STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1240-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 163

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 163 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO NEGOTIATE A LAND EXCHANGE SO THAT WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL GAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF ITS CAMPUS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address community concerns by urging the Department of Health and the University of Hawaii Windward Community College to hold community meetings on their current and ongoing plans for the parcels of land along the southern boundary of the Windward Community College campus.

The Department of Health offered comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by amending its title to read:

"STRONGLY URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CONDUCT A COMMUNITY MEETING TO EXPLAIN THEIR CURRENT AND ONGOING PLANS FOR THE PARCELS OF LAND ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS."

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 163, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Higher Education in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 163, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair