STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1096-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.C.R. No. 169

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 169 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT OF A COORDINATED COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL POLICY ON SHORELINE HARDENING AND SETBACKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources, with the cooperation of other agencies and departments, to coordinate a comprehensive coastal policy on shoreline hardening and setbacks for the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to consider for adoption.

BLNR and the Department of Transportation supported this concurrent resolution. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this measure with amendments. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting opposed this measure.

Your Committee recognizes that Hawaii's beaches have been negatively impacted for over a century. Coastal erosion has not been considered in the planning of coastal structures and facilities.

 

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Amending its title to read: "REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT OF A COORDINATED COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL POLICY ON EROSION, SHORELINE HARDENING, AND SETBACKS";

(2) Requesting that erosion also be considered in developing the coastal policy; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 169, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 169, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair