Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 201 and 202, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

begs leave to report as follows:

MICHAEL D. FORMBY is the Managing Partner of Frame Formby & O'Kane. Mr. Formby has worked as an attorney for approximately twenty-three years and has extensive experience in contract law and litigation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the South Texas College of Law and is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Federal Bar Association, the Business Advisory Council, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Hawaiian Humane Society, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. He is an interim appointee to the commission.

Testimony in support of Mr. Formby was submitted by the Land Use Commission.

LISA M. JUDGE is the owner of Paliku Realty, LLC, a company that advises and assists clients with land use issues and permitting requirements. She has also worked at the Kaanapali Beach Resort Association where she was the Director of Marketing and for the County of Maui where she was the Director and Deputy Director of Planning. Ms. Judge has been a member of the Wailea Community Association Long-Range Planning Task Force, the Nature Conservancy, the Maui County Arborist Committee, and the Hawaii Association of Realtors Convention Committee. She has also been the President of Palms at Wailea Phase 2 Association of Apartment Owners, a Director of the Maui Board of Realtors and the Maui Mental Health Association, and the Chairperson of the Public Relations Committee for the Maui Board of Realtors. She is an interim appointee to the commission.

Testimony in support of Ms. Judge was submitted by the Land Use Commission.

Your Committee finds that the nominees' background, experience, and commitment to public service make each an asset to the Land Use Commission.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture 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.