STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1723-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.C.R. No. 18

      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. 18, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT SAND ISLAND, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR THE USE, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING FLOATING DOCK,"

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, maintenance, improvement, and replacement of an existing floating dock located on state submerged lands at Sand Island, Honolulu, Oahu.  The purpose of this easement is to allow the University of Hawai‘i to make necessary improvements to relocate the small boat operations of its School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology to the existing facility that houses Honolulu Community College's Marine Education Training Center.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and University of Hawai‘i.

     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. 18, 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