STAND. COM. REP. NO.  690

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 147

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 147 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SURVEY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN FEES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AT MANA, HILO, HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help meet the demand for additional industrial lands in Hilo, Hawaii, by appropriating funds for survey and engineering design fees for the development of an industrial park at Mana, Hilo, Hawaii.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) supported the intent of this bill.

     Your Committees find that an industrial park in the Mana Quarry area of Hilo was authorized by the Legislature in 2002.  DLNR is now undergoing the environmental impact statement (EIS) process and the draft EIS is being prepared for publication.  This bill funds the survey and engineering services that will be needed to prepare constructions plans and specifications for the roadways and utility infrastructure once the EIS process is complete.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 147 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair

____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair