Reid Ginoza at 18:57, 4 June 2006

2006-06-04T18:57:52Z

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2006-03-10T22:50:21Z

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4. The eligibility lists,
containing over 7,000 applicants'
names, need to be verified and
additional procedures to remove
applicants from the lists need to be
considered. DHHL does not have
current addresses for a large number
of applicants and attempts to contact
individuals have not been successful.
Many applicants, when offered a
homestead lease, defer their right
until sometime later for various
reasons. There is no limit on how
many times an applicant may defer an
award, yet the applicants retain their
place (ranking) on the list. For
example, DHHL recently (1981-1982)
screened 1,000 applicants for awarding
230 lots on Oahu. Of the 1,000
applicants, 87 requested that their
award be deferred, the notification
letters for 371 applicants were
returned undelivered, and 10
applicants were deceased. Names are
removed from the list only at the
request of the applicant. If a person
dies, their ranking on the list is
assigned to their designated qualified
native Hawaiian heirs.
The DHHL has not notified applicants
who filed since June 1981
whether their applications have been
approved. And, DHHL has not established
an accountability system to
assure that all applications are
accounted for or that some
applications have not been lost.
5. Revocable permits have been
continued when general leases would be
more appropriate. The permits should
be used only for temporary use of land
but at least two revocable permits
have continued for lonq periods of
time.
We are recommending actions to be
taken by the DHHL to resolve the
immediate problems or other matters,
discussed in the report and
highlighted herein, where we believe
that positive action is both necessary
and feasible, reqardless of basic
long-term program decisions. We have
not generally addressed basic issues
such as (1) solutions to the problems
of money or other resources for
carrying out Home lands program
objectives, (2) whether any changes
should be made in the program policies
in order to achieve program objectives
in an accelerated manner, or (3) the
appropriate role, if any, to be played
by the Federal establishment, specifically
the Department of the
Interior, in accomplishing the
purposes of the Act. However, we have
suggested that consideration be given
to revising the residential program
policies in order to reduce the
financial requirements of this
program.
The Governor, State of Hawaii,
provided comments on a draft of this
report to the Under Secretary of the
Department of the Interior. These
comments are included as an appendix
to this report. The Governor stated
that generally the draft is accurate
in its description of the problems
facing the Commission and DHHL.
However, the Governor stated that the
basic and essential issue of whether
the Department of the Interior has
adequately executed its trust
responsibilities was not addressed.
And, therefore, the Governor proposed
that the "recently created Federal-
State Task Force on the HHCA" cover
the roles and responsibilities of each
involved entity in its final and
comprehensive study with detailed
recommendatiors to resolve the
problems in a cooperative manner.
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 assigned to their designated qualified
 native Hawaiian heirs.
 The DHHL has not notified applicants
 who filed since June 1981
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 accounted for or that some
 applications have not been lost.
 . Revocable permits have been
 continued when general leases would be
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 be used only for temporary use of land
 but at least two revocable permits
-have continued for lonq periods of
+have continued for long periods of
 time.
 We are recommending actions to be
 taken by the DHHL to resolve the
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 highlighted herein, where we believe
 that positive action is both necessary
-and feasible, reqardless of basic
+and feasible, regardless of basic
 long-term program decisions. We have
 not generally addressed basic issues
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 financial requirements of this
 program.
 The Governor, State of Hawaii,
 provided comments on a draft of this
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 recommendatiors to resolve the
 problems in a cooperative manner.
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