STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2067

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3110

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Business and Economic Development, to which was referred S.B. No. 3110 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARK ACQUISITIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to purchase the 1.6-acre Waiehu Beach Park on Maui from Wailuku Agribusiness Company, Inc.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from a councilmember from the Maui County Council; Wailuku Agribusiness Company, Inc.; and ten private individuals. Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Wailuku Agribusiness Company, Inc. is in the process of selling its assets, including Waiehu Beach Park on Maui, which has been for many years a favorite ocean recreation area for tourists and residents. Your Committee finds that making an appropriation for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to purchase Waiehu Beach Park will allow tourists and residents to continue to use and enjoy the beach park.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Business and Economic Development that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3110 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Business and Economic Development,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair