STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1617

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 34

       H.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 34, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT WAIMANALO, KOOLAUPOKO, OAHU, FOR THE USE, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL AND STEPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue a term, non-exclusive easement covering a portion of state submerged lands fronting the property identified as Tax Map Key Number (1)4-1-002:007, Waimanalo, Koolaupoko, Oahu, for the use, maintenance, and repair of a seawall and steps, pursuant to section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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

     Your Committee finds that in 2014, it was determined that an existing seawall and steps fronting the property identified as tax map key number (1)4-1-002:007 encumber 4,539 square feet of state submerged lands.  On September 3, 2014, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands of the Department of Land and Natural Resources determined that the seawall was constructed prior to the establishment of the Conservation District in 1964 and indicated its support of an issuance of an easement to resolve the encroachments.  On November 14, 2014, under agenda item D-21, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a grant of a 55‑year non-exclusive easement to resolve the encroachments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 34, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair