STAND. COM. REP. NO. 770

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 810

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 810, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAIMANO RIDGE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to establish a "totally integrated community" on the state-owned Waimano ridge lands.

 

     More specifically, a Waimano ridge task force was established by the Department of Health and now funds are appropriated for operating expenses of the task force and to develop an updated comprehensive master plan for the area.

 

     No written comments were submitted regarding this bill.

 

     Your Committee finds that previous legislation requires the State to cooperate with the residents of the Waimano ridge area and to establish a "totally integrated community" master plan.  Yet, because of an economic downturn, the master plan was never implemented.

 

     Your Committee finds that appropriating funds for the Waimano ridge task force, to update the master plan and to adjust it to the changed circumstances, and to create one permanent, full-time Waimano ridge facilities manager position will accomplish the goal of establishing a totally-integrated, community friendly environment in the Waimano ridge area.

 

     Your Committee amended the bill to make technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity, style, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 810, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 810, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair