HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP EMC 005 2018/05/21 (2016-2018) 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
EMC-5 Page 2 May 21, 2018
Your Committee on Environmental Management is in accord with the purpose and intent of
Communication No. 929 and recommends confirmation of the appointment of Mr. Justin Pequeno
to the Environmental Management Commission.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
EOFF x MANAGEMENT
KANUHA X
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X tit44
POINDEXTER x EILEEN O'HARA, C AIR
RICHARDS X EMC REPORT NO.: 5
RUGGLES X ADOPTED: JUN 0 5 2018