STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2844

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 559

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Technology and the Arts, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 559, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Hawaii Historic Places Review Board

 

G.M. No. 559

GEORGE CASEN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2018,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Mr. Casen to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board for a second term.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Mr. Casen from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and eight individuals.

 

     Mr. Casen has seventeen years of experience as an architectural historian, including seven years of experience as an environmental planner.  He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and has a Master of Science in Secondary Education and History from Long Island University, New York, and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Mr. Casen has served on the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board since July 2011.  He has attended every meeting during his appointment and remains dedicated to the preservation of significant historic sites.  As an architectural historian and environmental planner, Mr. Casen brings a unique and thoughtful perspective to the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Technology and the Arts 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 Technology and the Arts,

 

 

 

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair