HAWAIʻI ISLAND COMMUNITY MEETING

DATE: Wednesday, October 28, 2026

TIME: 6:30 P.M.

PLACE: Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke’elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language,

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

200 W Kawili Street

Hilo, HI. 96720

Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream

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: 998 3928 1831. 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: Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke’elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, 200 W Kawili Street

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Introductions

III. Status of OHA Activities and Hawaiʻi Island Updates

IV. Community Presentation

A. Nā Wai Ola Public Charter School – Kapua Francisco, Principal and Akalā Neves Chinchilla, Vice Principal

B. Laʻi ʻŌpua Preschool - Bo Kahui, President and Executive Director

C. Proposed 2027 Hawaiian Homes Waitlist Bill, Community-Driven Self-Determination Referendums, and Concerns Regarding State Policies Affecting Hawaiians –

Dr. Kalaniakea Wilson

D. Waikā Consulting: Geothermal Development Update – Ryan Matsumoto, President

V. Community Concerns and Celebrations

VI. Announcements

VII. 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: https://zoom.us/j/99839281831

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

1. a computer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting, internet access, and

2. 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.