STAND. COM. REP. NO. 488-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2207

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2207, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND USE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Office of Planning to conduct a land use study for Hauula, Oahu, assessing the viability and cost of maintaining the transit corridor, including the possibility of relocating the corridor if necessary.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning, Department of Transportation, and one individual.

Your Committee recognizes that, because of climate change, eroding coastlines threaten the State's costal roadways. Your Committee further finds that the Department of Transportation has identified segments of the highway along Hauula on Oahu as infrastructure critically threatened by coastal hazards and climate change, and has already had to perform emergency repairs along the coastal highways in Hauula in 2019 and 2020. This measure ensures the public continues to have access to safe, efficient, and sustainable transit corridors by requiring the Office of Planning to conduct a land use survey for Hauula that includes mid- and long-term adaptation strategies to accommodate, protect, and, if necessary, relocate the transit corridor.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2207, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair