STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1660

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 118 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 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.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Judiciary.

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

     This measure authorizes the Department of Land and Natural
Resources (DLNR) to utilize the mediation services of the
Judiciary's Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (Center) if
the need should arise because of difficulties in negotiating

 
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compromises that are acceptable to the concerned parties.  Your
Committee has amended this measure by not limiting DLNR to the
Center's services and stating that DLNR make seek facilitation or
mediation services such as the those provided by the Center.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 118, as amended herein, and recommends
its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 118,
S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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