STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1375

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 30

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 30, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ON A LAND EXCHANGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide legislative approval of an exchange of land between the State and Parker Land Trust.

     Specifically, this measure:

(1)  Expresses legislative approval of the exchange of 0.78 acre of state land currently set aside to the Department of Education in exchange for 5.445 acres of nearby land owned by Parker Land Trust; and

(2)  Classifies the 5.445 acres of land to be conveyed to the State as ceded lands pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Admissions Act.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of Education, and Parker Ranch, Inc.

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Your Committee finds that the State will substantially benefit from this transaction by trading a small parcel of land valued at $13,000 in exchange for a larger parcel of land valued at $1,521,000.  Your Committee further finds that this exchange serves a public purpose by increasing the land available for the future expansion of Waimea Elementary and Intermediate School.

     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. 30, 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