STAND. COM. REP. NO. 807-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2693

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2693, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FLOODS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to direct the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to investigate various types of community-based sponsorship options prior to the commencement of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' planned Helemano-Paukauila-Kaukonahua watershed management project in the North Shore of Oahu.

This bill requires DLNR to:

(1) Conduct a community-based information campaign in Waialua and Haleiwa to identify concerns and gather flood-related information; and

(2) Report its findings to the 2005 Legislature, and submit a financial plan for the creation of an agency-business-community partnership that focuses on serving local community needs.

An unspecified sum is also appropriated for a graduate assistant to assist DLNR in developing and transferring watershed stewardship information and technologies.

An individual testified in support of this measure. DLNR opposed this bill because of its adverse impact on other priorities contained in the executive budget.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2693, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair