STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3269

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 18

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of a term, non-exclusive easement for the portion of state submerged lands fronting the property identified as Tax Map Key:  (1) 1-5-041: portions of 006, Sand Island, Oahu, for the use, maintenance, improvement, and replacement of the existing floating dock constructed thereon, pursuant to section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that on September 25, 2015, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a grant of a sixty-five year lease, which includes a non-exclusive easement to resolve the encroachment of the floating dock upon state submerged lands.  Pursuant to section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Board of Land and Natural Resources may lease submerged lands with the prior approval of the Governor and the prior authorization of the Legislature by concurrent resolution.  Your Committee further finds that granting the easement is necessary to authorize and facilitate the improvement, maintenance, repair, and use of the existing floating dock by the University of Hawaii for educational purposes.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 18, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair