Bill Text: HI HCR64 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizing The Sale Of A Lease Of Certain Submerged Lands At Kalihi-kai, Honolulu, Oahu, By Public Auction.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to WLH/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 33 [HCR64 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HCR64-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	64
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF A LEASE OF CERTAIN SUBMERGED LANDS AT KALIHI-KAI, HONOLULU, OAHU, BY PUBLIC AUCTION.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, unrecorded Lease No. H-78-5 was issued to Annette L. Nahinu, DBA La Mariana Sailing Club, as lessee, made on July 14, 1978, encompassing 103,390 square feet of state submerged lands identified by Tax Map Key: (1) 1-2-023:052, Kalihi-Kai, Honolulu, Oahu; and

 

     WHEREAS, the term of Lease No. H-78-5 was for thirty-five years commencing May 1, 1979 and ending April 30, 2014; and

 

     WHEREAS, under the terms of Lease No. H-78-5, the lessee agreed to construct certain improvements which would be used principally for a private sailing club for sailboats; and

 

     WHEREAS, under the terms of Lease No. H-78-5, the lessee was required to construct suitable piers; and

 

     WHEREAS, under the terms of Lease No. H-78-5, the lessee was allowed to construct a clubhouse with a snack bar and a bar for members, bathrooms with showers for men and women, and a building to house an office, recreation room, bathroom and kitchenette, workshop, lockers, and a caretaker's quarters; and

 

     WHEREAS, under the terms of Lease No. H-78-5, liveaboard tenants were not allowed; and

 

     WHEREAS, the lessee's operations were significantly impacted by the tsunami that hit the Hawaiian Islands on March 11, 2011 when the tsunami damaged the docks that formed a substantial and necessary part of the leased premises; and

     WHEREAS, the lessee incurred significant economic hardship from the effects of the March 11, 2011 tsunami due to repair costs and resulting loss of revenue; and

 

     WHEREAS, the lessee requested an extension of Lease No. H-78-5 for an additional five years; and

 

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Act 272, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991, the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, is the agency responsible for overseeing and administering the boating and coastal areas programs; and

 

     WHEREAS, management of Lease No. H-78-5 was transferred from the State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation to the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources by operation of law, effective July 1, 1992; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Board of Land and Natural Resources, at its regularly scheduled June 14, 2013 meeting, agreed to the extension of Lease No. H-78-5, pursuant to sections 171-36(d) and (e), Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Board of Land and Natural Resources, at its regularly scheduled February 22, 2019 meeting, agreed to a one-year holdover of Lease No. H-78-5 to La Mariana Sailing Club, Inc. and declared the disposition exempt from the Environmental Assessment requirements of Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for having minimal or no significant impact on the environment; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Board of Land and Natural Resources, also at its regularly scheduled February 22, 2019 meeting, authorized the sale of Lease No. H-78-5 at public auction for a private marina, a restaurant selling both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, a gift shop, boat and trailer storage, other marina-related services, and parking, and declared the disposition exempt from the Environmental Assessment requirements of Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for having minimal or no significant impact on the environment; and

 

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

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, the Senate concurring, that the Board of Land and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to hold a public auction for sale of a lease of the submerged lands at Tax Map Key: (1) 1-2-023:52, Kalihi-Kai, Honolulu, Oahu pursuant to section 171-53(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Submerged Land; Public Auction