as soon as practicable, but we cannot ensure the Board will receive it in sufficient time to review, prior to decision-making.

To Provide In-Person Oral Testimony (masks are highly encouraged)

Members of the public may attend and provide oral testimony in person at: 1151 Punchbowl St. Room 132 (Kalanimoku Building), Honolulu, Hawaii.

To Provide Testimony by Telephone

On the day of the meeting at the start of the agenda item you wish to testify on, dial 1-719-359-4580 (Zoom); input the meeting ID:  840 2400 3976 and follow the prompts.

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We kindly ask that all oral/video testimony be limited to not more than two (2) minutes. We ask that you identify yourself and any affiliation before speaking, but you can choose not to do so.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact, BLNR Secretary, at 808.587.0404 or blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this agenda and other materials are available in alternate/accessible formats.

The Board may go into Executive Session pursuant to section 92-5(a)(4), HRS, to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.

In some of the matters before the Board, a person may wish to request a contested case hearing. If such a request is made before the Board's decision, then the Board will consider the request first - before considering the merits of the item before it. A person who wants a contested case may also wait until the Board decides the issue, then request the contested case after the decision but before the close of the board meeting. It is up to you. Any request must also be made in writing within ten calendar days. If no request for contested case is made, the Board will make a decision. The Department will treat the decision as final and proceed accordingly.

Agenda Item Legend

A – Minutes

B – Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement

C – Division of Forestry and Wildlife

D – Land Division

E – Division of State Parks

F – Division of Aquatic Resources

G – Bureau of Conveyances

H – Administration

I – State Historic Preservation Division

J – Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation

K – Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands

L – Engineering Division

Agenda Items not listed in the agenda below are intentionally omitted and items may be taken out of the order in which they appear.

NOTE:  Agenda Items may be taken out of order.

C.       DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE

1.    Approve the use of Competitive Sealed Proposal for a solicitation for the continued management of the Na Manu ‘elele Land Steward Program 

and

Approve a committee to evaluate and select the Competitive Sealed Proposals.

and

Delegate authority to the Chairperson to:

1)    Award and execute a contract for goods and services, subject to the availability of funds and review and approval by the Department of the Attorney General contingent on budget and finance authorization; and

2)    Appoint evaluation committee alternates should the need arise.

D.       LAND DIVISION

1.    Cancellation of Governor’s Executive Order No. 4149; Issuance of

Quitclaim Deed to Department of Education; Waipio, Ewa, Oahu, Tax MapKey: (1) 9-5-001:054 and (1) 9-5-001:055.

2.    Non-Action Item: Briefing on Impacts of Potential Rent Relief for Revocable Permit Renewals for Permittees Whose Revocable Permit Properties Are Affected by 2026 Severe Weather Events.

3.    Approval of Annual Renewal of Revocable Permits for Hawaii District, See Exhibit 1 for List of Revocable Permits.

4.    Approval of Annual Renewal of Revocable Permits for Oahu District, See Exhibit 1 for List of Revocable Permits.

5.    1.  Amend Prior Board action of June 10, 1993, Item F-1-b, Assignment of Lease:

AMERICAN TRUST CO. OF HAWAII, INC., a Hawaii corporation, under a successor trustee agreement dated September 30, 1980, the assignor, to TONY A. TAY, husband of Helen H. Tay, as his separate property, the assignee.

General Lease No. S-4276, commencing January 1970 and expiring January 26, 2035.

The purpose of the amendment is to change the assignee from Tony A. Tay, husband of Helen H. Tay, to Tony Alik Tay and Helen H. Tay, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety;

2.    Consent to Assign General Lease No. S-4276, Tony A. Tay, Trustee of the unrecorded Tony A. Tay Revocable Living Trust, dated July 19, 2001, Assignor, to Hawaii Health Systems Corporation – Kauai Region, Assignee, Hanapepe, Waimea, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-8-008:040;

3.    Authorize Amendment to General Lease No. S-4276, After Assignment of the Lease to Hawaii Health Systems Corporation – Kauai Region;

The purpose of the amendment is to (1) change the character of use to health or health system related purposes, (2) change the rental amount to gratis, and (3) change the lease provisions to current standard lease provisions for State agencies.

4.    Authorize Mutual Cancellation of General Lease No. S-4276 to Hawaii Health Systems Corporation – Kauai Region, as Lessee, for Health or Health System Related Purposes, Hanapepe, Waimea, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-8-008:040; and

5.    Authorize Conveyance of State-Owned Land via Quitclaim Deed to Hawaii Health Systems Corporation – Kauai Region, Hanapepe, Waimea, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-8-008:040.

6.    Amend General Lease No. S-5503 to The Way of Salvation Church, Lessee, for Church and Allied Purposes, Kapaʻa, Kawaihau, Kauaʻi, Tax Map Keys: (4) 4-5-009:016 and 024. 

The purpose of the amendment is to establish the annual rent for the thirtieth (30th)-year rental reopening, effective June 1, 2025, pursuant to the Board’s Minimum Rent Policy, and to amend the lease language governing the fortieth (40th)- and fiftieth (50th)-year rental reopenings to provide for application of the Board’s minimum rent policy then in effect, if applicable.

H.       ADMIN

1.    Amend Governor’s Executive Order No. 1674 to Include Housing and Public Library

Purposes, Kahilipalinui, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key No.: (3) 9-5-021:010.

The purpose of this amendment is to allow construction and maintenance of housing units and formalize public library use on the subject parcel.

And

Approve Disposition to Permit the Department of Human Services to Construct and Manage Housing Units on State Lands Set Aside to the Department of Accounting and General Services for Public Purposes Via Governor’s Executive Order No. 1674, Kahilipalinui, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key No.: (3) 9-5-021:010.

Approve Disposition to Permit the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System to Construct and Manage a Public Library on State Lands Set Aside to the Department of Accounting and General Services for Public Purposes Via Governor’s Executive Order No. 1674, Kahilipalinui, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map