STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3505

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 693

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 693, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation

 

G.M. No. 693

PAUL KYNO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2018,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Paul Kyno to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Paul Kyno from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; and five individuals.

 

     Mr. Kyno founded the Kauai Housing Development Corporation, a local nonprofit organization that specializes in affordable and special needs housing development.  As the Executive Director of the Corporation, he was able to bring about the completion of the Lihue Theater Elderly Housing project and the Hale Kupuna housing project in Kalaheo.  Mr. Kyno has served on the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation Board of Directors since 2011.  He is also a member of the Kauai Board of REALTORS and Kauai Disaster Fund, and previously served as the State's representative on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle's Affordable Housing Advisory Council.

 

     Mr. Kyno indicated in his personal statement that because of his private sector experience in planning and building affordable housing, he knows what it takes to cultivate the new crop of affordable housing developments.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Kyno's past experiences, as well as his continuing commitment to affordable housing in Hawaii, will be great assets to the Board of Directors.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair