STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1373

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 729

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 729, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Island Burial Council, Island of Hawai'i

 

G.M. No. 729

EDWIN L.P. MIRANDA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Edwin L.P. Miranda to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Island Burial Council, Island of Hawai‘i.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Edwin L.P. Miranda from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Keaukaha Community Association.

 

     Edwin L.P. Miranda is a Soil Conservationist with fifteen years of experience in various soil and water conservation projects with the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service, Hilo Field Office, and its predecessor agency, the Soil Conservation Service.  He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, with a Bachelor of Science in General Agriculture.  Mr. Miranda is a member of the Keaukaha Community Association, is active in numerous professional and civic organizations, is a lifetime member of the Natural Resources Conservation Employee Organization – Asian/Pacific Islanders, and for many years has coached in youth basketball leagues.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on 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 Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair