STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1952

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 118
                                        S.D. 1





Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 118, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
     COUNTY OF HAWAII AND ALL CONCERNED PARTIES TO DEVELOP A
     MASTER PLAN FOR KEEPING POHOIKI BOAT RAMP SAFE AND CLEAN NOW
     AND IN THE FUTURE,"
   
begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Request the Department of Land and Natural Resources to
          work with the County of Hawaii and all concerned
          parties to develop a master plan for keeping Pohoiki
          Boat Ramp safe and clean; and

     (2)  Request that mediation services, such as those provided
          by the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution in the
          Judiciary, be utilized by the Board of Land and Natural
          Resources in the event that negotiating compromises
          acceptable to all concerned parties becomes difficult.

     Your Committee received testimony from the Board of Land and
Natural Resources in specific support of the use of mediation
services as recommended in this measure.
     

 
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     Your Committee finds that there are problems of congestion,
competing uses, and potential safety hazards at Pohoiki Boat
Ramp.  The development of a master plan for the area surrounding
Pohoiki Boat Ramp is a sound, long-term approach to identifying
problems and possible solutions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 118, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources,



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                                   Roy M. Takumi, Chair
 

 
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