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SUMMARY:OHA Committee on Budget and Finance (BF)
DESCRIPTION:Council: Office of Hawaiian Affairs Budget & Finance Committee\n\nOfficial Notice: https://calendar.ehawaii.gov/calendar/meeting/78060/details.html\n\n 
\nCOMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE (BF)
\n                                     DATE:         Wednesday\, October 21\, 2026
\n                                      TIME:        10:00 a.m. or immediately following the conclusion of the
\nOHA Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment (BAE) Meeting
\n     PLACE:        Remote Meeting by Interactive Conference Technology  
\nViewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR
\nListen by phone: (213) 338-8477\, Webinar ID: 962 4844 6327
\nThis meeting can be viewed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone using the call-in information above. Additionally\, this meeting can be viewed live on ʻŌlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/.  A physical meeting location\, open to members of the public who would like to provide oral testimony or view the meeting\, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
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\nAGENDA
\nI.    Call to Order
\nII.     Approval of Minutes
\nA.      October 7\, 2026
\nIII.  Unfinished Business - None
\nIV.    New Business
\nA.   Action Item BF #26-26:  Approval of FY2027\, Quarter 3 Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Sponsorship Awards for the Following Organizations and Events\, and an FY2027 Budget Adjustment to the Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Sponsorship Budget
\n1.       The Queen’s Court- Onipa’a Peace March 
\n2.       Mutual Aid Lāhui – Onipaʻa Lokahi
\n3.       Keu The Brand- Pai Ka Leo 2027
\n4.       Kūlaniākea- Ola Ka ʻĪ Koʻolau 2027
\n5.       YMCA of Honolulu - YMCA of Honolulu
\n6.       Family Promise of Hawaiʻi – Brighter Futures Gala
\n7.       Hale Kipa\, Inc. – 2027 Hale Kipa Annual Pāʻina
\n8.       Outrigger Canoe Society and Paddlers Hall of Honor – 
\nOutrigger Canoe Society Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony
\n9.       Project K4 - Prince Kūhiō’s Vision in Motion: K4 ʻOhana STEAM Day
\n10.      Waiʻanae Coast Community Foundation – 
\n9th Annual Legacy Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Festival 
\n11.      Mokupuni Community Development Corporation – 
\n2027 Prince Kūhiō Celebration
\nB.    Action Item BF #26-07 (revised to add $125\,000): Approval to modify the existing Mahiʻai Micro Fund program and authorize the reallocation of $100\,000 from existing Kūlana ʻĀina (Economic Resilience) funds [and $125\,000 from existing Contract 4536 with Hawaiian Council for Kona Low relief] to support agricultural recovery and stabilization needs\, in response to current agricultural conditions\, including impacts from the March 2026 Kona Low weather events. 
\nC.   Amend the Board’s August 17\, 2026 action establishing OHA’s Lālā Emergency Relief Fund and Kōkua Kaʻū Relief Fund\, and the Board's September 9\, 2026 action establishing OHA’s Hurricane Lowell disaster response\, to authorize a dollar-for-dollar exchange of remaining unused Kōkua Kaʻū Home Depot (ʻInaʻi Kōkua) gift cards or e-credit with an equal amount of FY2027 Grants in Aid–Disaster Aid funds designated for Hurricane Lowell household grants. 
\nFollowing the exchange\, the gift cards or e-credit will assist eligible Native Hawaiian beneficiaries on Kauaʻi impacted by Hurricane Lowell\, while the exchanged funds will support continued Kōkua Kaʻū household recovery and resiliency assistance. The total Board-authorized disaster-relief funding remains unchanged by these amendments.
\nV.    Adjournment
\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability\, please contact Keola Fong at 808-626-5484 or by email at keolaf@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.
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\nPublic Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai‘i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, Public Agency Meetings and Records\, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.
\nThe board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817 no later than three full business days before the meeting.
\nThe board packet will also be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/bf as soon as practicable thereafter.
\nIn the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored\, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda.
\nMeeting recordings will be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.
\nTestimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as:
\n(1)  written testimony\; or
\n(2)  live\, oral testimony online\, by telephone\, or at the physical meeting location during the remote meeting.
\n(1)   Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting.
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\nPlease note that all written testimony will be posted on OHA’s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g.\, name\, email address\, phone number\, home address\, or materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online.
\n(2)      Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting\, please use the link below:
\nWebinar ID: 962 4844 6327
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\nhttps://zoom.us/j/96248446327
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\n(*if you are unable to link directly\, copy and paste in search) 
\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n(a)              computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting\;
\n(b)              internet access\; and
\n(c)               a microphone to provide oral testimony.
\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony by telephone during the remote meeting may dial the phone number listed at the beginning of this agenda and enter the corresponding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to provide oral testimony during the meeting.
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\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up on the day of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
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\nIf you willfully disrupt the meeting\, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone\, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.
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\nOral testimony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.
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LOCATION:Remote Meeting by Interactive Conference Technology Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477\,  Webinar ID: 962 4844 6327
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