STAND. COM. REP. NO. 194

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 698
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.B. No. 698 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WAIALUA-
     HALEIWA STORMWATER DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $500,000 to
develop a Waialua-Haleiwa stormwater drainage master plan.

     No testimony was received on the measure.

     Your Committee finds that the Waialua-Haleiwa flood plain is
located on the northwestern coast of Oahu and has an approximate
area of two square miles.  The watershed above the Waialua-
Haleiwa flood plain is the largest on Oahu, containing an area of
96.5 square miles.  The primary purpose of the Waialua-Haleiwa
stormwater drainage master plan is to provide the City and County
of Honolulu with specific engineering recommendations for the
control of storm drainage throughout the study area, to reduce
repetitive flooding to residents and businesses in the area and
to reduce the constant drain on city, state, and federal
resources whenever a flood occurs.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by deleting the
specified dollar amount.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached

 
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to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 698, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 698, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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