STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1366-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.C.R. No. 216

 

 

 

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. 216 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING EFFORTS BY THE KO'OLAU GREENBELT AND HERITAGE TRAILS SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WATERSHED PROTECTION AND ENCOURAGE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE ENTIRE KO'OLAU SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the members of the state Legislature to support the efforts by the Ko'olau Greenbelt and Heritage Trails System to:

(1) Provide a holistic approach to watershed protection;

(2) Encourage private and public partnerships to determine the future of the entire Ko'olau system;

(3) Integrate traditional ahupua'a land management systems used by the kamaka maoli with 21st century scientific techniques to provide a sustainable approach to land management that relies on community input and decision-making; and

(4) Develop life-long formal and informal educational, community-based stewardship projects and recreational and cultural activities for particular areas within 36 ahupua'a in the moku of Ko'olau Loa and Ko'olau Poko.

The Windward Ahupua'a Alliance and Agribusiness Development Corporation testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee recognizes the importance of taking steps to ensure the sustenance of our island water resources. Your Committee finds that the holistic approach of involving the public sector, private sector, and communities would have a long-term positive impact on the management of our water resources.

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. 216 and recommends its adoption.

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