STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1722-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.C.R. No. 17

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 17, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT MAKAHA, WAIANAE, OAHU, FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL, AND FOR THE USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of a term, non-exclusive easement for the use, repair, and maintenance of a portion of an existing rock wall located on state submerged lands at Makaha, Waianae, Oahu.  This easement adds to an existing easement approved by the Legislature in 2013 that covers the remainder of the wall.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 17, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair