Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 1, 1 January 1989 — OHA Board Business [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA Board Business

By Ed Miehelman Public Information Officer

The November business meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was held in the board room of OHA's Honolulu office November 29, 1988. All nine members of the Board were present. The session was abbreviated to permit the Board members to attend the final counting of OHA referendum ballots and announcement of the poll results. (See story in December, 1988 Ka Wai Ola O OHA.) Administrator's Contract During the morning session, the Board voted not to renew the present Administrator's contract when it expires February 28, 1989 and to inform the Administrator in writing of that action. The final vote on this motion was 6 to 3 in favor. Trustees Hao, Kahaialii and Keale voted "no"with Trustee T)esoto voting "kanalua twice." A "kanalua" (undecided) vote, when repeated twice, counts as a yes vote according to the OHA bylaws.

Election of Chair and Vice Chair Following an afternoon executive session, it was announced that Trustee-at-Large Thomas K. Kaulukukui, Sr., had been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Trustee-at-Large Rodney K. Burgess, III was named Vice Chairman. Because of the lateness of the hour, the meeting was postponed until December 15, 1988 in order to allow time to deliberate on the remaining agenda items. Lapsing of Funds The meeting resumed on December 15, with Trustees Kaulukukui, Keale and Mahoe excused. The Board considered a motion to accept the recommendation of the Committee on External Affairs to lapse funds amounting to $23,200. The committee had determined that it was unnecessary to expend those funds for a planned public information campaign. The motion to lapse the $23,200 was carried unanimously. Maui Burials After considerable discussion, the Board agreed to ask the Maui Planning Commission to reconsider the Shoreline Management Area (SMA) permit allowing construction of a luxury hotel at Honokahua, Maui. The Trustees expressed deep eoneem at the previously unknown extent of the burial site and the disinterment of the remains of close to 1,000 individuals in the sand dunes at the site of Kapalua Land Company's proposed RitzCarlton Hotel. (The Maui community group Hui Alanui O Makena later joined OHA in requesting a reconsideration of the permit.) To prevent a repetition of the disturbance of Hawaiian burials in the future, the Boardproposed a package of legislation to be introduced at the forthcoming legislative session. (See story on page 1.

This excavation at the Honokahua sand dunes, site of the proposed Ritz-Carlton Hotel, was photographed in August, 1987 at the time OHA signed the memoranda of agreement. )