Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 146 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to encourage responsible development and preserve the existing community and environment along Oahu's North Shore by requesting a rigorous reexamination of the development expansion plan at Turtle Bay Resort.

Faith Action for Community Equity, American Friends Service Committee Hawaii Area Program, Kawela Bay Protection Association, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Surfrider Foundation Oahu Chapter, Windward Ahupua'a Alliance, Local 5, North Shore Outdoor Circle, Life of the Land, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting opposed this measure. The Pacific Resource Partnership, Kusao & Kurahashi, Inc., and several concerned individuals submitted comments.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 146 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.