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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: January 8, 2008 Re: Comm. No. 869 PLACE: Council Room Ben Franklin Building 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"d Floor Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 1:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 869, reports as follows: Communication No. 869 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 10, 2007, nominates the following individuals to the Hawaii County Planning Commission: Council District 9 - Lani L. Bowman, is a lifelong resident of Hawaii and works as an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) tutor at Kohala Middle School and involved in many planning efforts within the North Kohala District. Ms. Bowman is a Republication and, if confirmed, will serve a term to expire on December 31, 2012. Council District 3 -Shelly H. A. Ogata, is a 36-year resident of Hawaii and currently works as a loan consultant at Home Loan Hawai`i.com, lnc. Ms. Ogata is also the current chairperson of the State Council on Mental Health, and member of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Task Force. Ms. Ogata served out the remaining term of a previous commission member who resigned from a term that ended on December 31, 2007. Pursuant to a recent Charter amendment, Ms. Ogata is eligible for reappointment to another term and has been re-nominated. Ms. Ogata states she is not affiliated with any political party and, if confirmed, her new term will expire on December 31, 2012. Pursuant to Section 13-4, Hawaii County Charter, the Hawaii County Planning Commission shall consist of members appointed by the mayor, and confirmed by the council. At the January 8, 2008 Planning Committee meeting, statement in support of Ms. Bowman and Ms. Ogata was presented by Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida. Council Chair Pete Hoffmann noted that Ms. Bowman will make an outstanding representative of Council District 9 on the Planning Commission. PC Report No. 60