STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1002

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 18

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred S.R. No. 18 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO EXPEND MONIES ALREADY DEDICATED IN ITS 2010-2011 EXECUTIVE OPERATING BUDGET TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO MAP AND DETERMINE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS ON OAHU, FOR THAT PURPOSE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the City and County of Honolulu to expend monies already dedicated in its 2010-2011 Executive Operating Budget to conduct a study to map and determine Important Agricultural Lands on Oahu.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Oahu Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association.

     Your Committees find that the City and County of Honolulu's 2010-2011 Executive Operating Budget sets aside $500,000 for a study to identify and map potential Important Agricultural Lands on Oahu.  As extensive county cooperation is necessary to help the State protect agricultural lands and support agricultural viability, it is critical that the City and County of Honolulu expend these monies and conduct the necessary study and mapping of Important Agricultural Lands.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 18, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 18, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing,

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair