STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1316

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 163

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, Water and Land, and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 163 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO RECONSIDER ITS DENIAL TO PERMIT RECREATIONAL HORSEBACK RIDING ON WAIKANE TRAIL,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation to reconsider its denial to permit recreational horseback riding on Waikane Trail.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

     Your Committees find that the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation recently denied the request of John and Loretta Kilbey to ride their horses on the Waikane Valley Nature Preserve.  Your Committees further find that the Kilbeys have enjoyed riding their horses on this nature preserve, which is located adjacent to their property, since 1980.

     Your Committees urge the State and City and County of Honolulu to examine liability and insurance issues related to this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, Water and Land, and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 163 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, Water and Land, and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing,

____________________________ MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair
	____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair