STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1372

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 559, 731

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 559 and 731, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Island Burial Council, Island of O‘ahu

 

G.M. No. 559

CHARLES ANDREW EHRHORN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015; and

 

G.M. No. 731

JONATHAN L. SCHEUER,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015 (Term amended to 6-30-2014 by GM780);

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Charles Andrew Ehrhorn and Jonathan L. Scheuer to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Island Burial Council, Island of Oahu.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Charles Andrew Ehrhorn from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Aukahi.

 

     Charles Andrew Ehrhorn is a Consultant with C&J Land Planning, LLC, which provides land and site planning and design review services for a variety of clients.  He is a Registered Architect with a background in land planning, site planning, and urban design, as well as resort and recreational development housing, and commercial site analysis.  Prior to his current position, Mr. Ehrhorn was Asset Manager - Resort and Residential Property and a Land Planning Coordinator/Manager with the Campbell Estate for over twenty years.  He is a graduate of the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Architecture and holds a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University.  Mr. Ehrhorn is active in numerous professional and civic organizations, including the Honolulu Chapter and the Hawaii Council of the American Institute of Architects, and is a past member of the Oahu Island Burial Council.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jonathan L. Scheuer from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Aukahi, Hawaiian Islands Land Trust, Conservation Council for Hawaii, Kuiwalu, and three individuals.

 

     Jonathan L. Scheuer is a private consultant specializing in conflict resolution in conservation, land acquisition, and public policy, and the intersection of these areas with Native Hawaiian concerns, and has extensive writing and speaking experience in public processes, the media, and higher education.  He has also worked for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as Director of Land Management and Policy Analyst and for Kamehameha Schools as a Land Assets Division Land Evaluation Coordinator.  Dr. Scheuer is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Studies.  He also holds a Masters in Environmental Studies from Yale University.  Dr. Scheuer is the author of numerous publications and presentations and is active in community service, including serving as a Board member of the Oahu Land Trust and as Director of Malama o Manoa.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair