This document is testimony submitted to multiple Senate committees in support of bill SB 3090. It summarizes the management history of Mauna Kea and Haleakala observatory sites in Hawaii. It recommends that the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) be appointed as the single comprehensive manager for the Mauna Kea Astronomy Precinct. It also recommends a joint partnership between the Office of Mauna Kea Management, National Parks Service, and Department of Interior for management of the Mauna Kea Natural/Cultural Preservation Area. The testimony provides background on the establishment and roles of IfA and OMKM in managing the observatory lands.

1. Clifton M. Hasegawa
1322 Lower Main Street A5, Wailuku, Hawai`i 96793
Telephone: (808) 419-5481
Email: clifhasegawa@gmail.com
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FEBRUARY 3, 2018
THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
TESTIMONY ON SB 3090
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Senator Kaiali`i Kahele, Chair
Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair
Members
Senator Stanley Chang Senator Michelle N. Kidani
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran
SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair
Members
Senator J. Kalani English Senator Michelle N. Kidani
Senator Brickwood Galuteria Senator Gil Riviere
Senator Breene Harimoto Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro
Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Senator Glenn Wakai
Senator Kaiali`i Kahele
SENATE COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND
Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair
Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair
Members
Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Senator Laura H. Thielen
Senator Gil Riviere

2. We agree, in part
We support and endorse, in part, a single entity concept to streamline and fast-
track, improve efciency and efectiveness, performance and delivery of services for
the overall and comprehensive management for Mauna Kea.
We recommend comprehensive management duties and responsibilities for the
Mauna Kea Astronomy Precinct be by the University of Hawai`i Institute of Astronomy
(IfA) and the Mauna Kea Natural/Cultural Preservation Area be by the Ofce of Mauna
Kea Management (OMKM), that their bonds be strengthened, each entity resourced to
the fullest extent to preserve, protect, maintain and restore Native Hawaiian culture, to
advance scientifc exploration and research, to engage their abilities and capabilities to
further contribute to the State of Hawaii economic engine and most signifcantly and
importantly empower their capacities to share the majesty and beauty of Mauna Kea to
each and everyone, here, there, and everywhere for today, tomorrow and the future.
We Disagree, in part
We oppose the creation of a NEW entity. We recommended is that functions
required for the comprehensive management of Mauna Kea be returned to the
University of Hawai`i Institute of Astronomy as Single Manager for the Mauna Kea
Astronomy Precinct to include all functions currently being performed by and under
the University of Hawai`i Board of Regents, the President of the University of Hawai`i,
Department of Land and Natural Resources, Board of Land and Natural Resources,
Ofce of Conservation and Coastal Lands, Division of Conservation and Resource
Enforcement, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Natural Area Reserves Commission,
Land Division and State Historic Preservation Division AND a joint partnership for the
comprehensive management of the Mauna Kea Natural/Cultural Preservation Area be
established with the Ofce of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) and National Parks
Service and the United States Department of the Interior. That the IfA and OMKM have
Co-Trustee duties and responsibilities for Native Hawaiian culture and heritage from
the summit of Mauna Kea to the sea, mauka to makai.
Our reasons and rationale,

3. In 1961, an Executive Order Governor William F. Quinn set aside 18.166 acres
of land on the summit of Haleakalā in a place known as Kolekole to be under
the control and management of the Board of Regents of the University of
Hawaii. The site is known as HO and UH is the owner of the parcel. The IfA is
responsible for managing and developing the land. The EO has no expiration
da t e . Source: DNLR. Haleakalā High Altitude Observatory Site Management Plan
http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/files/2013/08/3-HO-Mgmt-Plan-060810.pdf
The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) was founded at the University of Hawaii (UH)
in 1967 to manage the Haleakalā Observatories on Maui AND Mauna Kea
Observatories on the Big Island. Source: IfA. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/ifa2/about_ifa.shtml
In 1968 Governor John A. Burns established the Maunakea Science Reserve,
and through a lease with the Department of Land & Natural Resources the
University of Hawaii was granted the authority to operate the Science Reserve
as a scientifc complex.
In August, 2000 the Ofce of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) was established
as directed in the Master Plan to responsibly steward the land use and activities
on UH managed lands on Maunakea. 11,288 acres of State-owned land on
Maunakea are managed by OMKM. Source: Ofce of Mauna Kea Management
(OMKM) http://www.malamamaunakea.org/about-us/history
The 2000 Master Plan is a comprehensive document, which was approved by
the Board of Regents in June 2000 after an arduous, two-year process with
input from all sectors of the community, and supervised by a community-based
advisory committee chaired by two faculty members at UH Hilo's College of
Hawaiian Language, Dr. Pila Wilson and Mr. Larry Kimura. It was accompanied
by a State Environmental Impact Statement signed by the Governor of the
State.
The scope of the Master Plan is much broader than future development of
astronomy.

4. It addresses the cultural and environmental aspects of the University's use and
responsibility for the Mauna Kea Science Reserve and proposes a new
organizational structure, which has been implemented by establishing the
Ofce of Mauna Kea Management, based at the University of Hawaii at Hilo,
and two important community based advisory bodies, the Mauna Kea
Management Board, and Kahu Ku Mauna, the Ofce's and Board's cultural
advisory council. Within the new organizational structure the Institute for
Astronomy’s responsibility on Mauna Kea is limited to astronomical
operation, research and education, whereas the Ofce has the
responsibility for the cultural and environmental protection and all other
aspects of land management. [Emphasis Supplied]
The superior quality of Mauna Kea and Haleakala as the world's best
observatory sites and the concept developed by the IfA, the University and the
State to build up the most capable observatory in the world.
The astronomers of the IfA were the frst in the world to dare to build a
technologically very challenging and complex observatory with small, but very
efcient, telescopes at the extreme elevation and thin air of 13,796 ft. With
their exciting astronomical detections they were able to demonstrate to the
world that Mauna Kea is unique as an astronomical site.
The IfA has developed into one of the world's preeminent centers for
astronomical research.
The IfA plays in the same league as Caltech, Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, and
Cambridge. It attracts the best faculty and the best students from around the
world. It has become a pillar of academic excellence and certainly an engine
of economic growth in the State.
Source: Ofce of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) Report on Long-term development of
observatory sites on the summit of Mauna Kea 2007 Legislature. HCR 314 HD1, 2006.
http://www.hawaii.edu/ofces/eaur/govrel/reports/2007/hcr314_2006_maunakea_development_report.pdf

5. HALEAKALA ̶ MAUNA KEA
CREATING SYNERGY
The organizations behind the two projects are very diferent, astronomers note.
The DKIST [Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope] is a national project, funded by
the National Science Foundation and owned by NSO. Using federal funds
meant that NSO had to follow strict accounting procedures, perform a federal
environmental impact assessment, and satisfy U.S. historic preservation rules.
By contrast, the TMT [Thirty-Meter Telescope], a private consortium supported
by institutions in fve countries, received no federal funds for construction. That
meant it didn’t have to deal with those same regulations.
Mauna Kea also poses a bigger management challenge for the University of
Hawaii. The science reserve on the Mauna Kea summit spans nearly 5000
hectares—an area more than 650 times larger than Maui’s compact Science
City.
[T]he university owns Science City, its preserve on Mauna Kea is a lease, which
means it is subject to state audits. In 1998 and 2005, the auditor released
critical reports about IfA’s stewardship of Mauna Kea ... A follow-up audit in
2014 reported improvements in IfA’s management of environmental and
cultural resources. Source: How the world’s largest solar telescope rose on Maui while
nearby protests derailed a larger scope By Ilima Loomis. Science Magazine August 1, 2017,
accessed February 3, 2018 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/how-world-s-largest-solar-telescope-rose-maui-
while-nearby-protests-derailed-larger
HALEAKALA
IfA Science City 18 acres
National Parks Service 30,183 acres [24,719 acres are designated
as a Wilderness Area and this land managed under the Wilderness Act of 1964]
MAUNA KEA
Natural/Cultural Preservation Area 10,763 acres
Astronomy Precinct 525 acres
Total Mauna Kea Science Reserve 11,288 acres

6. Respectfully, we recommend your Committees and he Hawai`i Legislature
appoint the University of Hawai`i Institute for Astronomy (IfA) as the Comprehensive
Manager for the Mauna Kea Astronomy Precinct, preserve comprehensive management
for the Haleakala Science City in the University of Hawai`i Institute for Astronomy (IfA)
and your Committees and the Hawaii Legislature pursue a joint partnership for the
comprehensive management of the Mauna Kea Natural/Cultural Preservation Area with
the Ofce of Mauna Kea Management, the United States Department of the Interior
and National Parks Service.
We thank you very much for the opportunity to share our thoughts with you.
Aloha
Respectfully submitted,
Clifton M. Hasegawa
Administrator, Citizens for Openness in Government
Administrator, Freedom, Just Causes and Equality for All