STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1087
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1457
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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 1457, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NORTH KOHALA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to preserve a cluster of historical sites in North Kohala on the island of Hawaii by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to renew its efforts to acquire, by exchange, the land adjacent to the Kohala Historical Sites State Monument.
The Mookini Luakini, Inc., and Kamehameha Schools supported this bill. The Board of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.
Your Committee finds that there are some promising developments in the acquisition of the 250 acres of adjacent lands to preserve the historic sites. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Acknowledging Kamehameha Schools in its efforts to
acquire 162 acres around the historic site; and
(2) Requiring DLNR to consult with Kamehameha Schools and Mookini Laukini, Inc., regarding the adequacy of the 162 acres and to ascertain the necessity of acquiring the remaining 88 acres, for an adequate buffer area around and access to the historic sites.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1457, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1457, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,
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____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair |
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