HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                       REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

                   COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND USE
                     Rep. Romy M. Cachola, Chair
                   Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho, Vice Chair
    Rep. Nestor R. Garcia                Rep. Colleen Meyer
     Rep. Hermina Morita                  Rep. Brian Schatz
     Rep. Roy M. Takumi              Rep. Cynthia Henry Thielen

                          NOTICE OF HEARING

          DATE:  Tuesday 30 March 1999
          TIME:  9:00 a.m.
          PLACE: Conference Room 312, State Capitol

                             A G E N D A

Please submit 30 copies of testimony (WLU)
HCR135/HR122 REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING TO ESTABLISH WORKING GROUPS
          ON EACH ISLAND TO IDENTIFY, EXAMINE, AND RESOLVE OUTSTANDING
          LAND USE ISSUES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE HAWAIIAN AND NATIVE
          HAWAIIAN PEOPLES AND THEIR CULTURE.                WLU,JHA,FIN
HCR213/HR191 REQUESTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE "GRATIS" CONVEYANCE OF
          LANDS SITUATED IN MAUNALAHA, OAHU, INTO A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
          HELD IN PERPETUITY AND MANAGED BY THE MAUNALAHA VALLEY
          COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.                             WLU,JHA,FIN
HCR252/HR221 REQUESTING THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND EACH
          COUNTY TO ENTER INTO 35 TO 55 YEAR LEASES AND DEVELOPMENT
          AGREEMENTS WITH CANOE RACING ASSOCIATIONS THAT DESIRE TO MAKE
          IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR EXISTING TENANCIES.          WLU,JHA,FIN
HCR137       AUTHORIZING THE DESIGNATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK ON PUBLIC
          LANDS AT THE FORMER SITE OF THE OLOWALU SANITARY LANDFILL ON
          THE ISLAND OF MAUI.                                    WLU,FIN
HCR116/HR104 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO
          STUDY THE PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING IN MAKAHA VALLEY.     WLU,FIN
HCR136/HR126 ENCOURAGING THE RESTORATION OF MOKU'ULA AND LOKO O MOKUHINIA. 
          WLU,JHA
HR127        ENCOURAGING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO LEASE A PORTION OF KAHANA
          VALLEY STATE PARK TO HUI KALO O AHUPUA'A O KAHANA FOR THE
          PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING A RESTORATION PROJECT FOR KAHANA
          VALLEY STATE PARK.                                     WLU,FIN
HCR176/HR161 SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF KA'APUNI O'HAWAI'I TRAIL (TRAIL
          THAT CIRCLES THE ISLAND OF HAWAI'I).                   WLU,FIN
HCR207/HR188 URGING THE DIVISION OF STATE PARKS TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY
          STUDY TO IMPROVE THE POTENTIAL OF KUKANILOKO BIRTHSTONES AS A
          POTENTIAL CULTURAL TOURISM SITE.                       WLU,FIN
HCR158/HR143 REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHER
          TRAINING CENTER.                                   WLU,HED,FIN
HR159        REQUESTING A STUDY TO DETERMINE METHODS OF ERADICATION OF NON-
          NATIVE FROG SPECIES.                                   WLU,FIN
HCR210       URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO BAN THE IMPROPER USE
          OF HISTORIC SITES AS WEDDING MILLS.                        WLU

Decision making on the above bills will follow if time permits


 
Decision making only on matters previously deferred, no testimony will be
taken (originally heard on Tuesday March 23)
HCR 47       URGING THE HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 98-
          226, PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 21, REVISED ORDINANCES OF
          HONOLULU 1990, RELATING TO ZONING OF ADULT ESTABLISHMENTS.
                                                             WLU,JHA,FIN

  Persons wishing to testify are requested to submit the required copies
of their testimony 24 HOURS prior to the hearing to:  (1)  The committee's
Vice Chair IN ROOM 432, State Capitol; or (2)  The House testimony drop-off
at the State Capitol basement turnaround.  Testimony may be sent by
facsimile to the House Sgt.-at-Arms Office at:  586-6501 (Oahu) OR 1-800-
535-3859 (neighbor islands).  
  The committee also requests that the copies be on one side of an 8-1/2"
X 11" sheet.  For further information, please call the House Water and Land
Use Committee Clerk at 586-6110.  
  Those requiring special assistance (i.e. sign language interpreter,
wheelchair accessibility) should contact the Committee on Water and Land
Use at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements for the
requested assistance.  



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                                     Rep. Romy M. Cachola, Chair 
                                     Committee on Water and Land Use