Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 220 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the City and County of Honolulu to maintain the current zoning of a one hundred seventy-two acre parcel of real property in the Royal Kunia development for the establishment of a park, golf course, or continued use as open space.

Prior to hearing this measure, your Committee made available for public review a proposed H.D. 1 that would replace the contents of this measure. This proposed H.D. 1 requests that the Board of Land and Natural Resources review and update the Keehi Lagoon Recreation Plan and explore the leasing of unused fast and submerged lands at Keehi Lagoon for the private development of boating and ocean recreational facilities.

A present tenant of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor and the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, submitted testimony supporting the intent of the proposed H.D. 1, with amendments. The Department of Land and Natural Resources recommended holding this measure pending the completion of an Airport Master Plan update by the Department of Transportation that may impact the Keehi Lagoon area.

Your Committee notes that House Concurrent Resolution 68, Regular Session 2003, contained a similar request that the Board of Land and Natural Resources explore the leasing of lands at Keehi Lagoon for the private development of boating and ocean recreational facilities. To date, the Board of Land and Natural Resources has not acted and the pent-up demand for boat berthing space noted in the earlier concurrent resolution continues to grow. Your Committee hopes that this concurrent resolution will prod the Board of Land and Natural Resources to act in an expeditious manner to address this urgent demand.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and substituting the proposed H.D. 1, which your Committee has further amended to:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 220, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 220, H.D. 1.