STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1182

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 389

       H.D. 3

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 389, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND USE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Heeia community development district on the island of Oahu to develop culturally appropriate agriculture, education, and natural resource restoration and management of the Heeia wetlands.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Jesse K. Souki, Interim Director, Office of Planning, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and The Nature Conservancy.

     Your Committee received comments on the measure from Kalbert K. Young, Director, Department of Budget and Finance; and the Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee finds that in March 2010, a thirty-eight-year lease for the Heeia wetlands was granted by the Hawaii Community Development Authority to the nonprofit corporation Kakoo Oiwi.  The establishment of the Hawaii Community development district will help Kakoo Oiwi fulfill its goal of restoring the wetlands, eliminating invasive species in the area, and establishing an agricultural and educational center that will contribute to the community at large.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 389, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 389, H.D. 3, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair