Report Title:

Hawaii Community Development Authority; Old Kewalo Ice House

Description:

Requires Hawaii community development authority to set aside portions of tax map keys (first division) 2-1-058:41 and 2‑1‑058:116 in Kakaako for use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy and to develop a new facility at the site.  Appropriates funds for the remediation of the area.  (SD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	718
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to KAKAAKO.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy, an Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is dedicated to teaching the children of Hawaii the skills and joy of fishing, installing aquatic conservation principles for the preservation of ocean resources, and the perpetuation of Hawaiian cultural traditions for the preservation of the resources of the ocean, with teaching by kupuna and persons with disabilities in the skills of fishing and instilling aquatic conservation principles.  The site at the Kewalo basin cove is a protected area that is ideal for a multi-generational facility to bring together the young and the elderly to interact and participate in this educational activity.  In the past, the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy utilized the facility known as the old ice chute and fuel dock operations building at Kewalo basin cove for its site-dependent activities; however, the Hawaii community development authority has recently demolished that facility.

     The legislature finds that there has been a full assessment of varying levels of subsurface environmental contamination around the site due to prior uses of the site by the fishing industry.

     The purpose of this Act is to:

     (1)  Require the Hawaii community development authority to set aside the old ice chute and fuel dock operations building site for use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy; and

     (2)  Appropriate funds to the Hawaii community development authority to proceed with any necessary environmental remediation at the site.

     SECTION 2.  The Hawaii community development authority shall set aside a portion of tax map key (first division) 2‑1‑058:41 and tax map key 2-1-058:116, comprised of approximately 15,000 square feet, at Kewalo basin cove and known as the former ice chute and fuel dock operations building site and perimeter area, including its Kewalo basin cove and channel bulkheads, for continued use by the Kewalo Basin Fishing Conservancy.

     SECTION 3.  The Hawaii community development authority shall determine whether any environmental remediation is required and, if required, shall establish the parameters for any necessary corrective action for the environmental remediation and proceed accordingly.

     SECTION 4.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008 to the Hawaii community development authority for any necessary remediation at tax map keys (first division) 2-1-058:41 and 2‑1‑058:116 for continued use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii community development authority for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.