STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3351

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of an easement for state submerged lands at Waianae, Oahu.

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

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee.

Your Committee finds that section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to obtain authorization from the Legislature to lease state submerged lands. The Board has identified a seawall, steps, and landscaped area at Tax Map Key: (1) 8-7-023: seaward of 044, Waianae, Oahu, as encroaching upon state submerged lands. Your Committee also finds that the Board has approved a grant of a fifty-five-year non-exclusive easement to resolve the encroachment. Your Committee further finds that this measure expresses the requisite legislative approval for an easement to be granted for the seawall, steps, and landscaped area and for the use, repair, and maintenance of the existing improvements constructed thereon.

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. 2, 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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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair