Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 30, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Hawaii Community Development Authority to immediately rescind both its request for proposals and any commitment made to Alexander & Baldwin Properties, Inc. for the development of Kakaako Makai.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by a City and County of Honolulu council member, Friends of Kewalo Basin Park Association, the Hawaii State Bodysurfing Association, and the Integrated Agriculture Network, Save Our Kaka`ako Coalition, and thirty-one individuals. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by two individuals. Comments were also submitted by the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Alexander & Baldwin Properties, Inc., and one individual.

The State must demonstrate its commitment to withhold its valuable lands from development for short-term gains in exchange for the long-term good of its residents and the future of generations to come. Accordingly, your Committee finds that the Hawaii Community Development Authority is urged to reevaluate the current proposed project in the Kakaako Makai area.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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. 30, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 30, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.