STAND. COM. REP. 2874

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 9

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 9 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII FOR REVIEW OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND EXCHANGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to submit to the Legislature for review of action taken by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) regarding land exchanges.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) has been working with the Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (MLP), on a land exchange whereby MLP would acquire approximately 226 acres of public land in Lahaina, Maui. Your Committee further finds that this land will be used primarily for open space, with about 60 acres to be combined with MLP's Kapalua Mauka project, a master-planned residential, commercial, and golf course development project. In exchange, the State would acquire three vacant lots in the Mill Town Center, and an industrial park located in Waikele, Ewa, Oahu, which generates between $98,400 to $131,200 per year, as opposed to the $6,060 a year the State takes in from the land in Lahaina. These industrial lots would greatly improve the State's public land trust assets.

Testimony indicates that one of the Mill Town Center lots has recently been sold, therefore, your Committee has amended this measure to reflect a replacement lot number that has been agreed to by both parties.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 9, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 9, S.D. 1.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair