STAND. COM. REP. NO. 312

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 810
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.B. No. 810 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 bill is to appropriate funds to the
Department of Land and Natural Resources for the formation of a
Waialua-Haleiwa stormwater drainage master plan.  

     Your Committee received testimony offering comment on this
bill from the Board of Land and Natural Resources.  

     Your Committee finds that the Waialua-Haleiwa stormwater
drainage master plan will enable the state, City and County of
Honolulu and Federal Emergency Management Agency to implement
flood mitigation and control measures, resulting in less danger
and disruption to residents and reduce the strain on emergency
management resources.  

     In order to facilitate decisionmaking, your Committee
requested the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide
your Committee on Finance with the following information:  

     1.   Estimates of additional planning and design costs
          beyond the $500,000 for a master plan; 

     2.   Estimates of construction costs; and 

     3.   Alternatives, including relocation of homes, if
          feasible, to areas outside of the flood plain.  


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 810 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair