Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 2, 1 February 1992 — OHA Board Business [ARTICLE]

OHA Board Business

by Ann L. Moore

Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs helei a special board meeting on Friday, Dec. 20, 1991 in the conference room at OHA's offices, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Honolulu. The meeting was called to order at 9:25 a.m. by Chairman Clayton H.W. Hee. Present were trustees Abraham Aiona, Moanikeala Akaka, Thomas K. Kaulukukui Sr., Moses Keale Sr., A. Frenchy DeSoto, Louis Hao and Kamaki Kanahele.

Also present were administrator Richard Paglinawan, deputy administrator Stanley Lum, government affairs officer Jalna Keala, land division specialist Winona Spillner, planning and research officer Chris Valles and guests Sherry Broder and Jon Van Dyke. The agenda for the meeting and the minutes of the previous board meeting were approved by unanimous vote of the trustees.

Chairman Hee reported on: Carl Choy letter of April 29, 1991; Cynthia L. Kaina's daughter Cinda's appointment; Trustee Aiona article on Japan's use of Pohakuloa; Richard Paglinawan sovereignty advisory committee; thanks to the following for submitting investment management proposals: Hawaiian Trust Company, Ashfield & Company, ine., NWQ Investments, C.M. Bidwell & Associates Ltd., Denis Wong & Associates, HCM Capital Management ine., Tom Johnson Investment Management ine., Gamco Investors ine., Navellier & Associates, Greig Associates ine., First Hawaiian Bank, Bidwell & Ridell, Orrell & Co. ine.

The chairman also reported on: Sherry Broder and the Sovereignty Advisory Council; Trustee Akana and the Pearl Harbor ceremony; Stanley Lum researching OHA expenditures. Thanks were extended to firms for submission of brokerage search proposals: Charles Schwab & Co. ine., Fidelity Investments, Dean Witter Reynolds, Paine Webber, Shearson Lehman Brothers ine., Prudential Securities, First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaiian Trust Company.

The chairman then reported on trustees and administrator proposed sovereignty workshop and referral; Stanley Lum and Trustee Akaka of f ieial business; Norma Wong and the Pohukaina site; Kaleikoa Kaeo and hiring of Larry Okinaga; Trustee Akaka and administrator and the civil rights conference; Trustee Keale, administrator and education officer Committee on Education awards; National Park Service,

Mahialani Pai family; Trustee Kaulukukui, Hawai'i Housing Authority; Paul Loo, Carl E. Choy; Trustee Aiona, governing of OHA official stationary; Trustee Aiona and administrator policy re legislative session and 1992 OHA legislative strategy; trustees and administration, governor's action plan transcripts; Norma Wong interest in acquiring properties; trustees, administrator and trustee support staff, Pratt memo; Trustee Aiona, OHA celebration of 10 years; trustees and administrator, action item B2 and press conference. Trustee DeSoto moved and Trustee Kanahele seconded approval of chairman's report as presented. The motion carried unanimously.

Administrator's report Administrator Paglinawan reported on the following items. Lt. Col. August C. Manguso, USA, regarding environmental impact statement for the proposed launches of the Strategic Target System from the Kaua'i Test Facility at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawai'i; State Senator Bert Kobayashi, state Senate, regarding Hui Imi; Sharon Miyashiro, director, state Department Personnel Services, regarding management training statistics;

John F. Dulles III, Civil Rights analyst, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding conferenee on fact finding report "A Broken Trust"; Haunani Apoliona of Alu Like ine., regarding HSIA calendar for 1992; Jojo Correa, community coordinator, Bedford Properties regarding interment of Hawaiian ancestral remains at Pahua Heiau; Paul Alexander, OHA special counsel, Alexander & Karshmer, Washington, D.C., regarding draft amendments to the "right to sue" draft bill;

Haunani Apoliona, president and chief executive officer of Alu Like ine., regarding clarification of discussion made at OHA Kaua'i Community meeting; Trustee Kanahele moved, Trustee DeSoto seconded, and the trustees unanimously approved the administrator's report as read. Chairman Hee referred the item regarding services performed by Alu Like in Kaua'i to the Committee of OHA Relations for follow-up and a report to the next board meeting.

Budget, Finance, Policy & Planning Trustee Aiona moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, and trustees voted unanimously, to approve the request from the Kapalua Pacific Center for OHA to sponsor 20 registrations for the Second Cultural Values in an Age of Technology Conference/Workshop May 24-28, 1992. Trustee Aiona moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, and trustees voted unanimously to approve a first reading of the Amendments to Articles VIII and IX of the OHA Bylaws, as amended Oct. 23, 1 991, to allow for the creation of councils and commissions.

• Trustee Aiona moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, and trustees voted unanimously, to approve the Sovereignty Workshop (Jan. 12-13) .. at a cost not to exceed $12,500. ■ Trustee Aiona moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, to adopt the committee report of OHA's supplemental budget for July 1, 1 992 through June 30, 1993 pending justification from OHA's administration. Following a nineminute recess, Trustees Kanahele and Aiona withdrew their motions for approval. Chairman Hee deferred the matter to the board of trustees meeting to be reconvened on Dec. 23.

Trustee Hao moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, to approve an amount not to exceed $2,400, from the Native Hawaiian Rights Fund, (fiscal 91-92 money) for the maintenance and preservation of Pahua Heiau at Hawai'i Kai, O'ahu. The motion carried with Trustee Keale voting no. After a 13-minute recess, Chairman Hee recommited items B2-Kohanaiki Intervention NHRF Expenditure and B3-Waihe'e Golf Course to the Eeonomie Development Committee.

Education and Culture Trustee Keale moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, and unanimously approved by trustees, to approve a resolution to "support and recommend the expansion of the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program in selected Department of Education schools to include the 7th through 1 2th grades.

Chairman Hee deferred "making an appropriation for the development and implementation of a cultural resources management plan for Kualoa Regional Park" and "making an appropriation for the repository at the Royal Mausoleum", back to the BOT legislative review committee. Following a four-minute executive session, Trustee Aiona moved, second by Trustee continued page 9

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Kanahele, and unanimously adopted, approval of "appropriation of $50,000 in special funds for legal services relating to Native Hawaiian Entitlements for the period Jan. 1, 1992 and ending Dec. 31, 1992." The motion provides for the contracting of services of Jon Van Dyke.

Announcements The chairman announced a press conference for Dec. 23 at 10 a.m. and that the trustees meeting would recess until that day at 11 a.m.

Trustee Aiona requested all documents from administration be ready for the budget committee meeting on Monday; Trustee Akana invited trustees to view a scale model of the conference table in her office; Trustee DeSoto wished all staff and trustees happy holidays. The meeting recessed at 11:13 a.m. The Board of Trustees' meeting reconvened on Dec. 20 as scheduled with all trustees present in the board room at the OHA offices, 711 Kapi'olani Boulevard, Honolulu.

Also present were administrator Richard Paglinawan, deputy administrator Stanley Lum, government affairs officer Jalna Keala, planning and research officer Chris Valles eeonomie development officer Linda Colburn, education officer Rona Rodenhurst, administrative services officer Martin Wilson, housing officer Babette Galang, and trustee aides Louis Agard and Gladys Rodenhurst. Attorney Sherry Broder, a guest at the earlier session, also attended. Trustee Aiona moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, and unanimously accepted was the committee report of OHA's supplemental budget for July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993.

Trustee Aiona moved, second by Trustee Kanahele, to approve spending up to $26,000 to hire an attorney and maintain legislative liaison space during the 1992 session of the state legislature. The motion carried. Trustee Akana voted no. After a 10-minute recess called by the chairman, Trustee Aiona announced that the budget and finance committee will meet Monday, Dec. 30 at 9:30 a.m. and discuss a legislative proposal made by the Legislative Review Committee, and also the evaluate the administrator. There being no other business the chairman adjourned the meeting at 12:05 p.m.