STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1683-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.C.R. No. 69

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Agriculture, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 69, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE ALOHA+ CHALLENGE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote an integrated and focused approach to sustainability by:

(1)  Legislatively endorsing and supporting clean energy, sustainability, resource management, and other goals of the Aloha+ Challenge; and

(2)  Requesting the Hawaii State Sustainability Coordinator to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the launch and progress of the Aloha+ Challenge.

The Department of Agriculture; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Office of Planning; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Health; State Department of Defense; State Sustainability Coordinator; Office of Economic Development of the County of Kaua‘i; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i; Sustainability Partners, Inc.; Ulupono Initiative; Hawai‘i Green Growth; Hawai‘i Energy Policy Forum; National Tropical Botanical Garden; Enterprise Honolulu; and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 69, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Agriculture,

____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair