STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1403

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 564, 565, 754, 755

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 564, 565, 754, and 755, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Hawai‘i Community Development Authority

 

G.M. No. 564

BRIAN LEE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015 (Term amended to 6-30-2014 by GM575);

 

G.M. No. 565

LOIS MITSUNAGA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 754

JAY R. KADOWAKI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015; and

 

G.M. No. 755

MAILE MEYER,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Brian Lee, Lois Mitsunaga, Jay R. Kadowaki, and Maile Meyer to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Brian Lee from Anthony J. H. Ching, Executive Director, Hawaii Community Development Authority; Randy Perreira, President, Hawaii State AFL-CIO; Damien Kim, Business Manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186; Scot F. Long, Business Manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1357; Thaddeus Tomei, Business Representative, International Union of Elevator Constructors Local Union No. 126; Al Itamoto, Executive Director, Electrical Contractors Association of Hawaii; Peter Ganaban, Business Manager, Laborers' International Union of North America Local Union 368; James K. Tam, Alston Hunt Floyd and Ing Lawyers; Kristeen Hanselman, Associate Executive Director, University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; Michael Steiner, Steiner and Associates; Tim Lyons, President, Subcontractors Association of Hawaii; Lorna Woo, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 50; and Glenn Ida, The Plumbers and Fitters Local Union 675.

 

     Mr. Lee has served as a construction project manager in residential, commercial, and governmental development.  As a former Executive Director and Administrator of the Hawaii Construction Industry Association, he worked with over six hundred construction companies and nine building trades unions to foster economic development in Hawaii.  Mr. Lee has served in a number of fiduciary and advisory roles, including the Contractors Advisory Committee for the Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Numerous testifiers attested to Mr. Lee's integrity, diligence, and ability to bring parties together to find practical solutions. 

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Lois Mitsunaga from Anthony J. H. Ching, Executive Director, Hawaii Community Development Authority; Pauline N. Namuo; Gerald De Mello; Katherine Sakuda; Shannon Liana Alivado; Morgan Kaya; David Rodriguez; Aaron S. Fujii, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mitsunaga and Associates, Inc.; and Glenn Ida.

 

     Ms. Mitsunaga is a Structural Engineer at Mitsunaga and Associates, Inc., who recently took on the additional role of Treasurer at her engineering firm.  Ms. Mitsunaga received her Master of Science in Structural Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  After the earthquake of October 15, 2006, and ensuing damages to Laupohoehoe Public School and Public Library, Ms. Mitsunaga assisted the entities by conducting assessments to enable them to secure funding to mitigate earthquake damages.  Numerous testifiers attested to Ms. Mitsunaga's work ethic, diligence, enthusiasm, and professionalism.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Jay R. Kadowaki from Anthony J. H. Ching, Executive Director, Hawaii Community Development Authority; and C. Mike Kido, The Pacific Resource Partnership.

 

     Mr. Kadowaki is the founder and owner of J. Kadowaki, Inc., a general contracting business located in Kakaako.  He is a member and officer of numerous Kakaako community and industry boards and associations.  Through the Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council, Mr. Kadowaki participated in the creation of guiding principles for development in the Kakaako Community Development District.  Testifiers attested that Mr. Kadowaki's record of personal and professional accomplishment and community involvement within the Kakaako Community Development District are unsurpassed.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Maile Meyer from Peter Apo, Trustee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hardy Spoehr, Executive Director, Papa Ola Lokahi; Robert K. Iopa, President, WCIT Architecture and member, Mea Makamae; Christina Kemmer; Kirsten Baumgart Turner, Community Development Services; Marilyn Cristofori, Chief Executive Officer, Hawaii Arts Alliance; Katherine Killebrew; Elmer Kaai; Benjamin Bess; and Annelle Amaral.

 

     Ms. Meyer is a founder and partner of Na Mea Hawaii and Native Books Inc.  As a Kakaako business owner and social entrepreneur, Ms. Meyer has worked passionately in support of the development of the arts through sound business practices.  Ms. Meyer is a native Hawaiian whose professional success is rooted in her ability to reach practical solutions and form working partnerships.  Numerous testifiers attested to, among other things, Ms. Meyer's intelligence, sensibility, vision, and commitment. 

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair