STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1738-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.C.R. No. 125

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

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 S.C.R. No. 125, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee, is to request that the Waipi‘o Valley Stakeholders Alliance coordinate with the Bishop Museum, Kamehameha Schools, Friends of the Future, County of Hawaii, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Trust For Public Land, State of Hawaii, and other interested parties who may be invited by the Waipi‘o Valley Stakeholders Alliance to provide their guidance and mana‘o regarding the future preservation and stewardship of Waipi‘o Valley.

     Prior to the public hearing, a Proposed House Draft was circulated and made available to the public for the purpose of receiving testimony. 

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hyatt Kaanapali, Kaanapali Operations Association, Inc., and an individual provided testimony in support of the Proposed House Draft.

     After careful consideration, your Committees have amended this measure by adopting the Proposed House Draft, which deletes the contents of the original measure and inserts new language that expresses endorsement and support for a unique and aggressive approach by the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use durable and temporary geo-synthetic materials as necessary for the protection of the Kaanapali Beach Walk from shoreline hazards until the beach nourishment program at Kaanapali Beach can be completed.

     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 S.C.R. No. 125, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 125, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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