STAND. COM. REP. NO.1362-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.C.R. No. 68

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 68, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DESIGNATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to designate approximately one hundred fifty acres of public lands in South Hilo as an industrial park.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

The designated area is located in the South Hilo industrial area south of the old Hilo airport and is currently being used for various industrial purposes, including the JAS Glover quarry and concrete manufacturing operations, a Meadow Gold processing plant, a county baseyard, and a warehouse facility. Additional State-owned lands to the north and east of the quarry site are vacant and available for expanded industrial uses but development will require roadway improvements and utility infrastructure.

Your committee finds that designation of the subject area as an industrial park will assist DLNR in master planning the area as an industrial park and in constructing the needed infrastructure and access to serve the industrial park and other surrounding areas. Once the area is designated as an industrial park, DLNR may negotiate long-term leases with current tenants of the area, including JAS Glover, Ltd. which occupies approximately forty-five acres within the subject area under a month-to-month revocable permit and is agreeable to contributing towards construction of portions of a main access roadway as a condition to the issuance of a long term lease.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 68, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,

 

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EZRA KANOHO, Chair