STAND. COM. REP. NO. 324
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 21
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 21 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the planning, design, and construction of a second access road to serve the Leeward Community College (LCC).
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System.
Your Committee finds that the LCC campus also serves as a temporary site for the University of Hawaii West Oahu campus and is presently serviced by one access road. This access road also serves a private townhouse development. Your Committee finds that this single access road limits access to the campus, causes traffic congestion, and could cause problems in the event of an emergency.
The "Second Access Road" project at LCC, is a part of the campus' long-range development plan, that was initially identified for construction in the 1966 master plan. Your Committee also finds that the project should have been completed by 1971, when the campus became fully operational. A capital improvements project appropriation was made in 2002, but the project was never completed.
Your Committee believes that the completion of the second access road for the LCC campus is necessary to provide for the transportation needs of the LCC campus and the surrounding community.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 21 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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