STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3499

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 647, 648

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 647 and 648, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

Kokee State Park Advisory Council

G.M. No. 647	DAVID ALEXANDER, for a term to expire 6-30-2014.; and
G.M. No. 648	DAVID ALEXANDER, for a term to expire 6-30-2018 (term amended to 6-30-2017 by GM688),

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds David Alexander to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Kokee State Park Advisory Council.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nominee from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     David Alexander is an Assistant at Restore, Habitat For The Humanities, located in Hanapepe, Kauai.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont at Burlington, Vermont.  Mr. Alexander worked for five years as a Biological Science Technician for the United States Geological Survey Biological Research Division in Koke‘e, Kauai.  He also worked as a Conservation Technician at the Koke‘e Resource Conservation Program for seven years.  Your Committee is confident that Mr. Alexander will make significant contributions to the Koke‘e State Park to the Advisory Council.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair