Bill Text: HI HCR292 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Mauna Kea State Recreation Area; Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area; Transfer; DLNR; County of Hawaii
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-26 - (S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 622). [HCR292 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HCR292-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3182
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.C.R. No. 292
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committees on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 292, H.D. 1, entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER THE MAUNA KEA STATE RECREATION AREA AND THE HAPUNA BEACH STATE RECREATION AREA TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into an agreement to transfer the Mauna Kea State Recreation Area and the Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area to the County of Hawaii.
Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by one county Mayor. One state agency submitted testimony in opposition. Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committees find that this potential transfer would allow the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use its limited resources on other parks or necessary state services, and can serve as a model for other state parks to shift financial and administrative responsibilities to the counties. State parks are generally areas defined by historic significance, cultural resources, or natural resources, and county parks are generally areas defined by the recreational benefit to the community. The Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area is an active state park, with approximately 514,300 total users in 2008. It is an approximately 500-acre area including Hapuna and Wailea beach parks, picnic and shelter lodging opportunities, hiking along a coastal trail, and areas of undeveloped land. The County of Hawaii is prepared to make the necessary investment in infrastructure and maintenance to allow this area to achieve its potential without the transfer of any state personnel or equipment. Your Committees believe a thorough management plan is essential to a smooth transition of management and financial responsibility and looks forward to receiving it prior to the next Regular Session.
Your Committees have amended the measure by:
(1) Removing Mauna Kea State Recreation Area from the purview of the measure;
(2) Requesting the County of Hawaii, in consultation with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to develop and submit a management plan for the transfer of title and responsibility for the Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area to the Legislature prior to the execution of any transfer;
(3) Clarifying the characteristics of Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area and state parks generally; and
(4) Specifying considerations that the County of Hawaii is requested to include in the management plan.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 292, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 292, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
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____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair |
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