STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1536

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 193

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 193 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO IMPROVE AND WIDEN THE KEAAU BEACH PARK PARKING LOT TO MAKE IT SUITABLE TO SERVE AS A TURNAROUND POINT FOR PUBLIC BUS TRANSPORTATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the City and County of Honolulu to improve and widen the Keaau Beach Park parking lot to make it suitable to serve as a turnaround point for public bus transportation.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that Makau Street is located in a residentially zoned neighborhood in Waianae, Oahu, situated between the world famous Makaha Beach Park to the south and Keaau Beach Park to the north. Presently two public bus routes that service the area pass through Makau Street, a narrow, unmarked two-way street encompassed by curbside parking on both sides, which can require pedestrians to enter the street to bypass parked cars. In addition to near accidents from speeding buses, Makau Street experienced approximately thirteen water main breaks. This measure seeks to address safety and infrastructure concerns near Makau Street to alleviate ongoing issues in the area.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting the City and County of Honolulu to relocate the bus turnaround off Makau Street to Keaau Beach Park or the surrounding area; and

(2) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 193, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 193, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair