Ka Wai Ola

The following actions were taken by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, and are summarized here. For more information on board actions, please see the complete meeting minutes posted online at https://www.oha.org/BOT.

December 5, 2019

Trustee John Waihe‘e IV moves to support the following new legislative proposals and approve their inclusion in the 2020 OHA Legislative Package (See referenced attachments for text of the proposals):

• OHA-1 Restoring Hawaiian Expertise in Land Use and Resource Management: (Attachment A)

• OHA-2 Addressing Employment Discrimination Against Former Pa‘ahao: (Attachment B)

• OHA-3 Preventing of Historic Preservation Review Evasion and Other Violations (Attachment C)

• OHA-4 Protecting Our Ancestors via SHPD Admin Rules (Resolution): (Attachment D)

• OHA-5 Facilitating Practitioner Access Onto Private Lands: (Attachment E)

• OHA-6 Capital Improvement Project Budget Request for OHA’s Wahiawā Lands: (Attachment F)

Trustee Kalei Akaka seconds the motion.

Motion passes with eight AYES and one excused

Ahu Isa Ahuna Akana Akina Lee H. Lindsey R. Lindsey Machado Waiheʻe
ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe Excused ʻAe ʻAe

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee Dan Ahuna moves to recommend that:

1) The Board of Trustees receive the final report on OHA & OHA’s LLCs Contract & Disbursement Review prepared by CliftonLarsonAllen LLP and commissioned by the Board under 3284, as amended; and

2) Direct Administration to review and analyze the recommendations contained in the final report and report back to the RM Committee with its analysis and plan to implement the recommendations at the first Resource Management Committee meeting in January 2020.

Trustee Carmen Hulu Lindsey seconds the motion.

Motion passes with eight AYES and one excused

Ahu Isa Ahuna Akana Akina Lee H. Lindsey R. Lindsey Machado Waiheʻe
ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe Excused ʻAe ʻAe
December 19, 2019

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee Waihee moves to approve and authorize awarding $550,000 from the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Core Operating Budget (Object Codes 56530 & 57110) and $550,000 from the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Core Operating Budget (Object Codes 56530 & 57110) to the University of Hawai’i at Manoa Native Hawaiian Science & Engineering Mentorship Program (UHM NHSEMP) to administer the FB 20-21 Higher Education Scholarship Program.

Trustee Dan Ahuna seconds the motion.

Motion passes with eight AYES and one excused

Ahu Isa Ahuna Akana Akina Lee H. Lindsey R. Lindsey Machado Waiheʻe
ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe ʻAe Excused ʻAe ʻAe