STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1328-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 162

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 162 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS FOR STEWARDSHIP AND PRESERVATION OF WAIPI‘O VALLEY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request Waipi‘o Valley Stakeholders Alliance to coordinate with other interested parties to provide guidance and mana‘o regarding the future preservation and stewardship of Waipi‘o Valley.

The Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Waipi‘o Valley Stakeholders Alliance, Ho‘omana Pono, LLC, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of the measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 162 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair