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SUMMARY:*SPECIAL* Meeting of the Board of Trustees - Office of Hawaiian Affairs
DESCRIPTION:Council: OHA Board of Trustees\n\nOfficial Notice: https://calendar.ehawaii.gov/calendar/meeting/78070/details.html\n\n*Special*
\nMEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
\nPLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology
\nThis meeting will be held virtually and may be viewed live via OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and entering Webinar ID: 947 0519 7036. Additionally\, this meeting can be viewed live on ‘Ōlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/. A physical meeting location will be open to the public for those who wish to provide oral testimony or observe the meeting in person at: Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
\nAGENDA
\nI. Call to Order
\nII. New Business
\nA. Discussion\, Deliberation\, and Board Action Regarding a Trustee Code of Conduct Complaint Filed by Trustee Keoni Souza on June 29\, 2026\, Against Trustees Kalei Akaka\, Keliʻi Akina\, Luana Alapa\, and Carmen Hulu Lindsey\, Pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Policy Manual\, Appendix 7 – Trustee Code of Conduct and Sanctions for Violation of the Code of Conduct Policy.
\nConsideration and adjudication of a formal complaint submitted by Trustee Keoni Souza\, dated June 29\, 2026\, and supported by a letter from Trustee Brickwood Galuteria\, dated June 30\, 2026\, alleging violations of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Policy Manual\, Appendix 7\, and other applicable Board policies.
\nThe complaint concerns allegations arising from the June 26\, 2026 filing of Docket No. 162 in Ferreira v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, et al.\, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822 at 11:59 AM HST by Trustee Kalei Akaka Individually and in Her Official Capacity\, including alleged unauthorized actions taken in an official capacity\, actions inconsistent with duly adopted Board litigation positions and directives\, unauthorized disclosure or use of confidential or privileged Board communications\, and violations of Trustees’ fiduciary duties of care\, loyalty\, obedience\, and confidentiality.
\nPursuant to Appendix 7\, Part II\, the Board will conduct a hearing\, receive presentations and responses from the Complainant and Respondent Trustees\, consider relevant evidence and testimony\, deliberate on the allegations\, and determine separately whether each Respondent Trustee violated specified provisions of the Trustee Code of Conduct.
\nThe Board may take appropriate action\, including adopting individual findings of violation or no violation and\, where a violation is established\, considering and voting separately on sanctions or corrective measures authorized by Appendix 7\, Part II\, Section E\, including censure\, removal from Board committees or appointments\, lawful corrective measures\, or direction to Board Counsel or other appropriate officials to evaluate or pursue available legal remedies.
\nThe Board may also consider preliminary procedural matters\, including Trustee participation\, conflicts of interest\, recusal\, disqualification\, and other matters necessary to ensure a fair hearing consistent with applicable law and Board policy.
\nIII. Executive Session§
\nA. Legal Matters. Consultation with Board Counsel pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS) § 92-5(a)(4) regarding the Board of Trustees’ powers\, duties\, privileges\, immunities\, and liabilities relating to the formal Trustee Code of Conduct complaint filed by Trustee Keoni Souza on June 29\, 2026\, against Trustees Kalei Akaka\, Keliʻi Akina\, Luana Alapa\, and Carmen Hulu Lindsey\, pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Executive Policy Manual\, Appendix 7 – Trustee Code of Conduct and Sanctions for Violation of the Code of Conduct Policy.
\nThe Board anticipates convening in executive session to obtain legal advice concerning the applicable procedural and legal requirements for adjudicating the complaint\, including Trustee participation\, conflicts of interest\, recusal or disqualification\, protection of attorney-client privileged or otherwise legally protected information\, applicable fiduciary duties\, the Board’s authority to impose sanctions or corrective measures\, and potential legal liabilities arising from the proceedings.
\nAll evidentiary presentations\, consideration of the merits\, Board deliberations\, findings\, and votes on the complaint or any proposed sanctions shall occur in open session\, consistent with HRS Chapter 92 and Appendix 7\, Part II\, unless otherwise expressly authorized by applicable law.
\nIV. 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.
\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. Meeting 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.
\nPublic Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concerns and Celebrations is not limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai‘i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, 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. The board packet will also be made available on OHA’s website\, https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicable thereafter.
\nTestimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony or (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. All written testimony
\nwill 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 click on the link below: https://zoom.us/j/94705197036
\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting\;
\n(2) internet access\; and
\n(3) 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.
\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
\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.
\nOral testimony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes
LOCATION:virtual meeting can be viewed and observed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or in-person at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
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