Department of Land and Natural Resources

Land Board Submittals – 02/14/25

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

DATE: February 14, 2025

TIME: 9:00 A.M.

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

Meeting ID: 840 5522 8829
ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88525109614
LIVE STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65w9eHeJnHc

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/watch?v=65w9eHeJnHc

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: blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov. 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: 840 5522 8829 and follow the prompts.

To Provide Video/Zoom Testimony
Please send your request in a timely manner to: blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov 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 blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov 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 January 10, 2025, Summary Meeting Minutes
2. Approval of January 24, 2025, Summary Meeting Minutes

D. LAND DIVISION

1. Issuance of a Right of Entry Permit to Jeffrey S. Lindner, Permittee, for the Capping of the Moloaa Well and Removal of Pipelines and Transmission Facility Installed by Permittee, Papaa, Moloaa, Kawaihau, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 4-9-001:001 (por.).

2. Consent to Mortgage, General Lease No. S-5162, DHL Mahi Opco, LLC, Lessee, Lalamilo, South Kohala, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 6-9-001:017. [Testimony – 2/13, 2/14]

3. Amend Perpetual Grant of Non-Exclusive Easement under Land Office Deed No. S-29157, Hawaiian Telcom Services Company, Inc., Grantee; Makaha and Keaau, Waianae, Oahu, TMK: (1) 8-4-001:seaward of 019 (formerly known as (1) 8-4-001:seaward of 012).

The purposes of the amendment are to increase the easement area and consideration due to the State and to replace the existing map and description attached to the easement with a revised map and description showing the increased area of the amendment are to increase the easement area and consideration due to the State and to replace the existing map and description attached to the easement with a revised map and description showing the increased area.

4. Issuance of Right-of-Entry Permit to Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Branch, for Access for Little Fire Ant Survey and Associated Mitigation Measures Purposes; Waimanalo, Koolaupoko, Oahu, Tax Map Keys (1) 4-1-010:001. [Testimony – 2/13]

E. DIVISION OF STATE PARKS (SP)

1. Authorize the Construction of a Comfort Station, Septic System Improvements, and Associated Improvements at the Parking Lot at Hāʻena State Park, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: TMK: (4) 5-9-008:001, by Hui Makaʻāinana o Makana. The link to the EIS: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dsp/files/2018/05/FEIS-BLNR-with-Appendices.pdf [Testimony – 2/11, 2/13]

J. DIVISION OF BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION (DOBOR)

1. Consent to Sublease Under Harbor Lease No. H-70-14, Keehi Marine, Inc. (“Keehi Marine”), Lessee, PDF, INC. dba Pacific Diversified Finishes, a Hawaii Corporation, Sublessee, Ke’ehi Small Boat Harbor, Kalihi, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (1) 1-2-023:030.