STAND. COM. REP. NO. 490

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 368, 371

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 368 and 371, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Harbors Modernization Group

 

G.M. No. 368

EDWARD W. ENOS JR.,

for a term to expire 6-30-2010; and

 

G.M. No. 371

GARY J. NORTH,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012,

 

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Edward W. Enos, Jr., from the Department of Transportation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Aloha Tower Development Corporation; Matson Navigation Company; Amergent Techs; Hawaii Superferry; and Rosehill and Associates. 

 

     Edward W. Enos, Jr., received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nautical Industrial Technology from the California Maritime Academy.  He is currently a Hawaii State Harbor Pilot and Vice‑President of the Hawaii Pilots Association.  Mr. Enos has served in the United States Navy and the United States Merchant Marines Reserve.  The nominee holds a First Class Pilot License, Deep-Draft Commercial Harbors, State of Hawaii.  Mr. Enos has been a member of the Hawaii Pilots Association since 1994.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Gary J. North from the Department of Transportation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Aloha Tower Development Corporation; International Longshore and Warehouse Union; Hawaii Superferry; Matson Navigation Company; Tesoro Hawaii Corporation; Ameron Hawaii; Aloha Cargo Transport; Maui County Farm Bureau; Hawaii Farm Bureau; Hawaiian Cement; and Young Brothers, Limited.  

 

Gary J. North received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Brigham Young University Hawaii.  He is also a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Program for Senior Executives.  Mr. North is retired from being the Vice President, Pacific, of Matson Navigation Company, Inc., and President of Matson Terminals, Inc., where he was employed since 1967, with a break in service for a period with United States Lines from 1977 to 1987.  The nominee is an original member of the Hawaii Harbor Users Group (HHUG). 

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental 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 Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

 

 

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair