STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1722

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.R. No. 153

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.R. No. 153, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION TO CONVENE A JOINT HEARING WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO CONSIDER THE LIKELY IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC BY THE PROPOSED TURTLE BAY RESORT EXPANSION AND MITIGATIVE MEASURES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE EXPANSION,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this resolution is to address traffic concerns in the North Shore by requesting the Senate Committee on Transportation and International Affairs and House Committee on Transportation to convene a joint hearing, with the participation of the Department of Transportation and the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, to consider the likely impacts on traffic by the proposed Turtle Bay Resort expansion and measures to mitigate traffic congestion that may be required by this expansion.

 

     Keep the North Shore Country, Kuli'ou'ou/Kalani Iki Neighborhood Board #2, and a concerned individual supported this measure.  Kuilima Resort Company (KRC) opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committees find that testimony submitted by KRC indicated that it has already carried out extensive analyses of the traffic impacts of the resort expansion and has begun implementation of measures to mitigate this concern  In addition, KRC noted that it has already invested significant amounts of resources into the expansion project based on government approvals.  Your Committees find that a joint hearing will provide a public forum where traffic concerns relating to the expansion project may be addressed.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 153, H.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns,

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair