STAND. COM. REP. NO. 373-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1988

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1988 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to direct the Department of Land and Natural Resources to lease fast lands and submerged lands at the Ala Wai boat harbor for office space, vehicular parking, commercial use, hotel use, training facilities, vessel use, and deep seawater air-conditioning plants.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Ilikai Association of Apartment Owners, and two individuals supported this measure. The Hunting, Farming and Fishing Association and three individuals opposed this measure. The Department of the Attorney General, Waikiki Yacht Club, and two individuals provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the maximum height of any structure or building containing an office space to 45 feet;

(2) Changing the maximum height of any structure or building containing a vessel haul-out, storage, or repair facility to 45 feet; and

(3) Changing its effective date to July l, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1988, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1988, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair