STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1401

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 569

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 569, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Natural Area Reserves System Commission

 

G.M. No. 569

RANDY CHING,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015.  (Term amended to 6-30-2013 by GM575,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Randy Ching to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Natural Area Reserves System Commission as a representative of a Hawaii hiking organization.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Randy Ching from William J. Aila, Jr., Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Marjorie Ziegler, Conservation Council for Hawai‘i; Lea Hong, Hawaiian Islands Program Director, The Trust for Public Land; David Henkin; Andrea I. Jepson; Gwen Sinclair; Colleen Soares; Annette Kaohelaulii; William Reese Liggett; Richard Bailey; and Chelsea Arnott.

 

     Mr. Ching is Outings Chair of the Oahu Group of the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club, and he has served in various roles as a member and leader within the organization for eighteen years.  Notably, Mr. Ching coordinated and implemented repairs to and rebuilding of the Kuliouou trail after erosion threatened the viability of the trail.  Through dozens of service trips to Oahu and Big Island Natural Area Reserves, Mr. Ching has helped preserve specific land and water areas which support communities of the natural flora and fauna of Hawaii.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair