STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1850-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.C.R. No. 196
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 196, S.D. 1, entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE RIGOROUS REEXAMINATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION PLAN AT TURTLE BAY RESORT DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND CHANGED CONDITIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE AND THE ISLAND OF OAHU,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure that all aspects of the affect of the Turtle Bay Resort's expansion project on the area are inspected and taken into consideration by recommending the Administration and the Council of the City and County of Honolulu (City Council) to examine and evaluate:
(1) The special management area use permit;
(2) The dated environmental impact statement (EIS); and
(3) The record of compliance with the conditions of the special management area use permit, Unilateral Agreement, Land Use Commission order, and any other applicable state law.
This measure also requests the City Council, in consultation with the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu (DPP), to determine whether a supplemental EIS is necessary.
Local 5, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii Resort Developers Conference and Kusao and Kurahashi, Inc., opposed this measure. The Pacific Resource Partnership and a concerned individual offered comments.
Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:
(1) Removing language regarding Oaktree Capital Management, LLC having failed to abide by conditions of the special management area use permit, Land Use Commission order, and the Unilateral agreement; and
(2) Requesting DPP, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Quality Control, instead of the City Council, to determine whether a supplemental EIS should be prepared.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 196, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 196, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Economic Development & Business Concerns,
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____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair |
____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair |