STAND. COM. REP. NO. 434

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1371

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1371 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SAND ISLAND STATE RECREATION AREA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prepare a master plan for the Sand Island State Recreation Area.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Softball Foundation, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Sand Island State Recreation Area is one of few readily accessible urban beach parks in Honolulu that offers a unique combination of recreational facilities and opportunities for land-based and ocean recreation, including picnicking, camping, remote control car operations, BMX bicycling, softball, beach activities, swimming, surfing, fishing, and canoe paddling. However, the infrastructure and facilities of the Sand Island State Recreation Area have deteriorated over the years from age, heavy use and misuse, and hostile environmental conditions caused by saltwater exposure. This measure would require the development of a master plan for the Sand Island Recreation Area, ensuring that any future development incorporates a variety of improvements and cultural considerations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $500,000, as suggested in the testimony from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1371, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1371, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair