STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3229

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 113

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Water and Land, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 113 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR SEAWALL PURPOSES FOR THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP KEY (1) 6-8-010:  SEAWARD OF 014, AT MOKULEIA, WAIALUA, OAHU, HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of a term, nonexclusive easement for seawall purposes for the property identified as tax map key (1) 6-8-010:  seaward of 014, at Mokuleia, Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii.

     Your Committee on Water and Land received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Prior to the hearing on this measure, a proposed S.D.1 was prepared and made available for public review.

     The proposed S.D.1 amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting its contents;

     (2)  Inserting language describing flooding issues at Kahuku High and Intermediate School (Kahuku High) and the damage caused to Kahuku High's track and field;

     (3)  Inserting language requesting the Department of Education, Department of Land and Natural Resources, City and County of Honolulu, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to convene a working group to examine possible long-term solutions to the flooding issues at Kahuku High;

     (4)  Inserting language requesting that the working group include representatives from the Castle-Kahuku Complex Area and the community;

     (5)  Inserting language requesting the working group to consider the possibility of relocating Kahuku High's track and field;

     (6)  Inserting language requesting the Department of Education to report the working group's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, an estimated timeline, and estimated costs, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015; and

     (7)  Inserting language requesting copies of this measure be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, and Commander and District Engineer of the United States Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and fifteen individuals.  Your Committees also received two petitions in support of this measure with a total of seven hundred eighty-five signatures.

     Your Committees find that the track and field at Kahuku High is located in a flood zone, at the lowest point in Kahuku.  The flooding of Kahuku High's track and field has caused damage to the track and field's bleachers and locker rooms, among other things.  Long-term solutions are necessary to ensure that the track and field are safe for use by students and the community.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by adopting the language in the proposed S.D. 1.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 113, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 113, S.D. 1.

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

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair	____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair
	____________________________ MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair