STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1341

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 4

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 4 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM LEASE AND NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR THE TIDE POOL STAIRS ENCROACHMENT PURPOSES IN THE MANELE-HULOPOE MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ON THE ISLAND OF LANAI,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue a term lease and non-exclusive easement for the tide pool stairs in the Manele-Hulopoe Marine Life Conservation District on the island of Lanai.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Ahu Moku Advisory Committee, and Pulama Lanai provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by indicating that the square footage of the stairs is approximate, subject to confirmation by the Department of Accounting and General Services.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 4, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 4, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair