STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1670-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.C.R. No. 69

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 69, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE ALOHA+ CHALLENGE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to endorse and support the Aloha+ Challenge to achieve ambitious 2030 targets related to clean energy, local food, natural resource management, waste reduction, smart sustainable communities, and green workforce.

The Department of Agriculture; Department of Defense; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Health; State Sustainability Coordinator; County of Maui Mayor's Office; Office of Economic Development, County of Kauai; Hawaii Green Growth; Enterprise Honolulu; Hawaii Energy Policy Forum of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Nature Conservancy; Ulupono Initiative; and two individuals supported this measure.  The Office of Planning and an individual commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 69, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Agriculture.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land,

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair