STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2081

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2381

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 2381 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KIHEI BOAT HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation for design, permitting, and maintenance dredging for the Kihei Boat Harbor.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Aha Moku Advisory Committee.

     Your Committee finds that small boat harbors in Hawaii play an important role in the ocean recreational experiences of residents and visitors.  Such experiences include yacht racing, canoe regattas, board sailing, ocean swimming, fishing, and surfing.  The quality of ocean recreation experiences may be diminished by the inadequate upkeep of the State's boating facilities.

     Your Committee further finds that despite the State's efforts to dredge the channel entrance and turning basin of Kihei Boat Harbor in 2007, launching and vessel retrieval problems continue to persist, creating unsafe conditions during certain ocean conditions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2381 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Energy,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair