STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1493-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 61

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 61 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE ALA WAI WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP AND REQUESTING A REPORT ON PROGRESS MADE BY THE PARTNERSHIP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the Ala Wai Watershed Partnership and its integrated approach to increasing the resilience and sustainability of the Ala Wai watershed and Waikiki.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Green Growth, and an individual provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding the White House Council on Environmental Quality and White House Office of Management and Budget to the list of recipients of the Concurrent Resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 61, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 61, H.D. 1.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair