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SUMMARY:Hawaiʻi Island Community Meeting - Office of Hawaiian Affairs
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LOCATION:Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke’elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language\, Unive
 rsity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo 200 W Kawili Street Hilo\, HI. 96720 Viewable a
 t www.oha.org/livestream
DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>HAWAIʻI ISLAND COMMUN
 ITY MEETING</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>DATE: 
 Wednesday\, October 28\, 2026</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center
 \;"><strong>TIME: 6:30 P.M.</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;
 "><strong>PLACE: Ka Haka &lsquo\;Ula O Ke&rsquo\;elikōlani College of Ha
 waiian Language\,</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>
 University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center
 \;"><strong>200 W Kawili Street</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: cent
 er\;"><strong>Hilo\, HI. 96720</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: cente
 r\;"><strong>Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream</strong></p>\n<p style="
 text-align: center\;"><strong>This meeting will be held virtually and ma
 y be viewed live via OHA&rsquo\;s website at www.oha.org/livestream or l
 istened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and entering Webinar ID: 9
 98 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 pers
 on at: Ka Haka &lsquo\;Ula O Ke&rsquo\;elikōlani College of Hawaiian Lan
 guage\, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo\, 200 W Kawili Street</strong></p>
 \n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>AGENDA</strong></p>\n<p><stron
 g>I. Call to Order</strong></p>\n<p><strong>II. Introductions</strong></
 p>\n<p><strong>III. Status of OHA Activities and Hawaiʻi Island Updates<
 /strong></p>\n<p><strong>IV. Community Presentation</strong></p>\n<p><st
 rong>A.</strong> Nā Wai Ola Public Charter School &ndash\; Kapua Francis
 co\, Principal and Akalā Neves Chinchilla\, Vice Principal</p>\n<p><stro
 ng>B. </strong>Laʻi ʻŌpua Preschool - Bo Kahui\, President and Executive
  Director</p>\n<p><strong>C.</strong> Proposed 2027 Hawaiian Homes Waitl
 ist Bill\, Community-Driven Self-Determination Referendums\, and Concern
 s Regarding State Policies Affecting Hawaiians &ndash\;</p>\n<p>Dr. Kala
 niakea Wilson</p>\n<p><strong>D.</strong> Waikā Consulting: Geothermal D
 evelopment Update &ndash\; Ryan Matsumoto\, President</p>\n<p><strong>V.
  Community Concerns and Celebrations</strong></p>\n<p><strong>VI. Announ
 cements</strong></p>\n<p><strong>VII. Adjournment</strong></p>\n<p>If yo
 u need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disabili
 ty\, please contact Keola Fong at (808) 626-5484 or by email at keolaf@o
 ha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a gr
 eater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, this notice is avail
 able in alternate/accessible formats.</p>\n<p>In the event that the live
 stream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored\, the meet
 ing may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID p
 rovided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made
  available on OHA&rsquo\;s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/
 board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.</p>\n<p>Pub
 lic Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to
  matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concerns and Celebratio
 ns is not limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai&lsquo\;
 i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, prohibits Board members from discussin
 g or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.</p>\n<p>
 The board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA&rsqu
 o\;s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, 
 HI 96817\, no later than three full business days before the meeting. Th
 e board packet will also be made available on OHA&rsquo\;s website\, htt
 ps://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicable thereafter.</p>\n<p>Testimon
 y can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testim
 ony or (2) live\, oral testimony online\, by telephone or at the physica
 l meeting location during the remote meeting.</p>\n<p>(1) Persons wishin
 g to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should subm
 it testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Offi
 ce of Hawaiian Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony\, 560
  N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Testimony is requeste
 d to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeti
 ng to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony b
 efore the meeting. All written testimony will be posted on OHA&rsquo\;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.</p>\n<p>(2) Persons wis
 hing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting\, please
  click on the link: https://zoom.us/j/99839281831</p>\n<p>To provide ora
 l testimony online\, you will need:</p>\n<p>1. a computer or mobile devi
 ce to connect to the remote meeting\, internet access\, and</p>\n<p>2. a
  microphone to provide oral testimony.</p>\n<p>Persons wishing to provid
 e oral testimony by telephone during the remote meeting may dial the pho
 ne number listed at the beginning of this agenda and enter the correspon
 ding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to provide oral tes
 timony during the meeting.</p>\n<p>Persons wishing to provide oral testi
 mony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day of the meeting
  at the physical meeting location.</p>\n<p>If you willfully disrupt the 
 meeting\, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can c
 ontinue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by tel
 ephone\, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.</p>\n<p>Oral testi
 mony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting location will be lim
 ited to five (5) minutes.</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>HAWA
 IʻI ISLAND COMMUNITY MEETING</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\
 ;"><strong>DATE: Wednesday\, October 28\, 2026</strong></p>\n<p style="t
 ext-align: center\;"><strong>TIME: 6:30 P.M.</strong></p>\n<p style="tex
 t-align: center\;"><strong>PLACE: Ka Haka &lsquo\;Ula O Ke&rsquo\;elikōl
 ani College of Hawaiian Language\,</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: c
 enter\;"><strong>University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo</strong></p>\n<p style="t
 ext-align: center\;"><strong>200 W Kawili Street</strong></p>\n<p style=
 "text-align: center\;"><strong>Hilo\, HI. 96720</strong></p>\n<p style="
 text-align: center\;"><strong>Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream</strong
 ></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>This meeting will be held
  virtually and may be viewed live via OHA&rsquo\;s website at www.oha.or
 g/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and enter
 ing 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 th
 e meeting in person at: Ka Haka &lsquo\;Ula O Ke&rsquo\;elikōlani Colleg
 e of Hawaiian Language\, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo\, 200 W Kawili St
 reet</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>AGENDA</stron
 g></p>\n<p><strong>I. Call to Order</strong></p>\n<p><strong>II. Introdu
 ctions</strong></p>\n<p><strong>III. Status of OHA Activities and Hawaiʻ
 i Island Updates</strong></p>\n<p><strong>IV. Community Presentation</st
 rong></p>\n<p><strong>A.</strong> Nā Wai Ola Public Charter School &ndas
 h\; Kapua Francisco\, Principal and Akalā Neves Chinchilla\, Vice Princi
 pal</p>\n<p><strong>B. </strong>Laʻi ʻŌpua Preschool - Bo Kahui\, Presid
 ent and Executive Director</p>\n<p><strong>C.</strong> Proposed 2027 Haw
 aiian Homes Waitlist Bill\, Community-Driven Self-Determination Referend
 ums\, and Concerns Regarding State Policies Affecting Hawaiians &ndash\;
 </p>\n<p>Dr. Kalaniakea Wilson</p>\n<p><strong>D.</strong> Waikā Consult
 ing: Geothermal Development Update &ndash\; Ryan Matsumoto\, President</
 p>\n<p><strong>V. Community Concerns and Celebrations</strong></p>\n<p><
 strong>VI. Announcements</strong></p>\n<p><strong>VII. Adjournment</stro
 ng></p>\n<p>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 p
 ossible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, thi
 s notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.</p>\n<p>In the ev
 ent that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be re
 stored\, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number
  and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting record
 ings will be made available on OHA&rsquo\;s website https://www.oha.org/
 about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the mee
 ting.</p>\n<p>Public Testimony will be called for each agenda item and m
 ust be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concer
 ns and Celebrations is not limited to matters listed on the meeting agen
 da. Hawai&lsquo\;i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, prohibits Board membe
 rs from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting
  agenda.</p>\n<p>The board packet will be available for the public to in
 spect at OHA&rsquo\;s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 
 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817\, no later than three full business days befor
 e the meeting. The board packet will also be made available on OHA&rsquo
 \;s website\, https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicable thereafter.
 </p>\n<p>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.</p>\n<p>(
 1) Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the a
 genda should submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via po
 stal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meetin
 g Testimony\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Test
 imony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to th
 e scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to revie
 w the testimony before the meeting. All written testimony will be posted
  on OHA&rsquo\;s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal inf
 ormation (e.g.\, name\, email address\, phone number\, home address\, or
  materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online.</p>\n<
 p>(2) Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote
  meeting\, please click on the link: https://zoom.us/j/99839281831</p>\n
 <p>To provide oral testimony online\, you will need:</p>\n<p>1. a comput
 er or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting\, internet access\,
  and</p>\n<p>2. a microphone to provide oral testimony.</p>\n<p>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 en
 ter the corresponding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to
  provide oral testimony during the meeting.</p>\n<p>Persons 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.</p>\n<p>If 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.</
 p>\n<p>Oral testimony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting loc
 ation will be limited to five (5) minutes.</p>
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