STAND. COM. REP. NO 3135

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 56

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 56 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A LEASE COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT PIERS 24 TO 26 IN HONOLULU HARBOR, OAHU, FOR PACIFIC SHIPYARDS INTERNATIONAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of a lease covering a portion of state submerged lands at Piers 24 to 26 in Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, for Pacific Shipyards International.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Pacific Marine, Navatek Ltd., and numerous individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that Pacific Shipyards International, which operates the only commercial ship repair facility in Honolulu Harbor, is being relocated by the State from Pier 41 to Piers 24 to 26.  Submerged lands for property bound by Piers 24 to 26 are contemplated to be used for shipyard drydock operations and vessels under repair as part of the lease agreement.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 56 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

____________________________

MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair