Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 3, 1 March 2014 — Trustees create Land and Property Committee [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trustees create Land and Property Committee

By Harold Nedd The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced in February that its Board of Trustees has created an executive committee meant to improve the organization's effectiveness as a major landowner in the state. Maui Trustee

Carmen "Hulu" Lindsey has been named chairperson of the board's newly created Committee on Land and Property, whieh will oversee the acquisition and management of

all lands owned by OHA, whieh is the state's 13th-largest landowner, controlling 28,226 acres statewide, including Waimea Valley on the North Shore of O'ahu, the Palauea Cultural Preserve along the West Coast of Maui, and 30 acres of mostly waterfront property at Kaka'ako Makai near downtown Honolulu. The new committee brings to three the total number of committees that OHA trustees ean now sit on. The board's other two committees are: the Committee on Asset and Resource Management as well as the Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment. "We believe that this new eommittee makes strategic sense as we continue to work to strengthen our organization for the benefit of all Native Hawaiians," said OHA Chairperson Colette Machado. "It represents our commitment to building a strong and diverse asset base that could help improve conditions for Hawaiians." ■

Maui Trustee Carmen "Hulu" Lindsey