STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2669

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 311

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. 311, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Koke‘e State Park Advisory Council

G.M. No. 311

NOREEN R. OHAI-DANIELS, for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statements of the nominee, and finds Noreen R. Ohai-Daniels to have the necessary qualifications to be nominated to the Koke‘e State Park Advisory Council.

     Testimony in support of the nomination of Noreen R. Ohai-Daniels was submitted by one state agency and three individuals.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Ms. Ohai-Daniels presently serves as an interim member of the Koke‘e State Park Advisory Council.  She is a farmer, with extensive community service including with the Latter-Day Saints Church Relief Society, Reading is Fundamental Program at Kapaa School, Boy Scout Advisory Committee, Kamehameha Schools Parent Committee, and the Hawaii Tropical Flower and Foliage Association, Kaua‘i Chapter.  Ms. Ohai-Daniels has farmed for the past forty years, growing tropical flowers and foliage, taro, and tropical fruit, complemented by livestock.  She was raised on Kaua‘i and O‘ahu, and spent many of her early years wandering the fields and shoreline with her grandparents and cousins looking for medicinal herbs, limu, and other edible items clinging to the rocks on the reef.  Ms. Ohai-Daniels feels she is culturally and spiritually connected to Kaua‘i, and is committed to working for the good of Koke‘e State Park.  Her fellow council members support her nomination and state that she is a thoughtful, hard-working, and intelligent community representative who is deeply committed to preserving Koke‘e State Park and Waimea Canyon.

     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