STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1694

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1516

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1516, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT AND THE RELOCATION OF HONOLULU MARINE, INC. TO KEEHI SMALL BOAT HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to assist Honolulu Marine, Inc., dba Kewalo Shipyard, with relocating from Kewalo Basin to the Keehi Small Boat Harbor.

     Specifically, this measure includes funds for improvements to the Keehi Small Boat Harbor, including the:

(1)  Grading and leveling of the selected property;

(2)  Installation of port security infrastructure around the entire property boundary; and

(3)  Construction of a finger pier, sea retaining walls, and bulk heads.

     Comments in support of this measure were submitted by the Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association and Honolulu Marine, Inc.  The Department of Transportation submitted comments in opposition.  The Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that Honolulu Marine, Inc. continues to provide vital marine repair facilities and services to the Hawaii maritime community.  Your Committee recognizes that, based on plans for the redevelopment of the Kakaako business district, Honolulu Marine, Inc. must be relocated to help prepare the Kakaako area for future development.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the expending agency from the Department of Transportation to the Hawaii Community Development Authority to more accurately reflect the appropriate state entity responsible for the relocation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1516, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1516, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair