STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1474

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 189

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Water and Land and Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 189 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR THE PURCHASE, PRESERVATION, AND RESTORATION, OF AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION LANDS IN MAUNAWILI VALLEY, OAHU TO PROTECT THE IMPORTANT ANCIENT AND HISTORIC SITES AND TRAILS AND WATERS IN MAUNAWILI VALLEY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and other relevant state entities, including the Hawaii congressional delegation, to work with The Trust for Public Land and the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui to acquire the agricultural and conservation lands in Maunawili Valley, Oahu to protect the ancient and historic sites, trails, and waters in Maunawili Valley.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and one individual.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture. 

 

     Your Committees find that HRT Realty, Inc., who currently owns over a thousand acres of agricultural and conservation lands in Maunawili Valley, is in discussions to sell several of these parcels to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture.  According to testimony received by your Committees, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is currently performing due diligence and exploring federal, state, and county funding opportunities to finance the acquisition of these parcels.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water and Land and Agriculture and Environment that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 189, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 189, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water and Land and Agriculture and Environment,

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair