STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3290

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1885

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, S.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 appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to plan infrastructure improvements to the passive recreation area of the Sand Island State Recreation Area.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted written comments in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that pockets of urban recreational space that serve Oahu's growing population are increasingly rare and should be preserved and enhanced with safe and well-managed infrastructure.  Your Committee further finds that the remaining undeveloped portion of the Sand Island State Recreation Area should be furnished with fundamental infrastructure, such as roadway access, parking facilities, utilities, showers, and comfort stations, to ensure that this area remains available and accessible for public use.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified sum; and

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

     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. 1885, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, 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