Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 11, 1 November 1998 — BOARDBUSINESS [ARTICLE]

BOARDBUSINESS

At its Sept. 1 meeting, the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs agreed to support congressional passage of S. 109, the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-mination Amendments of 1 998. It selected 12 grants panelists to review applications for OHA's Grants, Subsidies, Purchases of Services and Donations Program; approved restoration of the Grants Management Specialist IV position to an SR26 level. funding the resulting salary difference; and established and funded three positions within the GSPD program. ■ On Sept. 10, at its Lāna'i meeting, the board elected to honor kūpuna Agnes Cope and Ulunuiokamāmalu Garmon with its Ka Hā Mai Kalāhikikiola Nāli'i'elua Award at a dinner on Sept. 1 4 during OHA's annual 'Aha Kūpuna conferenee. The board also authorized publication of a request for proposaIs for an investment consultant to assist with monitoring investment managers and consultants as well as with the management of OHA's investment portfolio. ■ In Hilo, on Sept. 1 8. the trustees approved a proposal from the Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation to co-spon-sor, in the amount of S61.127, the Fifth Triennial World Indigenous People's Conference on Education, scheduled for Hilo Aug. 1 -7. Additionally, the board selected Marsh & MeLennan as OHA's broker for the purchase of errors and omissions and directors and offīcers' liability insuranee. ■ On Sept. 29, pursuant to the request from eenain beneficiaries, the board agreed upon a policy and procedure intended to provide more access to materials received by trustees for consideration at imminent scheduled meetings. OHA's Uniform Information Practices Act specialist would review the materials at least 72 hours prior to the meeting and duplicate the appropriate number of copies for availability 30 minutes beforehand. At the end of eaeh meeting, the specialist would collect the material or, in the case of retention by a member of the public, the cost of distribution in accordance with thc law. The board also designated, in considerable detail, the authorized signatories for OHA's fiscal documents, bank and investment accounts. The trustees amended grant agreement No. 1 183 with the Department of Education to include the Keauea Foundation and Kanu o Ka 'ĀinaHawaiian Academy as parties. They selected SMS Research as the eontractor to carry out a ten-month survey/measurement/polling campaign. Turning to OHA's role in and fund-

ing for the Waimānalo Kūpuna Housing Program, the board reallocated $3 million from the $10 million in trust funds currently appropriated to the Hawai'i Habitat for Humanity Association, to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the development of kūpuna housing in Ko'olaupoko, amending OHA's agreement with HHHA to reflect this change. It voted to contribute all work eompleled by OHA's staff and consultants on the planning and pre-development on the project, including the notation of the contract and all unexpended encumbrances under the contract with the architectural flrm of Kauahikaua and Chun. It also authorized the chair to sign a memorandum of agreement between OHA and DHHL on the project. Finally, the board approved a resolution and the execution of an agreement with the state's Housing and Community Development Corporation whieh will enable HCDC to release for the kūpuna housing project a 1996 grant to OHA in the amount $50,000. ■ At its Oct. 14 meeting on Moloka'i, the board approved the contract for its counsel, Sherry Broder. It also approved an agreement with the Department of Transportation eoncerning the preparation and implementation of an Interpretive Development Plan for cultural resources found in the corridor of the H-3 freeway at Hālawa Valley and the Luluku Terraces. It nominated Bill Mossman and Isaac Harp to the governing board of the Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council responsible for sound judgment over fisheries in the federal waters surrounding Hawai'i, Amenean Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas. The trustees voted to terminate the Broker of Record agreement between OHA and First Hawaiian Securities and to notify all OHA money managers that they should eonlinue all trades on OHA's behalf on the basis of the best price and best execution standards. They approved $20,000 for Moloka'i General Hospital for a workshop and follow-up in eonneehon with prevention and control of cardiovascular disease among Native Hawaiians. An additional $9,500 was approved for Papa Ola Lōkahi's 1998 Lapakahi statewide gathering of lā'au lapa'au practitioners. The board voted to seek approval from the governor of Hawai'i for a retroactive retirement plan, including medical benefits, for current OHA trustees. Finally, the trustees appointed four directors to the OHA Educational Foundation: Col. David M. Peters, Mr. Abraham Pi'ianāi'a, Dr. Joyce Tsunoda and Dr. Miehael Chun. ■