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Allow 30-45 days from the date of purchase to receive your bonus points. Offer is open to personal accounts only and is subject to credit approval. FHIB-14434 R1_9.25x11.indd 1 12/3/07 3:23:40 PM aupuni • goveRnMenT PePeluali2008 | The properties in the Breakthrough in ceded lands settlement include: dispute up for legislative approval By Crystal Kua Board of Trustees Director of Communications Kewalo Basin n historic agreement struck between the Office Area of detail Haunani Apoliona, MSW Chairperson, Trustee, At-large Aof Hawaiian Affairs and O‘ahu the State Administration to settle Tel: 808.594.1886 ceded land revenue claims dat- Fax: 808.594.1875 ing back 30 years is now in the A portion of Kaka‘ako Email: [email protected] Makai hands of the state Legislature for Kewalo An 18.5 acre propertyBasin zoned for John D. Waihe‘e IV approval. commercial and mixed use in urban Vice Chair, Trustee, At-large Under the settlement announced Honolulu that includes the site of Area of detail by Gov. Linda Lingle and OHA the John Dominis Restaurant. The Tel: 808.594.1838 parcelArea would of detail remain underO‘ahu the juris- O‘ahu Fax: 808.594.0208 Chairperson Haunani Apoliona diction of the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority Kewaloand as part Email: [email protected] on Jan. 18, OHA will receive a Basin mix of land and cash valued at of the agreement, another seat would be proposed to be added to the Rowena Akana $200 million to settle the question Area of detail OHA Trustees, Gov. Linda Lingle and others gather in the governor’s office for the announced HCDA board and that person would Trustee, At-large be nominated by OHA.O‘ahu of how much revenue remained ceded lands deal. - Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom in “dispute” following the partial Tel: 808.594.1860 Fax: 808.594.0209 settlement on revenues to OHA in Area of detail Email: [email protected] 1993. The question of how much four state administrations back to approved by the OHA Board of O‘ahu revenue remained to be paid stems the formation of OHA. Trustees, is driven by the objective Donald B. Cataluna from disputes between 1978 and Also part of the settlement, the of protecting and preserving our Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau 2008. minimum amount of proceeds lands and their cultural signifi- Tel: 808.594.1881 “It’s fair to OHA, it’s reason- OHA would receive from the pub- cance while creating financially Area of detail Fax: 808.594.0211 able for taxpayers and it’s the lic land trust would be fixed at viable property investments,” O‘ahu Email: [email protected] right thing to do,” Gov. Lingle $15.1 million going forward. Apoliona said. Area of detail told reporters during a news con- “The settlement today is just, As part of an effort to educate Robert K. Lindsey Jr. ference. “It’s a fulfillment of an fair and reasonable for all the peo- the public about the ceded lands Trustee, Hawai‘i Hawai‘i obligation that we have had since ple of the State of Hawai‘i, and, issue, OHA produced a one-hour Tel: 808.594.1855 statehood and then specifically in my view, clearly for the benefi- live broadcast on KITV, “Ceded Kalaeloa Makai Fax: 808.594.1883 This property, the site of the with OHA since 1978.” ciaries of the Office of Hawaiian Lands: The People’s Legacy,” former Campbell feedlot in West Email: [email protected] The parties reached a settle- affairs,” Attorney General Mark which featured University of O‘ahu, includes 110 acres of indus- ment on the amount owed to OHA Bennett said. “This is not … a Hawai‘i professors Davianna trial-zoned property in Kalaeloa with Walter M. Heen the highest solar energy potential on Trustee, O‘ahu after four and a half years of nego- matter of an option for the state. It McGregor and Jon Van Dyke, and the Areaisland of whichdetail is another possible tiations and mediation. is a matter of a legal requirement Apoliona, Meheula and Scheuer. sustainable use of that parcel. Tel: 808.594.1854 “OHA and the executive branch embodied in our constitution.” OHA commissioned Ward Hawai‘i Fax: 808.594.0210 have achieved mutual agreement OHA Attorney William Meheula Research to conduct a poll of Email: [email protected] to resolve these disputed issues. said during the press conference: Hawai‘i residents on the questions And we are now joined together, to “I think we intelligently came up of back-due payment owed to Area of detail Colette Y. Machado request that the 2008 Legislature with a resolution that I think is OHA over ceded land revenues. Trustee, Moloka‘i and La¯na‘i Hawai‘i enact a statute to implement this going to be long-lasting.” More than two-thirds polled Tel: 808.594.1837 agreement,” Chair Apoliona said. “The focus, first of all, was not (68%) by Ward Research believe Fax: 808.594.0212 The land parcels in the settle- only on properties that could be the Legislature should approve a Email: [email protected] ment include commercial and developed in a culturally sound settlement that both the state and industrial properties on O‘ahu and way but also on producing out- OHA have agreed to. Boyd P. Mossman Hawai‘i Island totaling 209 acres. standing revenues that can be put When told that OHA and the Trustee, Maui The state will also pay OHA just into beneficiary programs,” OHA state have been negotiating for Tel: 808.594.1858 over $13 million in cash. Land Management Hale Director years on a fair amount for back- Fax: 808.594.1864 This settlement completes reso- Jonathan Likelike Scheuer told due payment, 45 percent of those Hilo Kahua Email: [email protected] lution of the “disputed revenue reporters. polled said the state should pay This 80-acre resort/hotel-zoned property that includes hotels, condos Oz Stender issues” that were not completed The land transfers in this settle- what is legally owed, 38 percent and a golf course along Banyan Trustee, At-large by the partial settlement between ment will add to OHA’s recent said the state should pay whatever Drive is home to 80 percent of the the State and OHA in 1993. The purchase of Waimea Valley on it can, and only 8% favored pay- hotel units in East Hawai‘i Island. Tel: 808.594.1877 long-standing disputes related to O‘ahu’s North Shore and Wao ing nothing. Fax: 808.594.1853 payment of ceded lands revenues Kele O Puna on Hawai‘i Island. For further information on Email: [email protected] to OHA have involved the state “OHA’s Real Estate Vision, the settlement, visit the OHA Courts, the state Legislature and Mission and Strategy Policy, as web site at www.oha.org. | PePeluali2008 aupuni • goveRnMenT KWO caught up with Native Hawaiians at the opening day of the Legislature and asked: What is the No. 1 issue you would like ‘Sustainable’‘Sustainable’ lawmakers to address this session? Wallace Ishibashi Jr. Hundreds International Longshore & Warehouse SSEEssssIONION Union Local 142, business agent rally to Hilo protect kalo Our workman’s comp issue is one of the big ones, protecting the workers, protecting our presumption from genetic clause, in which it is presumed under the law currently that if you modification get hurt it did happen on the job. We’re one of the few states that BEGINBEGINSS have that presumption clause. Maile Hallums Nä Küpuna o Wai‘anae, member Nänäkuli The proposed Native Hawaiian Child Welfare Act is being reintroduced this year by Rep.