Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1280, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for a pilot project that will identify, design, and implement integrated flood-control solutions consistent with comprehensive watershed management strategies for two of Hawaii's most severely flood-impacted watersheds.

Your Committee understands that flood control through comprehensive watershed management can save lives and prevent property and environmental damage. Additionally, comprehensive watershed management is more cost effective than traditional reactive and piecemeal approaches.

Your Committee believes that this measure could be improved by providing the flexibility to allow pilot project application to more than two sites, if feasible within the funding provided.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1280, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1280, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.