STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1924

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 62

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Water and Land, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 62 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO RESTORE THE FIELD OF MAUNAWILI VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO RESTORE THE ENTIRE PARK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu to restore the field of Maunawili Valley Neighborhood Park and develop a plan to restore the entire park.

Your Committees received no testimony on this measure.

Your Committees find that, located in Kailua, Maunawili Valley Neighborhood Park is a public space that is open to the general public and offers outdoor recreation and nature preservation. However, various environmental changes, including the encroachment of invasive grass, have left Maunawili Valley Neighborhood Park's field unsuitable to safely host sports events and activities. Your Committees believe that the entire park area should be restored in order to enable residents and visitors to safely recreate there. This measure will create a space for communities to congregate safely for gatherings or outdoor recreation and preserve the natural environment unique to the area around Maunawili Valley Neighborhood Park.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 62, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Water and Land,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair