STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1109-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 13
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and
Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 13 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF
     SUBMERGED LANDS AT DUKE KAHANAMOKU BEACH AT WAIKIKI,
     HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR PIER PURPOSES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to allow the
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to lease, by
public auction, the submerged lands at Duke Kahanamoku Beach Pier
at Waikiki.  

     Hilton Hawaiian Village was issued a revocable permit in
1964, for the submerged lands under the pier, and this permit
continues to exist today.  The DLNR has determined that the
revocable permit is no longer the appropriate disposition of the
submerged public lands underlying the pier and that a long-term
general lease is the appropriate vehicle.

     The DLNR, the Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association
and a concerned individual testified in support of this
resolution.  The Ala Wai Marina Board, Hawaii's Thousand Friends,
and a concerned individual testified in opposition to this
resolution.  The Hilton Hawaiian Village offered comments.  

     Since Hilton Hawaiian Village entered into an agreement with
Atlantis Submarine to allow it to shuttle to and from its
submarines, the usage and value of the pier has greatly

 
 
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increased.  The DLNR believes that the submerged lands should be
disposed of on a long-term basis, and the Attorney General has
determined that the appropriate disposition method is by public
auction.    

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and Water and
Land Use that are attached to this report, your Committees concur
with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 13 and recommend that
it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources and Water
                                   and Land Use,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair             ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair