STAND. COM. REP. NO.1542

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.C.R. No. 107

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations and Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 107 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE ALGAE GROWTH IN THE CAPITOL POOLS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the University of Hawaii to study the problem of algae growth in the Capitol pools and to recommend solutions.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS).

Your Committees find that the pools surrounding the Capitol building are algae-ridden and malodorous, despite the fact that other public and private entities have successfully created algae-free pools for several centuries.

Therefore, your Committees support this measure, as a way to involve the University of Hawaii in the process, so that our creative students can brainstorm ways to keep the Capitol pool algae-free. Your Committees note that primary responsibility for maintaining the pool will remain with DAGS.

Your Committees amended this measure to instruct the parties involved to study the potential benefits of bioremediation, as well as looking at other public and private entities in the islands that are able to maintain their pools algae-free.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 107, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 107, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations and Education,

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair