REP EMC 005 2018/05/21 (2016-2018)

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DATE: May 21, 2018 Re: Comm. No. 929 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i TIME: 9:45 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Environmental Management,to which was referred Communication No. 929, reports as follows: Communication No. 929, transmitted by Managing Director Wilfred Okabe, dated May 2, 2018, nominates Mr. Justin Pequeno of Council District 2 to the Environmental Management Commission. Motion to approve was made by Council Member Sue Lee Loy and seconded by Council Chair Valerie Poindexter. As introduced by Ms. Rose Bautista, Executive Assistant to Mayor Harry Kim, Mr. Pequeno is originally from Texas and has lived in Hawai`i for approximately 5 years. He is currently employed as the Project Manager for the Kamehameha Schools and is an active member of the Hawai`i Island Chamber of Commerce, the South Hilo Rotary Club, and the Hawai`i Leeward Planning Conference. He is a graduate of Tufts University with a B.S. in Psychology and American Studies and from Columbia University in the City of New York with an M.A.in Political Science. Ms. Bautista explained that Mr. Pequeno was unavailable to attend your committee meeting due to previously scheduled obligations and that he would be present when his nomination is discussed again at the.Council's meeting on June 5, 2018. Council Member Lee Loy spoke in favor of the nomination explaining that she has known Mr. Pequeno since he arrived on island and knows him to be thoughtful and knowledgeable and that she would personally vouch for him. Council Member Kanuha and Council Member O'Hara thanked Council Member Lee Loy and said they felt comfortable forwarding the nomination with the information Ms. Lee Loy had provided. Council Member Chung remarked that his district had not been represented for a while and welcomed the nomination of Mr. Pequeno. EMC Report No. 5