Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 217, 218, 219, 220, and 221, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, résumés, and statements submitted by the nominees, and finds the nominees to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the position of nomination.

Your Committee received testimony in support of MICHAEL A. FAYE from the State Office of Environmental Quality Control and one individual. Mr. Faye has worked for twenty years in the construction industry. He started as a manager and expanded his scope of work to be an owner and developer. He is co-owner of Kikiaola Construction Company in Waimea, Kauai. Mr. Faye is active in various professional and community organizations including the West Kauai Rotary Club and Historic Hawaii Foundation. He studied architecture at the Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Your Committee received testimony in support of D'ARCY KERRIGAN from the State Office of Environment Quality Control, The Honolulu Board of Realtors, and Hawaii Association of Realtors. Ms. Kerrigan is a real estate broker with sixteen years of experience in the industry. She is a Certified Residential Specialist and Graduate of Realtor Institute. Ms. Kerrigan holds a Bachelor of Arts in urban design and international politics from the University of Washington. She has served on the Board of Directors for both The Honolulu Board of Realtors and the Hawaii Association of Realtors.

Your Committee received testimony in support of VICTOR T. KIMURA from the State Office of Environment Quality Control, the Chief of Police for the City and County of Honolulu, one Councilmember for the City and County of Honolulu, and eleven individuals. Mr. Kimura is a thirty-year veteran of the hotel industry. He began as mail clerk in the Sheraton Waikiki and earned his way to Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Sheraton Orient Hotel Management Company Limited. Mr. Kimura currently serves as a director of Kyo-ya Company Limited responsible for legal compliance of hotels in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Florida. He is a graduate of the ITT Executive Management Program of Duke University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of CHESTER SAITO from the State Office of Environment Quality Control, the General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and five individuals. Mr. Saito is a senior project engineer and quality control manager for Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Company. He has thirty-four years of experience in the construction industry. He earned a business degree from Chaminade University, and studied engineering at the University of Hawaii. Mr. Saito is a member of the General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and previously chaired the association's environmental committee. A retired Quarter Master Colonel in the Army National Guard, he is also certified in construction quality management by the United States Corps of Engineers.

Your Committee received testimony in support of BRANT T. TANAKA from the State Office of Environment Quality Control, Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc., and six individuals. Mr. Tanaka, an environmental scientist for eleven years, is a partner and vice president of EnviroServices and Training Center, LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in earth science from the University of Washington, and a professional teaching diploma from the University of Hawaii. Mr. Tanaka is active in various professional organizations including American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and American Industrial Hygiene Association.

Your Committee finds that Mr. Faye has served on the Environmental Council since July 1999. Your Committee further finds that the remaining nominees are currently serving as interim appointees and thus all nominees are very familiar with the mandates of the Environmental Council.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is 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.