Department of Land and Natural Resources

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

DATE:             May 22, 2026

          TIME:              9:00 a.m.

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

Meeting ID: 825 0233 1886

ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82502331886

LIVE STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/live/Vp2lzi4qGf0

 

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, Hawaii Revised Statutes (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/Vp2lzi4qGf0

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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 May 8, 2026 Meeting Minutes.

 

C. DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE

1.     Approval to Enter into a Nondisturbance and Attornment Agreement; Agreement Regarding Distribution of Sales Proceeds; and Consent with Hookuaaina and the City and County of Honolulu to Facilitate Hookuaaina’s Acquisition of Approximately 116.49 Acres at Pālāwai, Koolaupoko District, Island of Oahu, Tax Map Key Nos. (1) 4-2-008:001 and (1) 4-2-007:043, Under a Fiscal Year 2023 Legacy Land Conservation Program Grant Award; and Authorization for the Chairperson to Negotiate and Execute the Agreement.

2.     Request for delegation of Authority to the Administrator of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife to negotiate and enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Health for rare and endangered native invertebrate emergency evacuation to Department of Health, Environmental Management Division Facilities, Tax Map Key (1) 9-7-025:001, Pearl City, Oahu

And

Request approval of Declaration of Exemption of the project from Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

3.     Request preliminary approval of the acquisition of private lands at Maunawili, Ko`olaupoko District, Island of Oahu, identified as Tax Map Key nos. (1) 4-2-006:010, (1) 009:002, and (1) 4-2-008:04.

And

Declare that the land acquisition is exempt from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment under Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Chapter 11-200, Hawaii Administrative Rules. [WITHDRAWN 05-19-2026]

 

D. LAND DIVISION

1.     Rescission of Prior Board Action of April 27, 2018, Item D-2, as Amended, Quitclaim of State’s Interests, if Any, in the Abandoned Government Roadway off Kynnersley Road, to the County of Hawaii, Nunulu Nui, North Kohala, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 5-4-001: 005; and

Quitclaim Sale of Remnant (Abandoned Government Roadway) to Alice Leiomalama Solomon, as Trustee of the Alice Leiomalama Solomon Revocable Trust dated February 3, 2000, as amended, and Hulali Flora Solomon Covington and Robert Tredwell Covington, Trustees of that certain unrecorded Revocable Living Trust of Hulali Flora Solomon Covington and Robert Tredwell Covington dated March 8, 2021; Dowling Family 2000 Trust; and Marilynn Kanehailua, Raylynn Kanehailua, and Reymond Kanehailua, (collectively as “Applicants”) Kaauhuhu, North Kohala, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 5-4-001:005.

The reason for the rescission of the prior Board action and the request to convey the abandoned road to Applicants by way of quitclaim is that the County of Hawaii declined to accept the conveyance of the abandoned roadway after Board approval. The Applicants still desire to acquire the abandoned roadway in spite of the County’s decision not to accept the prior Board-approved conveyance.

[Testimony – 05/21] 2.     Issuance of Right-of-Entry Permit to Kaikeha, Inc. for 8th Annual Garden Island Boogie Board Classic, Prince Kuhio Beach and Centers Surf Breaks Poipu, Koloa, Kauai, Tax Map Keys: (4) 2-6-005: seaward of 026 and (4) 2-6-005: seaward of 010.

3.     Issuance of Revocable Permit and Immediate Right-of-Entry to The Vilcek Foundation, Inc. for Commercial Parking Lot Purposes, Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Tax Map Key: (1) 2-7-036: Portion of 079

4.     Issuance of a Month-to-Month Revocable Permit to Yamada Transfer, Inc., and Require Lessee to Post a Removal Bond Covering the Cost of Removing all Improvements from the Premises at the end of the Revocable Permit in the Event the Board Elects such Removal, Waiakea House Lots, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 2-2-037:089.

Non-Action Item: First Public Hearing on Potential Issuance of New Direct Lease to Yamada Transfer, Inc. for General Industrial Uses Allowed Under the Current County of Hawaii Zoning Code Purposes, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 2-2-037:089.

5.     Issuance of Immediate Right-of-Entry Permit for Access and Grant of Perpetual, Non-exclusive Easement to Tiffany Jane Parker and Cathleen Sheila Cooley, for Access and Utilities purposes Hanapepe, Waimea, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-9-012:037.

 

E. STATE PARKS

1.     Mutual Cancellation of General Lease No. SP0136, Ruth Elizabeth Piccard, Lot 22, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Kōkeʻe State Park, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:013.

2.     Consent to Assign General Lease No. SP0138 from Rick Ralston and Jim Romig to Rick Ralston, Lots 31 and 32, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Kōkeʻe State Park, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:019;

and

Approval to Amend the Lease to Correct the Termination Date to December 31, 2028.

3.     Consent to Assign General Lease No. SP0103 from Donn A. Carswell and Gale F. Carswell to Kelley Carswell-Haneberg, Karin Carswell Guest, and Christopher D. Carswell, Lot 61, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Kōkeʻe State Park, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:028;

and

Approval to Amend the Lease to Correct the Termination Date to December 31, 2028.

4.     Approval to Amend the Following General Leases to Correct the Termination Date to December 31, 2028:

SP0100, Gary Baldwin, Lots 17 and 18, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:038;

SP0101, Lucy Black, Benjamin Alexander and Mary Ann Lentz, Lot 6, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:028;

SP0102, Camp Kōkeʻe Corp., Lot 90, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:047;

SP0104, Kathryn Cassel, Lot 18, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:025;

SP0105, Joel Cavasso, Lot 4, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-003:014;

SP0108, Elizabeth Dunford, Lot 47, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:003;

SP0111, Michael Givens (Trustee), Lot 10, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:043;

SP0113, Kenneth and Catherine Harding, Lot 46, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:010;

SP0114, Frank O Hay, Lot 38, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:043;

SP0117, Bertha Kawakami and Gertrude Toma, Lot 61, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:061;

SP0118, Kocher Trust, Lot 7, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-003:005;

SP0120, Kōkeʻe Mountain House, Lot 89, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:054;

SP0121, Lealani Corporation, Lots 8 and 37, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:014;

SP0126, William and Jean Moragne, Lots 1, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:031;

SP0127, Stanley and Coleen Morinaka, Lot 89, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:085;

SP0128, Julia Nakaya, Lot 51, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:051;

SP0130, Corwin Acoba and Joanne Acoba, Lot 86, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:059;

SP0132, Warren Onishi, Lot 70, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:067;

SP0133, Rita Peeters, Lot 92, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:049;

SP0135, David Pratt, Dudley Pratt, Jean Wolff, Joan Pratt and Norman Wolff, Lot 7, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:029;

SP0137, Kevin Huff, Lot 65, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:036;

SP0139, Karl Ramirez and Linda Alimboyoguen-Ramirez, Lot 50, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-003:011;SP0142, Sheehan Family Ltd., Lot 13, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-003:008;

SP0143, Donald and Rosemary Smythe and Richard and Beverly Lavens, Lot 84, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:055;

SP0146, Robert Sweney, Lot 71, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:068;

SP0148, Edward and Vicky Taylor, Lot 85, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:058;

SP0150, Brent M. Olson and Karen E. Olson, Lot 20, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:027;

SP0151, Ruth Thomas, Lot 24, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:013;

SP0153, Phyllis Tokita and Francis P. Mission, Lot 72, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:069;

SP0154, Hale Poha LLC, Cecelia Williams, and Peter Baldwin, Lot 52, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-003:003;

SP0155, Waimea Garage, Lot 58, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:024;

SP0158, Gaylord and Carol Wilcox, Lot 54, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:012;

SP0160, James and Cynthia Wilson, Lot 43, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:008;

SP0165, Wayne and Deborah Jacintho, Lot 6, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-003:004;

SP0169, Kikiaola Land Co., Ltd., Lot 14, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-003:012;SP0170, Paulette Burtner, Lot 52, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:052;

SP0171, Malcolm Smith, Lot 93, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:050;

SP0172, Myrna Ing, Lot 78, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:075;

SP0174, Kapua O Ka Maile Janai, Lot 62, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:062;

SP0176, Rodney and Debbie Hoeme, Lots 20 and 21, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:035;

SP0177, Roy and Aileen Nitta, Carol Sakai and Wayne and Edith Sakai, Lot 25, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:14;

SP0179, Kenneth Wood, Lot 19, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:026;

SP0180, Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Lot 54, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:054;

SP0182, Kumuwela Inc., Lot 30, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:020;

SP0183, David and Linda Sproat, Lots 60 and 63, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:001;

SP0184, Bert S. Agor and Vicki E. Agor, Lot 30, Kōkeʻe Camp Site Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-004:020;

SP0185, Sabra Kauka, Lot 50, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:035;

SP0187, Eleanor Snyder, Lot 16, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:021;and

SP0188, Susan Sta yton, Kay Doty and Craig Millet, Lot 30, Puu Ka Pele Park Lots, Waimea (Kona), Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 1-4-002:022. [WITHDRAWN 05-21-2026]

 

F. DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES

1.     Request Approval for a Federally Funded Project Agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) for the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Research Project Entitled “Investigation of Hawaiian Estuaries.”

2.     Request Approval to Enter into a Project Agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) for the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Research Project Entitled “Statewide Marine Resource Monitoring and Outreach.”

3.     Request Approval to Enter into a Project Agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) for the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Research Project Entitled “Hawaii Marine Recreational Fishing Survey.”

4.     Request Approval to Enter into a Federally Funded Project Agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) for the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Research Project Entitled “Waiakea Public Fishing Area (PFA) Fishery Monitoring and Enhancement.”

5.     Request Approval to Add Funding and Extend Through September 30, 2027 an Existing Federally Funded Project Agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) for the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Research Project Entitled “Community-Based Monitoring Hui Expansion”

6.     Request Approval to Add Funding and Extend Through September 30, 2027 an Existing Federally Funded Project Agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) for the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Research Project Entitled “Limu Aquaculture and Bio-Banking.”

7.     Request Approval for a State-Funded Project Agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the University of Hawai‘i for “Building Laboratory and Technical Capacity for Cooperative Research Between the Hawaiʻi Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and Hawaiʻi Division of Aquatic Resources” in Support of the Division of Aquatic Resources’ Management Goals.

 

H. ADMIN

1.     Request For Approval to Reappoint Bin C. Li and Appoint Charles R. Taylor and William J. Wynhoff as Administrative Hearing Officers for the Civil Resource Violations System (CRVS) of The Department for a Term of Two Years.