Department of Land and Natural Resources

Land Board Submittals – 07/11/25

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

DATE: July 11, 2025

TIME: 9:00 A.M.

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

Meeting ID: 879 9841 1046
ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87998411046
LIVE STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/live/BFHQM4Pvfc8

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/BFHQM4Pvfc8

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: 879 9841 1046 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 C-1 – Withdrawn at the request of the petitioner (7/10/25)

A. MINUTES

1. Approval of June 13, 2025 Summary Minutes
2. Approval of June 27, 2025 Summary Minutes

C. DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE

1. Deny Request for a Contested Case Hearing filed by Petitioner E Pa‘a Ka‘u for the Action Approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) at its Meeting held April 25, 2025, under Agenda Item C-1:

(1) Approve five grants of available funds from the fiscal year 2025 land conservation fund for the acquisition of interests and rights in specific parcels of land having value as a resource to the state (total area approximately 2,711 acres) …

B. The Nature Conservancy, up to $2,000,000 (full funding) for the acquisition of approximately 1,916.058 acres at District of Ka‘ū, Island of Hawai‘i (Hīlea), Tax Map Key Number (3) 9-5-018:001, with a grant of exemption for any easement required pursuant to Section 173A-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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

[Withdrawn by petitioner – 7/10/25]

2. Request for authorization to temporarily close a portion of the Hau‘ula Forest Reserve, including hunting Unit C and A Section of the Ma‘akua Ridge-Papali Trail, to contain and eradicate little fire ants (Wasmannia Auropunctata).

D. LAND DIVISION

1. Quitclaim of State’s Interests, if Any, in a Portion of Kenolio Road to the County of Maui, Kaonoulu, Kihei, Maui, Tax Map Key: (2) 3-9-048 (roadway).

2. Authorize Chairperson to Sign the Unilateral Agreement and Declaration of Conditions for State Land Use District Boundary Amendment relating to General Lease No. S-5548, Hana Health, a Hawai`i nonprofit corporation, formerly known as Hana Community Health Center, Inc., Lessee, Kawaipapa, Hana, Maui, Tax Map Keys: (2) 1-4-003:022 and 024.

3. Denial of Petition for Contested Case Hearing filed by the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation on behalf of Na Moku Aupuni O Ko’olau Hui on December 19, 2024, Regarding Agenda Item D-9, Approved as Amended on December 13, 2024: Issuance of Revocable Permit to Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. and East Maui Irrigation Company, LLC for the Development, Diversion, and Use of Surface Water for Diversified Agriculture, Currently Existing Historical Industrial and Non-Agricultural Uses, Reservoir, Fire Protection, Hydroelectric, and County of Maui Department of Water Supply and Kula Agricultural Park Purposes on the Island of Maui; Tax Map Keys: (2) 1-1-001:044 and 050, 1-1-002:002 (por.), 1-2-004:005 & 007, 2-9-014:001, 005, 011, 012 & 017. [Testimony – 7/8, 7/9, 7/10, 7/11]

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

4. Issuance of Right-of-Entry Permit for One (1) Day to Point One Vision for the Oahu Pentathlon Swim, Run, Paddle, Bike, Carry, and Bike Race Event to Take Place on August 9, 2025, at Castles Beach, Kailua, Oahu, Tax Map Key: (1) 4-3-083: seaward of 016 and Kokololio Beach, Hauula, Oahu, Tax Map Key (1) 5-5-001: seaward of 002.

5. Amendment of Grant of Non-Exclusive Easement No. S-5164 to Henry Albert Mohrschladt for Seawall and Loose Rock Wall for Landscaping Purposes; Paumalu, Koolauloa, Oahu, Tax Map Key: (1) 5-9-001: portion of 038. The purpose of amending the document is to (1) insert a provision allowing the easement to be appurtenant to and inure to the benefit of the private real property identified as Tax Map Key: (1) 5-9-001:026, CPR No. 0002; (2) updating the insurance provision to meet the current requirements.

6. Amend Prior Board Action of June 14, 2024, Item D-4, Request for Mutual Cancellation of Grant of Non-Exclusive Easement No. 5476 to Andrea Mapuna Peters, also known as Andrea Mapuana Peters, Grantee; Waimanalo, Koolaupoko, Oahu; Tax Map Key: (1) 4- 1-007: adjacent to 065.
The purpose of the amendment is to remove the requirement for the grantee to sign the mutual termination agreement.

7. Amend Prior Board Action of August 28, 2020, Item D- 10; Amend Grant of Non- Exclusive Easement No. S-5669 for Seawall Purposes, Bank of Hawaii as Trustees for the Tsugio Ueyama Revocable Living Trust dated July 10, 2001 and the Jane N Ueyama Revocable Living Trust dated July 10, 2001, and Lynn M. Wong, Grantees, Wailupe, Honolulu, Oahu, TMK (1) 3-6-003: seaward of 015.

The purpose of this amendment is to increase the easement area by 16 square feet.