Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve beach park land on Maui by appropriating funds to purchase Waiehu Beach Park which currently consists of 1.6 acres of beachfront property.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources did not support this bill.

Your Committee finds that Waiehu Beach Park is currently leased from Wailuku Agribusiness by Maui County and has been offered up for sale. While purchase of the park may be an endeavor that may have long-range environmental preservation goals, your Committee finds that the State's purchase of an active recreational park may be inappropriate as this generally falls within the jurisdiction of the counties. Nevertheless, your Committee finds that the benefits of saving Waiehu Beach Park for public use deserves further discussion and consideration.

Accordingly, to encourage further discussion, your Committee has amended this measure by:

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments for were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 3110, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3110, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.