OHA Board Actions: April 2020

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee Dan Ahuna moves to approve the Committee on Resource Management holds a Limited Meeting, as defined in HRS § 92-3.1. on February 5, 2020 for the purpose of completing a site tour of OHA-owned Kaka‘ako Makai parcels as listed below. In addition, the Board of Trustees specifically finds that it is necessary to hold the limited meeting and further specifies that public attendance is impracticable and one of the meeting locations is dangerous to the health and safety of the public.

Trustee John Waihe‘e IV seconds the motion.

Motion passes with nine AYES

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee John Waihe‘e IV moves to approve Administration’s recommendations on:
NEW BILLS (Items 1 – 195);
ADD bills:

• HB2011 as COMMENT;
• SB2076 as COMMENT;
• SB2387 as SUPPORT; and

CHANGE items:

• 113, SB2249 from Support with Amendments to SUPPORT; and
• 124, SB2417 from Monitor to OPPOSE; on the OHA Legislative Positioning Matrix dated January 29, 2020, as amended.

Trustee Kalei Akaka seconds the motion.

Motion passes with nine AYES

Trustee John Waihe‘e IV moves to approve Administration’s recommendations on:

NEW BILLS (Items 1 – 126), BILL POSITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION (Item 127), and now list Item 205, HB2520, as OPPOSE, along with the following revisions:

ADD bills:

• HB2203 as SUPPORT
• HB2511 as SUPPORT
• HB2587 as COMMENT;
• HB2577 as OPPOSE

CHANGE items:

• 6 and 61, HB1751 and SB2137 respectively, from Monitor to SUPPORT
• 45, HB2673, from Support to COMMENT
• 65, SB2218, from Oppose to COMMENT
• 100, SB2812, from Monitor to OPPOSE; and

CORRECT items:

• 93, SB2717, to read as SUPPORT; and
• 215, HB2468 to read as COMMENT on the OHA Legislative Positioning Matrix dated February 5, 2020, as amended.

Trustee Kalei Akaka seconds the motion.

Motion passes with nine AYES

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee John Waihe‘e IV moves to approve Administration’s recommendations on:
NEW BILLS (Items 1 – 83) and BILL POSITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION (Item 84), along with the following revisions:

CHANGE items:

• 76, HCR12, from Monitor to COMMENT;
• 149, HB2119, from Monitor to SUPPORT; and
• 378, SB3164, from Support to SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS on the OHA Legislative Positioning Matrix dated February 12, 2020, as amended.

Trustee Kalei Akaka seconds the motion.

Motion passes with eight AYES one EXCUSED

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee John Waihe‘e IV moves to approve Administration’s recommendations on:
NEW BILLS (Items 1 – 31) and BILL POSITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION (Items 32 – 38), along with the following revisions:

CHANGE items:

• 11, SB43 from Comment to MONITOR; and
• 247, 248, and 261; HCR35, HCR37, and SCR37 respectively, from Comment to MONITOR on the OHA Legislative Positioning Matrix dated February 19, 2020, as amended.

Trustee Kalei Akaka seconds the motion.

Motion passes with eight AYES one EXCUSED

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee John Waihe‘e IV moves to approve the following candidates as nominees for immediate appointment to the O‘ahu Island Burial Council, Kaua‘i & Ni‘ihau Island Burial Council, Maui & Lāna‘i Island Burial Council, and Hawai‘i Island Burial Council:

• Kyle K. Nakanelua, Nominee for Hāna regional representative on the Maui/Lāna‘i Island Burial Council
• Susan Talbot Herhold, Nominee for Kohala regional representative on the Hawai‘i Island Burial Council
• Naki‘a Nae‘ole, Nominee for Ko‘olauloa regional representative on the O‘ahu Island Burial Council
• Tatiana Kalaniopua Young, Nominee for Wai‘anae regional representative on the O‘ahu Island Burial Council
• Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Nominee for reappointment for Kona regional representative on the O‘ahu Island Burial Council
• Norman Kaimuloa, Nominee for reappointment for Kona regional representative on the Hawai‘i Island Burial Council
• Scott Haili Mahoney, Nominee for reappointment for Ka‘ū regional representative on the Hawai‘i Island Burial Council
• Nalei Pate-Kahakalau, Nominee for reappointment for Hāmākua regional representative on the Hawai‘i Island Burial Council
• Sandra Quinsaat, Nominee for reappointment for Kōloa regional representative on the Kaua‘i/Ni‘ihau Island Burial Council
• Kaheleonalani Dukelow, Nominee for reappointment for Honua‘ula regional representative on the Maui/Lāna‘i Island Burial Council

Trustee Kalei Akaka seconds the motion.

Motion passes with eight AYES one EXCUSED

Motion to move to approve :

Trustee Brendon Kalei‘āina Lee moves to approve the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Board of Trustees’ Updated By-Laws as amended.

Trustee Carmen Hulu Lindsey seconds the motion.

Motion passes with eight AYES one EXCUSED