Department of Land and Natural Resources

AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

DATE:             October 10, 2025

          TIME:              9:00 A.M.

PLACE:           DLNR Boardroom, Kalanimoku Bldg. 1151 Punchbowl St. 1st Floor Room 132/ & Online via Zoom

Meeting ID: 846 5511 2707
ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84655112707
LIVE STREAM: https://youtube.com/live/S1ndLvikTw0

 

This agenda and the listed submittals will be provided in the Board Packet. This meeting will be held using interactive conference technology under section 92-3.7, Haw. Rev. Stat. (HRS). Board members, staff, applicants, testifiers, and the public can choose to participate in person, online via Zoom, or by telephone. The public may also view the live meeting via its live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/S1ndLvikTw0

To Provide Written Testimony
We encourage interested persons to submit written testimony in advance of the meeting, which will be distributed to Board members prior to the meeting and allow a timely review. Please submit written testimony via email to: [email protected]. Written testimonies can also be mailed to: P.O. Box 621, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809. Written testimonies may be posted upon the Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting website; as a precaution, please be mindful with any personal information prior to submitting unless you intend it to be shared. Late written testimony will be retained as part of the record and distributed to Board members as soon as practicable, but we cannot ensure the Board will receive it in sufficient time to review, prior to decision-making.

To Provide In-Person Oral Testimony (masks are highly encouraged)
Attend in-person at: 1151 Punchbowl St. Room 132 (Kalanimoku Building), Honolulu, Hawaii.

To Provide Testimony by Telephone
On the day of the meeting at the start of the agenda item you wish to testify on, dial 1-719-359-4580 (Zoom); input the meeting ID:  846 551 2707 and follow the prompts.

To Provide Video/Zoom Testimony
Please send your request in a timely manner to: [email protected] with your information, email address, and the agenda item you wish to testify on. Once your request has been received, you will receive a confirmation email with pertinent information. You may testify without signing up in advance.

We kindly ask that all oral/video testimony be limited to not more than two (2) minutes. We ask that you identify yourself and any affiliation before speaking, but you can choose not to do so.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact, BLNR Secretary, at 808.587.0404 or [email protected] as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this agenda and other materials are available in alternate/accessible formats.

The Board may go into Executive Session pursuant to section 92-5(a)(4), HRS, in order to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.

In some of the matters before the Board, a person may wish to request a contested case hearing. If such a request is made before the Board’s decision, then the Board will consider the request first – before considering the merits of the item before it. A person who wants a contested case may also wait until the Board decides the issue, then request the contested case after the decision but before the close of the board meeting. It is up to you. Any request must also be made in writing within ten calendar days. If no request for contested case is made, the Board will make a decision. The Department will treat the decision as final and proceed accordingly.

 

Update …

• Item D-3 Withdrawn [10/09/25]

 

D. LAND DIVISION

1. Amendment of Lease Agreement, LOPP-HA-230, of Private Property with Kahua Ranch Limited on Behalf of the Department of Accounting and General Services, Office of Enterprise Technology Services (formerly known as Information and Communications Services Division) for Radio Facilities Purposes, Waiaka and Kahualiilii, North Kohala, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 5-9-002:002 (Portion).

The purpose of the amendment is to extend the one automatic extension of a lease agreement between the Board of Land and Natural Resources on behalf of the Department of Accounting and General Services, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, as lessee, and Kahua Ranch Limited, lessor, from five (5) years to 20 years, to increase the rent payable under the lease from $1 per year to $40,000 per year effective November 26, 2023, with a 5% increase every 5ᵗʰ anniversary thereafter through the extended term, and to remove a requirement under Article II, Section 2.6 of the original lease agreement to allow Hawaii Electric Light Company access to the facility.

2. Annual Renewal of Revocable Permits for Maui. See Exhibit 2 for list of Revocable Permits.

3. Issuance of Right-of-Entry Permit to the Department of Transportation, Highways Division, for Access and Construction Purposes, Various, Koolau, Maui, Tax Map Keys: (2) 2-9-014:001 Por., (2) 1-1-001:052 Por., (2) 1-2-001:003 Por., and (2) 1-2-004:005 Por. and; Set Aside to the Department of Transportation for Highway Purposes at Nahiku, Koolau, Maui, Tax Map Key: (2) 1-2-001:003 Por. [Withdrawn – 10/09/25]

4. Issuance of Right-of-Entry Permit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) for Management Purposes, Including Authorization for DOFAW to Issue Permits Pursuant to Chapters 13-104, 13-122, 13-123, 13-124, 13-126, and 13-209, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR); Government Lands on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui. See Exhibit A for list of Tax Map Keys.

5. Amend Prior Board Action of May 27, 2016, (Item D-11), Consent to Assign, and Amend Grant of Non-Exclusive Easement No. S-5910, Richard E. Reese, Trustee of the unrecorded Richard E. Reese Living Trust dated July 14, 1993, as Assignor, to Thomas R. Hammond and Kathy S. Ohara, as Assignee; as amended by Board action of March 10, 2017, (Item D-5), Amend change in ownership of the adjacent private property to Janine S. Clifford, Trustee of the Janine S. Clifford Trust dated January 26, 2007, restated October 22, 2010, and amended September 25, 2012 and June 2, 2015, as Assignee; Makiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Tax Map Key: (1) 2-5- 020: portion of 002.

This amendment is to seek authorization to remove the signature block for the assignors in the standard consent to assignment document regarding the assignments of Grant of Non-Exclusive Easement No. S-5910; and update the insurance provision to the current standards.

6. Report on Hawai‘i Supreme Court Published Opinion in Sierra Club v. Bd. of Land & Nat. Res., No. SCWC-22-0000516 (Haw. Sept. 5, 2025). [Testimony – 10/6]

The Board may go into Executive Session pursuant to Section 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in order to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.

F. DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES

1. Request for Authorization and Approval to Issue a Papahānaumokuākea Conservation and Management Permit to the Monument Management Board Agencies: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services and Refuges; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and National Marine Fisheries Service (inclusive of the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program’s Activities); and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, for Access to State Waters to Conduct Conservation and Management Activities and Authorize General Conservation and Management Activities by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Divisions of Aquatic Resources & Forestry and Wildlife.

K. OFFICE OF CONSERVATION AND COASTAL LANDS

1. Request for Administrative Fines and Other Penalties Against Kuaehu Condominium, including Unit Owners Leland V Wigington Jr and David W West, for Conservation District Enforcement Case KA 21-12 regarding Alleged Permit Noncompliance, Construction of Shoreline Erosion Control Device, and Encroachment Upon State Land Located Makai of 4880 and 4888 Aliomanu Road, Tax Map Key (TMK): (4) 4-9-004:004. [Testimony – 10/6, 10/8]

The Board may go into Executive Session pursuant to Section 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in order to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.

2. Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) OA-3984 by the Department of Accounting and General Services Office of Enterprise and Technology Services (ETS) for the ETS Round Top Radio Tower Upgrade Project located at 3286 Round Top Drive, Makiki, Island of O’ahu, Tax Map Keys (TMKs): (1) 2-5-019:003 & 011.