STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3029

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1885

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for planning for infrastructure for the passive recreation area of Sand Island State Recreation Area.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that it is imperative to not only preserve rare pockets of urban recreational spaces that serve Oahu's growing population, including Sand Island State Recreation Area, but to also enhance those areas with fundamentally safe and managed access and infrastructure.  Your Committee further finds that an investment is warranted in sustainable and fundamental infrastructure such as roadway access, parking facilities, utilities, showers, and comfort stations to ensure that passive ocean recreation in the remaining undeveloped portion of Sand Island State Recreation Area remains available to the public.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  On the recommendation of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, inserting an appropriation amount of $1,200,000; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair