STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2790

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 164
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred Governor's Message No. 164, submitting for
study and consideration the nomination of:

BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

     G.M. No. 164       LYNN P. MCCRORY, for a term to expire
                        June 30, 2004,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon the review of the statement submitted by the nominee,
your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominee is a
volunteer, willing to serve without compensation, and will work
with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the
duties and responsibilities of the Board of Land and Natural
Resources.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee has
been appointed based on her professional credentials, integrity,
and a desire to make Hawaii better through her participation with
the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee notes the specific qualifications of the
nominee:

     Lynn P. McCrory is the President and Chief Operating Officer
of Pahio Management, Inc., a resort management company
specializing in managing vacation ownership resorts and wholly-
owned condominiums in Hawaii.  Ms. McCrory is also a member of
numerous professional and community organizations such as the
Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, the Kauai Economic Development

 
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Board, the Kauai North Shore Business Council, the Kauai Business
Council, and the American Resort Development Association.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Ms. McCrory
from the Representative of the Fourteenth District of the State
House of Representatives, the Chairperson of the Board of Land
and Natural Resources, the Deputy Director for the Commission on
Water Resource Management, the Administrator of the Land
Division, the State Parks Administrator, the Administrator and an
employee of the Division of Aquatic Resources, an employee of the
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, three members of the Kauai
County Council, the County of Kauai's Planning Department, the
Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, ARC of Kauai, Ching Young Store,
Inc., the Kauai North Shore Business Council, the Kauai Economic
Development Board, Textron Systems Kauai, Kauai Electric, Pacific
Management Consultants, Inc., East and West Kauai Soil and Water
Conservation Districts, the Maui member of the Board of Land and
Natural Resources, Kodani and Associates, Inc., Molokai Ranch,
the ILWU, Local 142, the Makai Village Partnership, Princeville
Resort, the Maui Economic Development Board, Belles, Graham,
Proudfoot, and Wilson, the Kauai Visitors Bureau, Alexander and
Baldwin Properties, Inc., Ventures Associates, Inc., Ameritech,
the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii Inc., and sixteen
private citizens.

     Testimony in opposition to Ms. McCrory's nomination was
submitted by the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Kauai
Group of the Sierra Club, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, the Limu
Coalition, and seven private citizens.

     Your Committee diligently questioned the nominee about her
role and vision as a member of the Board of Land and Natural
Resources and believes that the nominee adequately responded to
your Committee's inquiries.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the
background, character, 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.


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



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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