STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3536

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 99

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 99 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE INGRESS AND EGRESS ROUTES IN PACIFIC PALISADES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Transportation to work with the City and County of Honolulu to plan and implement options for alternative ingress and egress routes in Pacific Palisades.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21 and one individual.

Your Committees find that Pacific Palisades is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters such as hurricane high winds and flash flooding. Your Committees further find that Pacific Palisades is built on a plateau above the main portion of Pearl City and the only access road to the area is Komo Mai Drive, a one lane, winding, steep road with a hairpin turn at the base of the Palisades. Your Committees conclude that because Pacific Palisades only has one route for ingress and egress, additional options for alternative access routes are needed so the community is prepared in case of emergency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 99 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair