Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 6, 1 June 2015 — OHA Board Actions [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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OHA Board Actions

Compiled by Garett Kamemoto

The following actions were taken by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs B oard of Trustees, and are summarized here. For more information on board actions, including the legislative matrix mentioned helow, please see the complete meeting minutes posted online at oha.org/BOT.

- LEGEND 9 'Ae (Yes) 9 'A'ole (No) € Kānalua (Abstain) 9 Excused

Motion that the Board of Trustees rescinds its support of the selection of Maunakea, Hawai'i, as the site for the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope Project. Motion to approve and authorize the disbursement of $3,719,430 from the Fiscal Year 2016 Core Operating Budget (Object Code 56530) and $3,719,430 from the Fiscal Year 2017 Core Operating Budget (Object Code 56530) tofund the twenty-seven (27) Fiscal Biennium 2016-2017 Community Grant recommendations listed on Attachment A - OHA FB 2016-17 Community Grant Recommendations Matrix. Motion to approve and authorize a benefit payment(s) to former Trustee Moanikeala Akakafor past service as an 0HA Trustee, to appropriate the sum of $56,300 to fund the benefit, and to authorize OHA's Chief Executive Officer to take all necessary and appropriate actions to process and to disburse payment to former Trustee Moanikeala Akaka. Motion to approve Administration's recommendations on NEW BILLS (1-27) and BILL POSITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION (28-32), on the OHA Legislative Positioning Matrix dated April 22, 2015, as amended.

Motion passes with six A YES, one ABSTENTION and two EXCUSED. Motion passes with eight AYES, and one EXCUSED. Motion passes with sixAYES, and three EXCUSED. Motion passes with sixAYES, and three EXCUSED.

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