Land Board Submittals – 03/27/26 | Department of Land and Natural Resources

Land Board Submittals – 03/27/26

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

DATE: March 27, 2026

TIME: 9:00 A.M.

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

Meeting ID: 833 5322 5906
ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83353225906
LIVE STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/live/W448jLE8cuk

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://www.youtube.com/live/W448jLE8cuk

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
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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.

NOTE: Agenda Items may be taken out of order.

A. MINUTES

1. Approval of February 27, 2026 Meeting Minutes.

B. DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT

1. Amend prior board action of May 13, 2022, to delegate authority to the chairperson to negotiate and sign facility use agreements and memorandum of agreements with DOCARE Training Academy Program partners, for the use of any agreements with any federal or government agency, state and county, for the use of the Hawaii Convention Center, Aloha Stadium facilities, and the University of Hawaii for educational support and use of the Marine Education and Training Center, that is necessary to conduct the DOCARE Training Academy Program for entry level Conservation And Resources Enforcement Officer I positions, from July 11, 2022 to March 31, 2023, and for future training academies.

The purpose of this amendment is to clarify that the Board also delegates authority to the Chairperson to negotiate and enter into agreements with federal, state, and county agencies, for the use of their facilities for the DOCARE Training Academy program.

C. DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE

1. Request for approval to authorize the Chairperson to negotiate, execute, amend, extend, and terminate a Memorandum of Agreement between the State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and the Big Island Mountain Bike Association for Park Management and Maintenance at Kūlanihākoʻi Mountain Bike Park within Waiākea Forest Reserve, Waiākea, South Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island, Tax Map Key: (3) 2-4-008:022.

2. Authorize the Chairperson to negotiate, sign, amend, execute, and extend Mutual Aid Agreements with federal and county agencies pursuant to Chapter 185, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for Cooperative Fire Protection and Wildland Fire Suppression.

3. (1) Approve five grants of available funds from the Fiscal Year 2026 Land Conservation Fund—totaling up to $7,000,000, as requested in applications to the Fiscal Year 2026 Legacy Land Conservation Program and awarded in the order ranked by the Legacy Land Conservation Commission—for the acquisition of interests and rights in specific parcels of land having value as a resource to the state (total area approximately 706 acres), subject to standard conditions, and including contingencies for redistributing unaccepted, non-encumbered, or unexpended funds from a fiscal year 2026 grant award to one fiscal year 2026 grant approved for initial, partial funding (Item (1)E. below):

a. Save Honolua Coalition, up to $2,021,500 (full funding) for the acquisition of approximately 170.913 acres at District of Lahaina, Island of Maui (Honolua Bay), Tax Map Key Numbers (2) 4-1-001:019, (2) 4-2-001:044, and (2) 4-2- 004:032, with a conservation easement held by the County of Maui or other suitable entities.

b. Hui Wa‘a O Moloka‘i, up to $318,750 (full funding) for the acquisition of approximately 23.792 acres at District of Molokai, Island of Molokai (Malama Kaunakahakai), Tax Map Key Number (2) 5-3-005:006, with a conservation easement held by the County of Maui or other suitable entities.

c. KHM International, up to $1,050,000 (full funding) for the acquisition of approximately 7.193 acres at District of Molokai, Island of Molokai (Kalokoeli Shoreline), Tax Map Key Numbers (2) 5-4-005:001, :002, :003, :004, :005, :006, :007, :008, :009, :011, and :044, with a conservation easement held by the County of Maui or other suitable entities.

d. DLNR-Division of Forestry and Wildlife, up to $3,010,000 (full funding) for the acquisition of approximately 542 acres at District of Hana, Island of Maui (East Maui Coastal Forest), Tax Map Key Numbers (2) 1-2-001:001 (por.), :027, and :045, and (2) 1-2-003:002 and :018, with a grant of exemption for any easement required pursuant to section 173A-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

e. Ke Ao Hali‘i, up to $4,054,900 (with initial, partial funding of up to $600,000) for the acquisition of approximately 115.576 acres at District of Hana, Island of Maui (Haneoo Aina), Tax Map Key Numbers (2) 1-4-007:005, :011, :012, :019, :020, :021, :022, and :033, with a conservation easement held by Hawaiian Islands Land Trust or other suitable entities.

(2) For each grant approved under item (1) above, exempt the award of state funds from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment, under Chapter 343 Hawaii Revised Statutes and Chapter 11- 200.1, Hawaii Administrative Rules.

(3) Authorize the Department to proceed with all due diligence and negotiations necessary to carry out the Fiscal Year 2026 Land Conservation Program grants and acquisitions approved by the Board and the Governor.

D. LAND DIVISION