Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 143 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support economic redevelopment of the Pearl Harbor shoreline, Ewa plain, and Leeward/Waianae Coast while providing protections and ecologically sensitive access to wetlands and wilderness attractions. Among other things, this measure:

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and Friends of Pearl Harbor Historic Trail testified in support of this measure.

The Pearl Harbor Historic Trail is an inter-community project whose mission is to attract new, locally-owned businesses into economically disadvantaged communities along the Pearl Harbor shoreline, Ewa plain, and Waianae/Leeward Coast. Through use of the ROW for the Oahu Rail and Line train, the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail can provide culturally and environmentally sensitive access to wetlands and wildlife preserves, native Hawaiian cultural sites, historic and educational sites, and recreational facilities and parks. Your Committee finds that access to these areas can be provided through a bike and pedestrian path that would be developed alongside an operational historic train and could serve as the basis for economic development in the area through eco-tourism activities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 143, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 143, H.D. 1.