STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2165

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3037

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 3037 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIPOA POINT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to implement a management plan developed by the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust for Lipoa Point on Maui.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Hawaiian Islands Land Trust, Plantation Estates Lot Owners Association, Makana Aloha Foundation, and fourteen individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and three individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Save Honolua Coalition and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that Lipoa Point on Maui is an area rich in history and resources, including agricultural terraces, marine resources, and near shore fisheries, and is a place where traditional practitioners continue to gather resources for subsistence.  Your Committee further finds that it is necessary for this area to be properly managed to ensure protection of its resources while maintaining access for traditional practitioners, residents, and visitors.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3037 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 Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair