Bill Text: HI HCR21 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Concurrent Resolution 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorized BLNR to issue a term, non-exclusive easement

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-29 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ing, Kong, Luke, Saiki, Thielen, Tokioka excused (7). [HCR21 Detail]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	21
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT SAND ISLAND, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR THE USE, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING FLOATING DOCK.

WHEREAS, the existing floating dock fronting the property identified as Tax Map Key: (1)1-5-041: portions of 006, Sand Island, Oahu, is located upon state submerged lands; and

WHEREAS, the Marine Educational Training Center (METC), an educational facility operated by Honolulu Community College (HCC) that provides training programs for the repair and maintenance of marine vessels and engines is currently using the floating dock for educational and research purposes; and

WHEREAS, additional users include the University of Hawaii (UH) Sailing Team, the UH Student Recreation Services, and the Polynesian Voyaging Society; and

WHEREAS, due to the closure of the UH Marine Center at Pier 45 Snug Harbor Facility, the UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will divide and relocate its small-boat operations to the proposed SOEST and METC facilities at Sand Island; and

WHEREAS, the current site at Sand Island will require improvements that include installing a new larger floating dock to replace the existing floating dock fronting METC in order to accommodate the spacing needs of SOEST; and

WHEREAS, on September 25, 2015, under agenda item D-12, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a grant of a sixty-five-year lease to UH for educational purposes over the adjoining parcels, which lease also includes a non-exclusive easement for floating dock purposes upon state submerged lands; and

WHEREAS, the subject area is about 64,602 square feet, which will be reviewed and approved by the Department of Accounting and General Services' Survey Division; and

WHEREAS, section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the prior approval of the Governor and prior authorization of the Legislature by concurrent resolution to lease state submerged lands; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the Senate concurring, that the Board of Land and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to issue a term, non-exclusive easement covering a portion of state submerged lands fronting the property identified as Tax Map Key: (1)1-5-041: portions of 006, Sand Island, Honolulu, Oahu, for the use, maintenance, improvement, and replacement of the existing floating dock, pursuant to section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President of the University of Hawaii and the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.