STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3047

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.R. No. 31
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was
referred S.R. No. 31 entitled:

     "SENATE RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING STATE AGENCIES TO WORK
     COOPERATIVELY TO ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS TO HAIKU STAIRS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Department of
Transportation work cooperatively together to allow public access
to Haiku Stairs, in a manner consistent with the underlying
purposes for which the land is held.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Transportation.  The Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands had no objections to the adoption of the measure.

     Your Committees find that the Haiku Stairs is a unique
structure with historical/cultural, educational, and recreational
significance for the State of Hawaii which represents an historic
feat of civil engineering that showcased an innovative use of
natural topography in the construction of the United States Radio
Station Haiku.

     Your Committees also find that the City and County of
Honolulu is undertaking to repair Haiku Stairs for public use in
view of its great value for residents and visitors alike.
However, access to the Haiku Stairs is over public lands held and

 
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managed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the
Department of Transportation, and any project that would open the
Haiku Stairs to the public would have to be done with the
approval of these two agencies.

     Your Committees believe that the restoration of the Haiku
Stairs project could not only be of great benefit to the general
public, but could also serve as a perfect venue to demonstrate
government agencies working cooperatively together.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to
this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose
of S.R. No. 31, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs and
                                   Transportation and
                                   Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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