HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

26

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT KANEOHE, KOOLAUPOKO, OAHU, FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL, AND FOR USE, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, the existing seawall on state submerged lands fronting the property identified as Tax Map Key: (1) 4-4-018: seaward of 069, Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, Oahu, appears to be long established as confirmed by observations conducted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department); and

 

WHEREAS, around 2001, the Department informed the owner, Yamashiro Investments, about the encroachment on state submerged lands and worked with the owner to resolve the encroachment; and

 

WHEREAS, on September 2002, the Department's Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands indicated its support for the issuance of an easement to resolve the encroachment; and

 

WHEREAS, on December 13, 2002, under agenda item D-9, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a grant of a 55-year non-exclusive easement to resolve the encroachment; and

 

WHEREAS, the owner paid the consideration for the easement around March 2011; and

 

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

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, 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) 4-4-018: seaward of 069, Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, Oahu, for the maintenance and repair of the existing seawall, and for use, maintenance, and repair of the existing improvements constructed thereon, 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 Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title: 

Non-Exclusive Easement Covering Portion of State Submerged Lands at Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, Oahu