STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1885

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 40

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 40 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA TO EXTEND ITS RAINBOW SHUTTLE SERVICE INTO THE KAPAHULU AND WAIKIKI COMMUNITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the University of Hawaii at Manoa to extend its Rainbow Shuttle service into the Kapahulu and Waikiki communities.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System.

Your Committee finds that the University of Hawaii at Manoa currently provides the Rainbow Shuttle service for University of Hawaii students, faculty, and staff, which consists of multiple routes that travel through the campus and in the neighboring vicinity. Because homes in the Kapahulu and Waikiki areas are regularly rented by students and frequented by students for dining, shopping, and entertainment, a reasonable extension of the Rainbow Shuttle into the Waikiki area will service a greater number of students, thereby adding to the quality of student life and potentially increasing awareness of the school among international and mainland visitors.

Your Committee has heard the testimony of the University of Hawaii System expressing concerns regarding the additional costs of providing Rainbow Shuttle service routes into Waikiki and Kapahulu, which would be approximately $350,000. Your Committee requests that if your Committee on Ways and Means hears this measure, it further examine the concerns relating to additional costs raised by the University of Hawaii System.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 40 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair