STAND. COM. REP. NO. 456

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 390, 391, 396

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 390, 391, and 396, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Hawaiian Homes Commission

 

G.M. No. 390

ALBERT P. NAHALE-A III,

for a term to expire 6-30-2009;

 

G.M. No. 391

ALBERT P. NAHALE-A III,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013; and

 

G.M. No. 396

HENRY K. TANCAYO SR.,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Mr. Albert P. Nahale-a III from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.

 

     Mr. Nahale-a obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing a Master's degree in Education Administration from Arizona State University.  Mr. Nahale-a has worked at the Keaukaha Homestead Community for the past six years as Director of the Ka Umeke Kaeo Hawaiian Immersion Public Charter School.  He has previously worked at Hawaii Community College and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, and has served as Board President of the Hawaii Charter School Network and a member of various boards and organizations, including the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Na Lei Naauao Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, Ka Umeke Kaeo Hawaiian Public Charter School, Kakoo Ka Umeke, Inc., The Strive Company, the Kellog Foundation, Lehua Jaycees, and the Boy Scouts of America-Troop 19, Hilo.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Nahale-a's experience with the Ka Umeke Kaeo Hawaiian Immersion Public Charter School and his background in education and community development offer invaluable knowledge and experience to the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Mr. Henry K. Tancayo Sr. from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Blessed Damien Catholic Parish, and one private citizen.

 

     Mr. Tancayo was raised on Hawaiian home lands and currently resides on a forty-acre homestead lot in Hoolehua.  As a homesteader, Mr. Tancayo has been involved with agriculture, raised livestock, owned a small business, and has been an active community member.  In 1968, he began working for the Maui County Fire Department as a Fire Fighter-Engineer.  He served as Fire Captain and Island Commander, and retired in 1993 as a Battalion Chief.

 

     Residing throughout his life on Molokai, Mr. Tancayo has been president of Kualapuu School Parent Teacher Association, Molokai Jaycees, and the Kualapuu-Hoolehua Catholic Association.  He was active in 4-H for about twenty years as a livestock leader and council member.  He helped create the Molokai Homestead Livestock Association and served as president of the Association.  He also founded the Molokai Livestock Cooperative and served on the Molokai Planning Commission.  Mr. Tancayo currently volunteers with Hospice Molokai, the Molokai Seniors Program, and the Molokai Catholic Community.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Tancayo would bring invaluable knowledge, experience as a homesteader, and experience as an active leader and community member, to the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs 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, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair