STAND. COM. REP. NO. 17

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 109

 

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Second Special Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 109, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Land Use Commission

 

G.M. No. 109

KYLE JAMES KALEO CHOCK,

for a term to expire 6-30-2010,

 

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Kyle James Kaleo Chock from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; University of Hawaii – West Oahu; one Hawaii State Representative; two Honolulu City Councilmembers; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; Watanabe Ing & Komeiji; Child & Family Service; Iron Workers Stabilization Fund; NORDIC Construction, Ltd.; ILWU Local 142; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; HGEA; The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs; Bank of Hawaii; Nalo Farms; Hawai'i Hotel & Lodging Association; Hawaii Business Roundtable; Hawaii Carpenters Union; 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans; Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust; Alan Shintani, Inc.; Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.; Lanakila; Outrigger Enterprises Group; Iroquois Point Island Club; Kiewit Building Group; Kaneohe Ranch; CC Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Ralph S. Inouye Co Ltd; Hidano Construction Inc.; International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 50; General Contractors Association of Hawaii; PMCI Hawaii; Koga Engineering & Construction, Inc.; KUD International; Hawaii Vinyl Fencing Inc.; First Hawaiian Bank; Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company; International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Local Union Number 625; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; KAHEA; Winer Meheula & Devens; Harrison & Matsuoka; and nineteen individuals.   

 

     Mr. Chock is currently the Executive Director of The Pacific Resource Partnership, where he develops and manages programs that support unionized construction and fosters strategic relationships with developers.  The nominee has worked for AIG Hawaii as a Group Sales Account Executive; Honolulu Community College as Executive Assistant to the Chancellor; Stryker Weiner & Yokota Public Relations, Inc., as Senior Account Executive; and former Honolulu City Council Chairman Jon Yoshimura.

 

     Mr. Chock's community service includes serving on the Board of Directors of Lanakila Rehabilitation Foundation; Board of Directors of Child and Family Service; The Nature Conservancy Corporate Council for the Environment; and Board of Directors of Housing Hawaii.

 

     As a member of the Nature Conservancy's Council for the Environment and in his role at the Pacific Resource Partnership, Mr. Chock has gained a deep understanding of land use and environmental conservation and the many issues facing the community.  Your Committee believes he has a great appreciation for the need to look at land use issues from all stakeholder perspectives.  Mr. Chock's collective experiences, balanced point of view, and collaborative approach enable him to serve the needs of the public as a Land Use Commissioner.  He takes very seriously his responsibility to shape the future development of Hawaii. 

 

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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair