HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

26

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

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 USE, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING CRM WALL, LANDSCAPING AREA, FLOATING DOCK, AND CONCRETE PIER PURPOSES CONSTRUCTED THEREON.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, a CRM wall, landscaping area, floating dock, and concrete pier fronting the property identified as Tax Map Key: (1) 4-4-022: seaward of 007, Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, Oahu, are located on state submerged lands; and

 

     WHEREAS, around April 2014, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) was working with the owners, Clifford and Renee Tillotson, to resolve the encroachments; and

 

     WHEREAS, on May 12, 2014, the Department's Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands indicated its support for the issuance of an easement to resolve the encroachments in view of evidence indicating that the encroachments have been in existence since 1963; and

 

     WHEREAS, on July 11, 2014, under agenda item D-5, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a grant of a 55-year non-exclusive easement to resolve the encroachments; and

 

     WHEREAS, the grantees shall pay the State the fair market value of the easement as consideration of the use of public lands to be determined by an independent appraisal; 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 2015, 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) 4-4-022: seaward of 007, Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, Oahu, for the use, maintenance, and repair of the existing CRM wall, landscaping area, floating dock, and concrete pier purposes 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: 

BLNR; Tax Map Key: (1) 4-4-022