STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1552

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 524, 525, 619, 715

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 524, 525, 619, and 715, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

King Kamehameha Celebration Commission

 

G.M. No. 524

LU ANN LANKFORD-FABORITO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 525

MELISSIA MAE SUGAI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014;

 

G.M. No. 619

KAINOA DAINES,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014; and

 

G.M. No. 715

ELMER KAAI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

LU ANN LANFORD-FABORITO

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Lu Ann Lankford-Faborito from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, King Kamehameha Celebration Commission, and five individuals.  The Department of Accounting and General Services testified that section 8-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires one member of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission to be a member of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and that Ms. Lankford-Faborito is such a member.

 

     Ms. Lankford-Faborito is the Controller and Administrator of Latigo Construction, Inc., and Latigo Ranch, LLC.  Ms. Lankford-Faborito is a volunteer with the Hawaii Food Bank, Kawaihao Church Homeless Outreach Program, Hawaii Women's Rodeo Association, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, and Makaha Hawaiian Civic Club.  Ms. Lankford-Faborito served as the Chairperson of the 2013 Prince Kuhio Commemorative Parade and has participated in or supported the King Kamehameha Festival in various capacities for almost twenty years.  She currently serves as a member of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission.

 

MELISSIA MAE SUGAI

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Melissia Mae Sugai from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Mayor of Kauai County, and six individuals.  The Department of Accounting and General Services testified that section 8-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that one member of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission be from the island of Kauai, and that Ms. Sugai is a resident of Kauai.

 

     Ms. Sugai works as a Project Administrator with Unlimited Construction Services, Inc., and as a show supervisor at Smith's Tropical Paradise, where she coordinates and oversees the production of the Ethnic Cultural Show.  Ms. Sugai has been a past board member of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission and is presently serving as an interim member of the Commission.  In the past, Ms. Sugai has also participated in the King Kamehameha parade as a Pau rider.

 

KAINOA DAINES

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of

Kainoa Daines from the Department of Accounting and General Services and two individuals.  The Department of Accounting and General Services testified that section 8-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that one member of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission be a member of the Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association, and that Mr. Daines is such a member.

 

     Mr. Daines is the Director of Sales for the Oahu Visitors Bureau and Hawaiian Cultural Advisor of the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau.  Mr. Daines is a member of the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, Hawaii Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association, Hawaii Business Travel Association, Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association, and Kamehameha Alumni Networking Association.  Mr. Daines currently serves as a Vice-President of the Oahu Region of the Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association.  In 2009, Mr. Daines served as Chairperson of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission, and has served as the Chairperson of the King Kamehameha Parade for the past three years.

 

ELMER KAAI

 

     Your committee received testimony in support of Elmer Kaai from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and twelve individuals.  The Department of Accounting and General Services testified that section 8-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that one member of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission be a member of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, and that Mr. Kaai is such a member.

 

     Mr. Kaai is a legislative liaison coordinator for the University of Hawaii, Manoa.  Mr. Kaai has worked for the Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands, Hawaii State Legislature, and in various capacities in private law firms in Hawaii.  Mr. Kaai is a member of the Royal Order of Kamehameha, Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, Kuini Piolani Hawaiian Civic Club, Democratic Party of Hawaii, and Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce.  He is currently the Chairperson of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing 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 Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair