STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2726

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 307

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 307, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Kahana Valley Living Park Planning Council

G.M. No. 307

DANIELLE ULULANI BEIRNE-KEAWE, for a term to expire 6-30-2012,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds Danielle Ululani Beirne-Keawe to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Kahana Valley Living Park Planning Council.

     Testimony in support of Danielle Ululani Beirne-Keawe was submitted by one state agency and one private organization.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Danielle Ululani Beirne-Keawe is the owner of Native Hawaiian Protocol and Consultant Services, Inc., a business she founded in 1994, and is a practitioner of native Hawaiian culture and arts.  She has a B.A. in Hawaiian Studies and a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Ms. Beirne-Keawe is a resident of the Ahupua‘a O Kahana, one of the original thirty-one lessees in Kahana, and was co-founder of the Friends of Kahana, an organization that was set up to provide support to Kahana residents in their dealings with the State.  She is President of Malama ‘Ohana and the Ko‘olauloa Hawaiian Civic Club, and participates actively in the Kahana Community Association.  Her personal knowledge of the history of the Kahana ahupua‘a and her dedication to Hawaiian cultural practices and values will be an invaluable asset to the Kahana Valley Living Park Planning Council.

     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