STAND. COM. REP. NO. 941

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1312

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1312, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to lease certain fast and submerged lands of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor to generate revenue to improve and maintain state small boat harbor facilities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Nobuaki Yoshino, Chris McClurin, Charles Bellman, Keith Kiuchi, and Charles Barclay.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Waikiki Neighborhood Board No. 9, Ilikai Association of Apartment Owners, Reg White, Nancy Mueting, Dave Cooper, William Marshall, Susan Ray, Beth Malvestiti, and Nancy Terrell.

     Your Committee finds that the Ala Wai Boat Harbor includes certain assets within its facilities that are currently underutilized.  If properly developed, these assets could generate revenue that would enable the Department of Land and Natural Resources to improve and maintain not only Ala Wai Boat Harbor, but also other facilities operated by the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation.  This measure takes advantage of the development potential of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor by authorizing the Department to lease certain fast and submerged lands to generate revenue.

     Your Committee notes the testimony of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, which indicates that the revenue expected to be generated as a result of this measure can help the agency achieve its long-range repair and maintenance goals for public harbor facilities.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1312, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1312, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Housing,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair