Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 255, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources to:

Offering comments on the measure was the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that this measure provides much-needed assistance to homeowners who have homes that border on the banks of the Heeia, Keaahala/Keolaa, Kawa, and Kaneohe streams by requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to devise a long-term strategy to prevent future erosion along these streams. The Department of Land and Natural Resources is also encouraged to explore all available sources of state and federal funding in order to obtain much needed financial assistance in carrying out this important endeavor.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 255, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.