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PC-28 Page 2 August 6,2019 has spent her entire career in social services helping those in need. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and her two-year term to the Action Committee would end 2021. Dr.Tawn Isaac Keeney, who served the Hamakua community for 36 years as a family physician and is the proprietor of the Honoka`a People's Theatre, obtained his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine. Orignally from Kansas,he has been a resident of Hawaii for 42 years and is a member of the Democratic Party. He would serve a four-year term on the committee which would expire 2023. Nominee Crystal Kua of Pepe`ekeo works for Kamehameha Schools as a consultant and communications strategist. A graduate of Seattle University with Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Ms. Kua grew up in Keaukaha as a lifelong resident of Hawaii Island. Her term on the Action Committee would end in 2023 after four years. Brad Kurokawa, a resident of Honomu, was the next nominee to receive an introduction. Mr. Kurokawa is the Principal Landscape Architect for Ki Concepts, LLC and a former Deputy Planning Director for the County of Hawaii. Mr. Kurokawa has been a resident of Hamakua for 27 years and was instrumental in its Community Development Plan. His two-year term would end in 2021. Jeff McKnight, a 12-year resident of Hawaii County who currently resides in Pa`auilo, is a Senior Certified Solutions Consultant for Bear Communications and current president of the nonprofit Olahana Foundation. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and his term on the Action Committee would expire in 2021. Dr. Robert Nishimoto, a resident of Ninole, is a retired Aquatic Biologist after 32 years of employment with Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources—Division of Aquatic Resources. He also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and has his Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography from Florida State University. His four year term would expire in 2023 The last nominee, Rhonda Pollard, a ten year resident of Hawaii Island residing in Honoka`a, is a Business Analyst with Hawaii Water Service Company. She holds a Masters of Public Administration from the University of West Florida. She would serve a three-year term to end 2022. All of the candidates each took time to express their appreciation for being selected for the Action Committee and their commitment to its success. Council Members Valerie Poindexter, Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Maile David, Karen Eoff, as well as Vice Chair Lee Loy and Chair Kierkiewicz, each articulated their gratitude for the group and their willingness to serve the public. The vote was taken on the motion to move the slate of candidates for the Inaugural Hamakua CDP Action Committee to Council with a positive recommendation and passed unanimously with nine "ayes." Pursuant to Article 3, Section 16-5 of the Hawaii County Code, Community Development Plan Action Committees shall consist of nine members with a primary residence in the area covered by the Community Development Plan, and shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Council. PC Report No.28