Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 11, 1 November 2013 — Aloha mai kākou, [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Aloha mai kākou,

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs' handling of our land is changing for the better. For years, we've engaged in passive land management, but now we're updating our methods and moving to more active land management. This means we're more committed to working with the eommunity in order to be good stewards of the land. It means seeking out some community-based stewardship opportunities and doing more to preserve the cultural and educational components to the land. It also means solidifying our management plans for our eommercial properties. For example, at Palauea on Maui, we are working with the University of Hawai'i Maui College Hawaiian Studies program to preserve and protect the area in conjunction with the Native Hawaiian community. At Pahua Heiau, we are working to develop a comprehensive management plan with the Livable Hawai'i Kai Hui, whieh would include educational and cultural components. The group has done an excellent job in its stewardship of the nearby Hāwea Heiau and Keawāwa Wetland, home to nine endangered 'alae 'ula, or Hawaiian moorhen. In Central O'ahu at the former Galbraith Estate, OHA is creating a buffer zone around Kūkaniloko to protect the sacred site from future development, while exploring the development of agricultural uses and contributing to food self-sufficiency for the state.

Our biggest task is in Kaka'ako Makai, where we are working on potential developments in the area. Many of the leases are locked in for a few years and that makes the current planning process critical, so onee they expire we will have a plan in plaee. In the interim, we are developing a short-term plan to boost revenue and engage and activate the community. And at Gentry Paeihe Design Center, we're happy to report that we have a strong tenant base and good prospects for future leases in our first commercial property purchase. OHA's offices will be moving to the center in December, whieh means we will save money since we won't have to pay lease rent to a private landowner any more. I'll have more information on our move and how it repositions OHA next month. All of our land activities are designed to strengthen Native Hawaiians now and into the future by building bridges to the community to protect our most precious resources while creating a revenue base for a future Hawaiian Nahon. 'O au iho nō me ke aloha a me ka 'oia'i'o,

A HANDS-ON APPROACH T0 LAND MANAGEMENT

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■» ■ " - (fX>. Kamana'opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D. Ka Pouhana/Chief Executive Officer