STAND. COM. REP. 3344

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 190

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 190 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT ILLEGAL ENTRY TO THE HAIKU STAIRS UNTIL THE ISSUE OF PERMANENT ACCESS TO THE HAIKU STAIRS IS RESOLVED AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD IS NO LONGER IMPOSED UPON, AND REQUESTING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO DISCLOSE TO THE PUBLIC THE CITY'S PLANS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE HAIKU STAIRS AND HAIKU VALLEY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Request the City and County of Honolulu:

(A) To take further action to prevent illegal entry to the Haiku Stairs until the issue of permanent access is finally resolved; and

(B) In devising a permanent access route for the Haiku Stairs, to be mindful and sensitive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhoods as to issues of parking congestion, trespassing, and vandalism, and give direct participation to all interested parties in the development of any contingency plans for access to the Haiku Stairs; and

(2) Request the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu to disclose to the public the City's plans regarding the future of the Haiku Stairs and Haiku Valley.

Your Committees received comments from the Windward Ahupua'a Alliance.

Your Committees find that as part of the City and County of Honolulu's efforts to reopen the Haiku Stairs and Haiku Valley, which has been closed to the public since June 2002, the City and County appropriated $2,500,000 to renovate and formulate a master plan to determine the feasibility of a nature preserve and park in this area.

Your Committees further find that although the Haiku Stairs have not been formally opened to the public, many neighboring property owners report that people repeatedly ignore warning signs and other security measures and constantly trespass over private property, causing property damage and harassing residents in the process of gaining access to the stairs. This measure requests the City and County of Honolulu to address these problems.

Your Committees have amended this measure to transmit a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution to the Windward Ahupua'a Alliance.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 190, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 190, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair