STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1457

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 560

 

 

 

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. 560, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission

 

G.M. No. 560

COLETTE Y. P. MACHADO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statements submitted by the nominee, and finds Colette Y.P. Machado to have the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission.

 

Testimony in support of the nomination was submitted by two state agencies, one state commission, and two public citizens.  Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

Ms. Machado received her Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  She is presently employed as the President and Executive Director of Ke Kuaaina Hanauna Hou and a Trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs representing Molokai and Lanai.  Ms. Machado satisfies the requirement that a member represent the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 

 

Ms. Machado serves on the Molokai Action Team, is President of the Molokai Hawaiian Academy of Knowledge, and is a member of Hui Alaloa Inc. and Phi Lambda Theta-Beta Zeta Chapter, Honor Sorority for Professional Women in Education. 

 

Her involvement with the preservation of Kahoolawe is extensive.  Ms. Machado has been a member of Protect Kahoolawe Ohana since 1980 and is a Board Director and Treasurer for the Protect Kahoolawe Fund.  She served as a member and Chair of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission from 1994 to 2005.  Ms. Machado possesses the institutional knowledge of the negotiated agreements between the United States Navy and the State, experience with the fiscal and administrative history, and the qualifications to return to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve 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