STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1513

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 102

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 102, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING PORTIONS OF SUBMERGED LANDS AT MAUNALUA, OAHU, HAWAII, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A ROCK GROIN TO SLOW THE RATE OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITION IN THE ENTRANCE CHANNEL OF THE HAWAII KAI MARINA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue a perpetual, non-exclusive easement covering portions of state submerged lands seaward of Tax Map Key: (1) 3-9-002: seaward of Kalanianaole Highway near the bridge at Maunalua, Oahu, Hawaii, for the construction and maintenance of a rock groin to slow the rate of sediment deposition into the entrance channel of the Hawaii Kai Marina.

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

Your Committee finds that section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease submerged lands with the prior approval of the Governor and the prior authorization of the Legislature by concurrent resolution. Your Committee also finds that the Board, subject to certain conditions, approved the issuance of a perpetual, non-exclusive easement to the Hawaii Kai Marina Community Association for the replacement of an existing deteriorating sandbag groin with a new, larger, and permanent rock rubble mound revetment and groin. Your Committee believes that the easement is necessary to allow the construction and maintenance of a rock groin to reduce the rate of sediment deposition in the entrance channel of the Hawaii Kai Marina.

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. 102, 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