STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3452

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 126

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 126 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR LA‘I‘OPUA 2020 AND ITS EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT THE LA‘I‘OPUA COMMUNITY CENTER COMPLEX,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to express support for LaiOpua 2020 and its efforts to construct the LaiOpua Community Center Complex.  

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly, Waianae Kai Homestead Community Association, and three individuals.

 

     Your Committees find that LaiOpua 2020 was founded by the homesteaders of the Kaniohale Community Association, a Native Hawaiian homeowners association in the Villages of LaiOpua.  The Association's purpose is to ensure the existence of adequate health care, social services, and recreational facilities for the Native Hawaiian homesteaders and surrounding communities residing in the greater Kealakehe community.

 

     Your Committees note that construction of the LaiOpua Community Center Complex is on schedule.  Federal, state, and private sector grants have been received; pre-development tasks and benchmarks – such as the environmental review, an archaeological survey, the re-zoning, and the subdivision approval – have already been completed.  The first phase of the project involves construction of the preschool, the community center, and associated road and parking areas. 

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 126 and recommend its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services,

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair