Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 12 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to seek prior approval of the Legislature to permit the issuance of an easement for submerged lands at Spreckelsville, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, for maintenance of rock groin purposes.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) testified in support of this measure.

During the 1920s, the Baldwin family constructed three rock groins on state-owned fast and submerged lands at the same time their main beach house was under construction.

Arapahoe Financial Plaza, LLC, current owners of the property, submitted a request to DLNR for an easement to maintain the groins in order to obtain a shoreline certification as required by the County of Maui for future improvements on their parcel.

Site inspection by a University of Hawaii Sea Grant Coastal Processes Extension Service Specialist in December, 2001, and a subsequent visit by the DLNR Coastal Lands Program Specialist in January 2002, both confirmed that removal of the groins could lead to erosion in the area, potentially affecting the historic residence, and reduce the public's recreational opportunities.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 12 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.