Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Economic Development and Science, Arts, and Technology, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 81, H.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to preserve and protect the recreation residence tracts within the Koke'e and Waimea Canyon State Parks.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Koke'e Leaseholders Association and three concerned individuals. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by DLNR.

Your Committees find that there may be some merit to the idea of nominating certain residence tracts in Koke'e and Waimea Canyon State Parks to the Hawaii and National Registers of Historic Places.

At the same time, your Committees find that the public may benefit most by having the opportunity to experience the historic and cultural landscape of Koke'e and Waimea Canyon State Parks as a public recreation area.

In light of these competing interests, your Committees believe that this issue must be reviewed further during this legislative session before taking any final action. Therefore, your Committees have amended this measure by delaying the reporting date for DLNR until 2010, for purposes of instigating further discussion and by making a technical amendment for the purpose of clarity.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development and Science, Arts, and Technology that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 81, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 81, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.