STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1789

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: GOV. MSG. NOS. 478, 479, 480

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 478, 479, and 480, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission

G.M. No. 478

NOA EMMETT ALULI,

for a term to expire 06-30-2009;

G.M. No. 479

MILTON M. ARAKAWA,

for a term to expire 06-30-2007; and

G.M. No. 480

JOHN D. WAIHEE IV,

For a term to expire 06-30-2009,

beg leave to report as follows:

NOA EMMETT ALULI earned Bachelor of Science degrees from Marquette University and a medical degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Aluli works at Molokai General Hospital, the Molokai Family Health Center, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Hawaii in the Department of Native Hawaiian Health. Dr. Aluli has served as Chairman of the Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission since 2002 and was also the Vice Chair of the Kaho`olawe Island Conveyance Commission from 1991-1993 which was charged by Congress to report on the conditions for the return of Kaho`olawe to the State of Hawaii. In addition, Dr. Aluli is a founding member of the Protect Kaho`olawe Ohana and the Protect Kaho`olawe Fund and has actively supervised and monitored important archaeological, hydrological, biological, marine, and ordinance clearance sites on Kaho`olawe.

Testimony in support of Dr. Aluli was submitted by the Protect Kaho`olawe Ohana, the Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission, and two individuals.

Your Committees find that Dr. Aluli's extensive experience, knowledge, and familiarity with Kaho`olawe, which stretches back twenty-five years, makes him qualified to serve on this Commission.

MILTON M. ARAKAWA earned bachelor's and masters' degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Since 2001, Mr. Arakawa has served first as the Deputy Director and now the Director of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Management for the County of Maui.

Testimony in support of Mr. Arakawa was submitted by the Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission, the Director of Council Services for the County of Maui, and two individuals.

Your Committees find that Mr. Arakawa's extensive background and experience as a planner both at the county and state levels, including early consulting work for Maui County in developing a Kaho`olawe community plan, makes him qualified to serve on this Commission.

JOHN D. WAIHEE IV currently serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). Mr. Waihee has been an OHA Trustee since 2001 and has chaired the Committees on Policy and Planning as well as Program Management.

Testimony in support of Mr. Waihee was submitted by the Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Protect Kaho`olawe Ohana.

Your Committees find that Mr. Waihee's active involvement and interest in Native Hawaiian issues makes him qualified to serve on this Commission in the position designated for a representative of OHA.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees, 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 recommend that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair