Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 2, 1 February 1998 — OHA Board Business [ARTICLE]

OHA Board Business

At its meeting Jan. 14, the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs approved 5558,968 in grants to 12 oiganizations: 3 536,000 to Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park to remodel hale moe and construct a hālau; 3 581,000 to Nā Kālai Wa'a o Kaua'i for a voyaging eanoe; □ 553,460 to Honoka'a High School for a Hawaiian academy; □ 512,110 to Wai'anae High School for Hawaiian language tutors; □ 518,000 to Castle High School for a school within a school; □ 523,775 for Native Hawaiian breast cancer detection; □ 580,01 8 to the Life Foundation for case management of Native Hawaiians with AIDS; □ 538,180 to Ho'ōla Lāhui Hawai'i for health care outreach; 3 518,600 to Lanakila Church for travel to a youth ministry conference in Washington, D.C.; □ 522,250 to Keauhou o Honua'ula for a photo exhibit of sacred sites on Maui; □ 550,000 to Pacific-Minton towards the documentary "A Mau A Mau ;"

□ 5125,575 to Pacific-Coffinan towards the documentary " Naūon Within." On Jan. 20, the board took the following action: • Approved compensation of 510,983.76 in back pay to former employee Mary Aragon. • Approved funding for two full-time burial program positions at the Department of Land and Natural Resources. • Approved disbursement of 5350,000 to OHA's Educational Foundation as matching funds for KSBE's post-sec-ondary scholarship program. • Defeated a motion proposing Trustees Aiona, Apoliona, Machado and Springer as OHA's lobby team. • Approved correspondence informing the 1998 legislature and the senate Committee on Water, Land and Hawaiian Affairs that OHA and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, per SCR 1 1 , HD 1 , have not convened and facilitated a plan of action to protect, improve and expand traditional food resources and production. • Approved a motion to defer introduction of legislation in 1998 amending

OHA's revenue issuance authority. • Approved a draft of legislation requiring OHA's written concurrence in all leases of government-owned Hawaiian fish ponds. • Approved the advertisement of a request for proposals soliciting qualified bidders to take part in a 10-month survey/measurement program to begin immediately. • Defeated the deferral of a motion to classify trustees as elected officials with the option to participate in the state retirement system. • Approved a request to staff for a final draft of legislation including OHA as a signatory on all state transactions of any description relating to public trust lands. At its Moloka'i meeting, held Jan. 27, the board voted as follows: • Approved a motion to support the intent of H.B. 1536 requiring the review of impacts on native Hawaiian culture as part of the decision-making process for any activity that requires an environmental impact statement. • Approved opposition to HB 2340, the Native Hawaiian Autonomy Act.

• Approved a motion to take a position on bills introduced by DLNR regarding the disposition of submerged lands and oeean leasing. • Approved opposition to H.B. 2351 relating to the traditional and customary rights affirmed by PASH. • Approved a filing of a disclaimer of OHA's interest and a dismissal of OHA from Bolte vs. Kualaku. • Approved a one-time payment by Clifford Koki not to exceed $10,000 as part of a settlement agreement to quiet title in Koki v\. Keawe et al. • Approved an advertisement for the RFP to implement a seven-month education campaign through a contract not to exceed $500,000. • Approved for the Kulana 'Ōiwi multiservice center, pending confirmation by the board attomey, a development agreement; DHHL license agreement; declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions; bylaws; an appropriation of $1.1 million as OHA's pro rata share of the cost of development of office space; and a request for sole source approval of OHA's pro rata share. ■ Compiled hy Paula Durbin