MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: Monday, October 26, 2026

TIME: 9:45 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: 945 7532 0928. 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. New Business

 A. Committee on Budget and Finance – October 26, 2026

  1. Action Item BF #26-26: Approval of FY2027, Quarter 3 Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Sponsorship Awards for the Following Organizations and Events, and an FY2027 Budget Adjustment to the Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Sponsorship Budget.

   a. Keu The Brand- Pai Ka Leo 2027

   b. Kūlaniākea- Ola Ka ʻĪ Koʻolau 2027

   c. YMCA of Honolulu - YMCA of Honolulu

   d. Family Promise of Hawaiʻi – Brighter Futures Gala

   e. Hale Kipa, Inc. – 2027 Hale Kipa Annual Pāʻina

   f. Outrigger Canoe Society and Paddlers Hall of Honor – Outrigger Canoe Society Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony

   g. Project K4 - Prince Kūhiō’s Vision in Motion: K4 ʻOhana STEAM Day

   h. Waiʻanae Coast Community Foundation – 9th Annual Legacy Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Festival

   i. Mokupuni Community Development Corporation – 2027 Prince Kūhiō Celebration

   j. The Queen’s Court- Onipa’a Peace March

   k. Mutual Aid Lāhui – Onipaʻa Lokahi

  2. Action Item BF #26-07 (revised to add $125,000): Approval to modify the existing Mahiʻai Micro Fund program and authorize the reallocation of $100,000 from existing Kūlana ʻĀina (Economic Resilience) funds [and $125,000 from existing Contract 4536 with Hawaiian Council for Kona Low relief] to support agricultural recovery and stabilization needs, in response to current agricultural conditions, including impacts from the March 2026 Kona Low weather events.

  3. Amend the Board’s August 17, 2026 action establishing OHA’s Lālā Emergency Relief Fund and Kōkua Kaʻū Relief Fund, and the Board's September 9, 2026 action establishing OHA’s Hurricane Lowell disaster response, to authorize a dollar-for-dollar exchange of remaining unused Kōkua Kaʻū Home Depot (ʻInaʻi Kōkua) gift cards or e-credit with an equal amount of FY2027 Grants in Aid–Disaster Aid funds designated for Hurricane Lowell household grants.

Following the exchange, the gift cards or e-credit will assist eligible Native Hawaiian beneficiaries on Kauaʻi impacted by Hurricane Lowell, while the exchanged funds will support continued Kōkua Kaʻū household recovery and resiliency assistance. The total Board-authorized disaster-relief funding remains unchanged by these amendments.

 B. Joint Meeting of the Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment (BAE) and the Committee on Budget and Finance (BF) - October 26, 2026

  1. Action Item BAE-BF #26-01: Approve the Malu Project framework and funding approach for the management, allocation, and use of the $55 million transferred to OHA pursuant to Act 032, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2026, to address critical, short-term funding needs affecting Native Hawaiian beneficiaries and organizations and programs serving them, including, but not limited to, those affected by cuts to or loss of funding previously available for Native Hawaiians specifically.

 C. Board of Trustees

1. Action Item BOT #26-14: Acceptance of the Final Report of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Permitted Interaction Group (PIG), established pursuant to BOT Action Item #25-18 on December 18, 2025, to negotiate OHA’s official position regarding U.S. military land leases scheduled to expire between 2028 and 2031 with the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and approval of the eight (8) recommendations contained in the Final Report.

 2. *SPECIAL HEARING*

Discussion, Deliberation, and Board Action Regarding a Trustee Code of Conduct Complaint Filed by

Trustee Keoni Souza on June 29, 2026, Against Trustees Kalei Akaka, Keliʻi Akina, Luana Alapa, and

Carmen Hulu Lindsey, Pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Policy

Manual, Appendix 7 – Trustee Code of Conduct and Sanctions for Violation of the Code of Conduct

Policy.

Consideration and adjudication of a formal complaint submitted by Trustee Keoni Souza, dated June

29, 2026, and supported by a letter from Trustee Brickwood Galuteria, dated June 30, 2026, alleging

violations of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Policy Manual, Appendix 7,

and other applicable Board policies.

The complaint concerns allegations arising from the June 26, 2026 filing of Docket No. 162 in Ferreira

v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, et al., Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822 at 11:59 AM HST by Trustee Kalei

Akaka Individually and in Her Official Capacity, including alleged unauthorized actions taken in an

official capacity, actions inconsistent with duly adopted Board litigation positions and directives,

unauthorized disclosure or use of confidential or privileged Board communications, and violations of

Trustees’ fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, obedience, and confidentiality.

Pursuant to Appendix 7, Part II, the Board will conduct a hearing, receive presentations and responses

from the Complainant and Respondent Trustees, consider relevant evidence and testimony, deliberate

on the allegations, and determine separately whether each Respondent Trustee violated specified

provisions of the Trustee Code of Conduct.

The Board may take appropriate action, including adopting individual findings of violation or no

violation and, where a violation is established, considering and voting separately on sanctions or

corrective measures authorized by Appendix 7, Part II, Section E, including censure, removal from

Board committees or appointments, lawful corrective measures, or direction to Board Counsel or other

appropriate officials to evaluate or pursue available legal remedies.

The Board may also consider preliminary procedural matters, including Trustee participation, conflicts

of interest, recusal, disqualification, and other matters necessary to ensure a fair hearing consistent

with applicable law and Board policy.

 III. Executive Session§

  A. Legal Matters. Consultation with Board Counsel pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS) § 92-

5(a)(4) regarding the Board of Trustees’ powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities relating

to the formal Trustee Code of Conduct complaint filed by Trustee Keoni Souza on June 29, 2026,

against Trustees Kalei Akaka, Keliʻi Akina, Luana Alapa, and Carmen Hulu Lindsey, pursuant to the

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Policy Manual, Appendix 7 – Trustee Code of

Conduct and Sanctions for Violation of the Code of Conduct Policy.

The Board anticipates convening in executive session to obtain legal advice concerning the applicable

procedural and legal requirements for adjudicating the complaint, including Trustee participation,

conflicts of interest, recusal or disqualification, protection of attorney-client privileged or otherwise

legally protected information, applicable fiduciary duties, the Board’s authority to impose sanctions or

corrective measures, and potential legal liabilities arising from the proceedings.

All evidentiary presentations, consideration of the merits, Board deliberations, findings, and votes on

the complaint or any proposed sanctions shall occur in open session, consistent with HRS Chapter 92

and Appendix 7, Part II, unless otherwise expressly authorized by applicable law.

 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.

§ Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS § 92-5.

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/94575320928

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