STAND. COM. REP. NO. 465

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 375

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 375, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Natural Area Reserve System Commission

 

G.M. No. 375

REBECCA R. ALAKAI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Rebecca R. Alakai to have the necessary qualifications to be nominated to the Natural Area Reserve System Commission.

 

     Testimony in support of the nomination of Rebecca R. Alakai was submitted by one state agency and two public citizens.  Testimony in opposition was submitted by one public citizen.  Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Ms. Alakai received her Bachelor's degree in Zoology and her Master's degree in Geography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Ms. Alakai has served as a member of the Forest Stewardship Advisory Committee and the Hawaii Forestry and Communities Initiative.  During her ten years of employment as a Water Planner and Resource Management Specialist with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, she assisted in setting native Hawaiian water rights and worked on a breadth of projects including engineering and drainage plans, rate setting, residential and commercial property development, and forest and invasive species projects.  Ms. Alakai is presently employed as the senior Planner for the Office of Environmental Quality Control with the Department of Health.  She is currently serving her first term on the Natural Area Reserve System Commission.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair