Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Business and Economic Development, to which was referred S.B. No. 1848 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to complete the Haena State Park master plan and for three state park positions on Kauai.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Poipu Beach Resort Association, Kauai Planning and Action Alliance, and one individual. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committees find that thousands of visitors visit Haena State Park every year. It is one of the most visited parks in the State. However, the park is in desperate need of repairs and maintenance. A master plan was initiated to address the park's long-term objectives. This measure appropriates the necessary funds to complete the Haena State Park's master plan.

Your Committees have amended this measure by amending the amount of the appropriation for the completion of the master plan to $250,000 based on the testimony submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committees have further amended this measure by deleting the appropriations for the botanist IV, the general construction and maintenance supervisor, and the park caretaker II positions pending a more comprehensive evaluation of the maintenance positions for all state parks.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Business and Economic Development that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1848, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1848, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.