STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1745

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.C.R. No. 68

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 68, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE APPROVAL AND DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURES, AND THE PROJECT APPROVAL PROCESS OF THE MAUNA KEA SCIENCE RESERVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to help realize the potential of Mauna Kea as one of the world's premier sites for astronomical research while protecting its unique spiritual, cultural, historical, and natural resources, by requesting the Auditor to:

(1) Conduct a follow-up audit of and address various matters relating to the adequacy of the maintenance, operation, and management of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve (Reserve); and

(2) Determine the feasibility and necessity of creating a new management authority to maintain, operate, and manage the Reserve and its attached facilities.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this concurrent resolution. The Royal Order of Kamehameha I opposed this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawaii (UH) Office of Mauna Kea Management, and UH offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Removing the provision that requests the Auditor to determine the feasibility and necessity of creating a new management authority to maintain, operate, and manage the Reserve and its attached facilities;

(2) Changing its title to more accurately reflect the contents of the measure as follows: "REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF AND ADDRESS VARIOUS MATTERS RELATING TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MAUNA KEA SCIENCE RESERVE"; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 68, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 68, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

		____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair