Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 6, 1 June 2000 — Board Business [ARTICLE]

Board Business

AT ITS meeting of Apnl 27, the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs voted to rescind the OHA board's March 19, 1999, appropriation of $51 1,300 to 'Aha Pūnana Leo Ine. for renovation of the Kekaha Armory site on Kaua'i, and the board voted to appropriate the same amount to Kamehameha Schools for renovation of the Armory site to be used for the programs of 'Aha Pūnana Leo ine. and the Ni'ihau School of Kaua'i. The Department of Education will hold the lease to the building. Additionally, the trustees approved an appropriation of $391,087 for the purpose of developing and managing a bilingual educational program and school for the Ni'ihau children of Kaua'i. The trustees also selected the winners of the annual Ke Kukui Mālamalama Awards for Excellence in Hawaiian Education. Honored this year were Sherlyn Goo, Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture; Kupuna Elizabeth Kauahipaula, kupuna at Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'o Waiau; and Keiki Kawai'ae', Hale Kuamo'o, University of Hawai'i at Hilo. The trustees deferred action items relating to OHA's procurement policy, by-laws and manuals. The board also approved an appropriation of $350,000 from OHA's Educational Foundation for distribution to Kamehameha Schools for post-sec-ondary scholarships for the coming school year. Kamehameha Schools is to match the amount, making for a total of $700,000 in available scholarship aid. The trustees also approved amend-

ments to S.1929, a bill relating to heakh funding for Native Hawaiians and currently before the United States Congress, as proposed by Papa Ola Lōkahi subject to modification by OHA. They also agreed to a settlement in Office of Hawaiian Affairs vs. Department of Education, Civil No. 95-2970, where by OHA and the DOE would enter into a partnership supporting the DOE's Hawaiian language immersion program by jointly funding it. According to the settlement agreement, the funding ratio would be 2:1, with the DOE providing from $800,000 to $1 million for the program (up to $5 million over five years), and OHA providing from $400,000 to $500,000. The board also extended by $85,000 its contract with Verner, Liipfert Berhard McPherson and Hand, $60,000 for fees and $25,000 for costs.(See related story on page 15). The board selected as its international money managers Lazard Assets Management and Simms Capital Management ine. It extended by $85,000 its contract with Verner, Liipfert Berhard McPherson and Hand. May 9 The board met twice on May 9. At their first meeting, the trustees passed on first reading a recommendation to adopt a standard procurement process for purchases of goods and services and a standard checklist for documenting the procurement. Also passed on first reading, as amended, was a policy by whieh the bylaws of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs are systematically reviewed, updated and published. The trustees additionally authorized the Administrator to prepare three policy documents: a presentation of trust law, a parliamentary procedure primer and employee information and orientation handbook.

At the second meeting, the board considered Hā Hawai'i/'Aha Hawai'i 'Oiwi's grant proposal in the amount of $426,876 for a Native Hawaiian convention and a community outreach and education project. The trustees voted 4-3, with one abstaining, against funding the proposal. Action on another organization's request for financial assistance and 16 other grant proposals was deferred. May 16 At its May 16 meeting in Honolulu, the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs approved an award of $560,413.39 in grants to benefit the Hawaiian community: • $500,000 for construction and renovation of the Lunalilo Home in Hawai'i Kai; • $5,200 to Hoa 'Aina o Mākaha for a historical booklet and curriculum; • $21,578.39 to Keiki o ka 'Āina Preschool for tuition scholarships; • $17,879 to the Hawai'i Special 01ympics, Moloka'i, for outreach and participation; • $14,756 to the Big Island AIDS Project for outreach education and prevention. The trustees deferred action on the grant proposals of Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Pū'ōhala and Nā Leo o Hualālai pending clarification of the settlement with the DOE. They voted against funding proposals submitted by the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association, Hawai'i Lawyers Care-Nā Keiki Law Center, Kuleana 'Oiwi Press, the University of Hawai'i's Center for Hawaiian Studies, the Big Island Substance Abuse Couneil, Kama'āina Care ine., the University of Hawai'i School of Architecture, Laulima Kokua o Kamanawa and 'Ainahau o Kaleponi. ■