MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
\nDATE: Thursday\, October 8\, 2026
\nTIME: 9:00 A.M.
\nPLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology
\nThis meeting will be h eld virtually and may be viewed live via OHA&rsquo\;s website at www.oha .org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and en tering Webinar ID: 946 8906 3814. Additionally\, this meeting can be vie wed live on &lsquo\;Ōlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/. A physical meeting location will be open to the public for those who wish to provi de oral testimony or observe the meeting in person at: Office of Hawaiia n Affairs\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
\nAGENDA
\nI. Call to Order
\nII. New Business
\n\;A. Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment &ndash\; October 7\, 2026
\n\; \;1. Action Item BAE #26-07: Request to Approve Ocean Polic y Position and Action Regarding Deep Sea Mining
\n\;B. Commit tee on Budget and Finance &ndash\; October 7\, 2026
\n\; &nbs p\;1. Action Item BF #26-23: Approval of FY27 Funding for the Research S ystems Administrator Position and Waiver of the June 30\, 2026 Board of Trustees Approval Deadline
\n\; \;2. Action Item BF #26- 24: Approval of Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Adjustment for the OHA Corporate Counsel Legal Services Budget
\n\; \;3. Action Item BF #26-25: OHA Biennium Budget for the Fiscal Biennium Periods 2025-2026 (F Y26) and 2026-2027 (FY27) &ndash\; Realignment #4 &ndash\; Approval of F ederally Funded Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund (NHRLF) Budgetary Al locations and Personnel Realignments
\n\;C. Committee on Inve stment and Land Management &ndash\; October 7\, 2026
\n\; &nb sp\;1. Action Item ILM #26-10: Approval of Resolutions of the Board of T rustees\, Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, Related to Amending the Operating Agreements for Hiʻilei Aloha LLC and Hiʻipaka LLC
\n\; \;2. Action Item ILM #26-11: Authorization to Establish an Independent N onprofit Operating Entity for the Native Hawaiian Cultural Center and Ap proval of Initial Multi-Year Seed Funding of Up to $5\,700\,000 for Fisc al Years 2027 through 2029
\n\; \;3. Action Item ILM #26 -12: Authorization for the Resource Management-Land Assets Division to p repare agreements between the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hawaiiʻs Co nstruction Trade Organizations Establishing Project Labor Requirements f or Covered Development Projects on OHA-Owned Lands in Kakaʻako Makai.
\n\;D. Action Item BOT #26-12: EPM &ndash\; Revisions to the Of fice of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Policy Manual (Upda ted as of September 4\, 2026)\, relating to Trustee Fiduciary Duty of Co nfidentiality and the Trustee Code of Conduct and Sanctions for Violatio n of the Code of Conduct Policy. 1st reading
\nIII. Executive Sess ion§\;
\n\;A. The Board anticipates convening in an execu tive meeting pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5(a)(4) to receive updated infor mation and consult with its legal counsel\, and take any necessary actio n regarding the Board&rsquo\;s powers\, duties\, privileges\, immunities \, and liabilities with respect to matters relating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822\, including whether OHA sho uld appeal the First Circuit Court&rsquo\;s August 6\, 2026 ruling denyi ng OHA&rsquo\;s motion to compel arbitration.
\n\;B. The Boar d anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5(a)(4) to receive updated information and consult with its legal cou nsel\, and take any necessary action regarding the Board&rsquo\;s powers \, duties\, privileges\, immunities\, and liabilities with respect to ma tters relating to Manaole\, et al. v. Green\, et al.\, Civil No. 1CCV-26 -0001285.
\nIV. New Business &ndash\; continued
\n\;D. Legal Matters: Discussion and possible Board action regarding non-privil eged matters relating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1 CCV-25-0001822\, including consideration of whether OHA should appeal th e First Circuit Court&rsquo\;s August 6\, 2026 ruling denying OHA&rsquo\ ;s motion to compel arbitration.
\n\;E. Legal Matters: Discus sion and possible Board action regarding non-privileged matters relating to Manaole\, et al. v. Green\, et al.\, Civil No. 1CCV-26-0001285.
\ nV. Community Concerns and Celebrations
\nVI. Announcements
\nVII. Adjournment
\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or ot her accommodation due to a disability\, please contact Keola Fong at (80 8) 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.
\nIn the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupte d and cannot be restored\, the meeting may continue as audio-only throug h the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agen da. Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA&rsquo\;s website ht tps://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practic able after the meeting.
\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 o n the meeting agenda. Hawai&lsquo\;i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, pro hibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not lis ted 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. Nim itz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, no later than three full bu siness days before the meeting. The board packet will also be made avail able on OHA&rsquo\;s website\, https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practi cable thereafter.
\n§\; Notice: This portion of the meeting wi ll be closed pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5.
\nTestimony can be prov ided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony or (2) li ve\, oral testimony online\, by telephone\, or at the physical meeting l ocation during the remote meeting.
\n(1) Persons wishing to provid e written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimon y via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawai ian Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be rec eived at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the m eeting. All written testimony will be posted on OHA&rsquo\;s meeting web site. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g.\, name\, emai l address\, phone number\, home address\, or materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online.
\n(2) Persons wishing to pro vide oral testimony online during the remote meeting\, please click on t he link below:
\nhttps://zoom.us/j/94689063814
\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting\;
\n(2) internet access\; and
\n(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony by telephone during the remote meeting may dial the phone number listed at the beginning of this agenda and en ter the corresponding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to provide oral testimony during the meeting.
\nPersons wishing to p rovide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the d ay of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
\nIf you willf ully disrupt the meeting\, support staff will remove you from the Zoom m eeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the liv estream or by telephone\, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.\n
Oral testimony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting loc ation will be limited to five (5) minutes
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:MEET ING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
\nDATE: Thursday\, October 8\, 2026
\nTIME: 9:00 A.M.
\nPLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conferenc e Technology
\nThis meeting will be held virtually and may be viewed live via OHA&rsquo\;s w ebsite at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213 ) 338-8477 and entering Webinar ID: 946 8906 3814. Additionally\, this m eeting can be viewed live on &lsquo\;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.
\nAGENDA< /strong>
\nI. Call to Order
\nII. New Business
\n\;A. Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment &ndash\; October 7\, 2026
\n\; \;1. Action Item BAE #26-07: Request to Ap prove Ocean Policy Position and Action Regarding Deep Sea Mining
\n\;B. Committee on Budget and Finance &ndash\; October 7\, 2026
\n\; \;1. Action Item BF #26-23: Approval of FY27 Funding f or the Research Systems Administrator Position and Waiver of the June 30 \, 2026 Board of Trustees Approval Deadline
\n\; \;2. Ac tion Item BF #26-24: Approval of Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Adjustment for the OHA Corporate Counsel Legal Services Budget
\n\; \;3 . Action Item BF #26-25: OHA Biennium Budget for the Fiscal Biennium Per iods 2025-2026 (FY26) and 2026-2027 (FY27) &ndash\; Realignment #4 &ndas h\; Approval of Federally Funded Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund (NH RLF) Budgetary Allocations and Personnel Realignments
\n\;C. Committee on Investment and Land Management &ndash\; October 7\, 2026
\n\; \;1. Action Item ILM #26-10: Approval of Resolutions of the Board of Trustees\, Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, Related to Amend ing the Operating Agreements for Hiʻilei Aloha LLC and Hiʻipaka LLC
\ n\; \;2. Action Item ILM #26-11: Authorization to Establish an Independent Nonprofit Operating Entity for the Native Hawaiian Cultu ral Center and Approval of Initial Multi-Year Seed Funding of Up to $5\, 700\,000 for Fiscal Years 2027 through 2029
\n\; \;3. Ac tion Item ILM #26-12: Authorization for the Resource Management-Land Ass ets Division to prepare agreements between the Office of Hawaiian Affair s and Hawaiiʻs Construction Trade Organizations Establishing Project Lab or Requirements for Covered Development Projects on OHA-Owned Lands in K akaʻako Makai.
\n\;D. Action Item BOT #26-12: EPM &ndash\; Re visions to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Po licy Manual (Updated as of September 4\, 2026)\, relating to Trustee Fid uciary Duty of Confidentiality and the Trustee Code of Conduct and Sanct ions for Violation of the Code of Conduct Policy. 1st reading
\nII I. Executive Session§\;
\n\;A. The Board anticipates conv ening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS §\; 92-5(a)(4) to rece ive updated information and consult with its legal counsel\, and take an y necessary action regarding the Board&rsquo\;s powers\, duties\, privil eges\, immunities\, and liabilities with respect to matters relating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822\, includin g whether OHA should appeal the First Circuit Court&rsquo\;s August 6\, 2026 ruling denying OHA&rsquo\;s motion to compel arbitration.
\n& nbsp\;B. The Board anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuan t to HRS §\; 92-5(a)(4) to receive updated information and consult w ith its legal counsel\, and take any necessary action regarding the Boar d&rsquo\;s powers\, duties\, privileges\, immunities\, and liabilities w ith respect to matters relating to Manaole\, et al. v. Green\, et al.\, Civil No. 1CCV-26-0001285.
\nIV. New Business &ndash\; continued\n
\;D. Legal Matters: Discussion and possible Board action reg arding non-privileged matters relating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA\, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822\, including consideration of whether OHA should appeal the First Circuit Court&rsquo\;s August 6\, 2026 ruling d enying OHA&rsquo\;s motion to compel arbitration.
\n\;E. Lega l Matters: Discussion and possible Board action regarding non-privileged matters relating to Manaole\, et al. v. Green\, et al.\, Civil No. 1CCV -26-0001285.
\nV. Community Concerns and Celebrations
\nVI. Announcements
\nVII. 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 email at keolaf@oha.org as soon as po ssible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, this notice is available in alternate/ac cessible formats.
\nIn the event that the livestream public broadc ast is interrupted and cannot be restored\, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the begin ning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA&rs quo\;s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ a s soon as practicable after the meeting.
\nPublic Testimony will b e called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on t he 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 o n matters not listed on the meeting agenda
\nThe board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA&rsquo\;s main office loca ted at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, no later t han three full business days before the meeting. The board packet will a lso 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.
\nTest imony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written te stimony or (2) live\, oral testimony online\, by telephone\, or at the p hysical meeting location during the remote meeting.
\n(1) Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda shoul d submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail t o Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony \, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Testimony is re quested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testi mony before the meeting. All written testimony will be posted on OHA&rsq uo\;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.
\n(2) Perso ns wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting\, please click on the link below:
\nhttps://zoom.us/j/94689063814
\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n(1) a co mputer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting\;
\n(2) i nternet access\; and
\n(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony by telephone during t he remote meeting may dial the phone number listed at the beginning of t his agenda and enter the corresponding Webinar ID. Telephone participant s will be able to provide oral testimony during the meeting.
\nPer sons 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 willfully disrupt the meeting\, support staff will remove yo u from the Zoom meeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the m eeting on the livestream or by telephone\, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.
\nOral testimony online\, by telephone or at a phy sical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes
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