STAND. COM. REP. NO.254

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 335

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 335 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO CLEAN SALT LAKE WATERWAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu to clean and remediate the Salt Lake Waterway.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health and a concerned resident of Salt Lake.

Your Committee finds that the waterways in the Salt Lake area, aside from being malodorous, present a health hazard for local residents and those coming in contact with the water, which is often full of rubbish, debris, and sediment.

Although several efforts have been undertaken in the past several years to clean the Salt Lake Waterways, your Committee finds that a concerted, systematic effort is required to ensure that the waterways are returned to a healthy state and remain that way.

Therefore, your Committee supports a joint effort sponsored by the State, the City and County of Honolulu, and the federal government to provide funds for that purpose.

To ensure that the City and County of Honolulu participates fully in this effort, your Committee has amended this measure to require the City and County of Honolulu to match every dollar that is appropriated by the State as a grant-in-aid for cleaning the Salt Lake Waterway. Your Committee feels that this solution is equitable, and urges all parties to seek federal funding to assist in the effort.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 335, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 335, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair