STAND. COM. REP. NO.  758

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 718

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 718 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAKAAKO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the keiki of Hawaii have access to facilities to learn about, interact with, and enjoy our State's marine resources and ecosystem by requiring the Hawaii Community Development Authority to:

(1)  Set aside the old ice chute and fuel dock operations building site and perimeter area at Kewalo basin cove for continued use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy; and

(2)  Determine whether any environmental remediation is required at the site, and proceed with any necessary corrective action.

     The Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy, Hawaii Near Shore Fishermen, Partners in Development Foundation-Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool Program, and a large number of concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 718 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair