Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

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1	1	THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 12 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT MAALAEA BEACH LOTS, WAIKAPU, WAILUKU, MAUI, FOR THE EXISTING SEAWALL, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.
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3	3	THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 12
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37	37	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT MAALAEA BEACH LOTS, WAIKAPU, WAILUKU, MAUI, FOR THE EXISTING SEAWALL, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.
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43	43	WHEREAS, a portion of the existing seawall seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (2) 3-8-014:022, Maalaea Beach Lots, Waikapu, Wailuku, Maui (subject property), was placed on state submerged lands; and WHEREAS, the property identified as Tax Map Key: (2) 3-8-014:022 contained a sandy beach and no seawall or other shoreline protection structures when it was originally purchased by Wendell and Myrtle Crockett in the 1940s; and WHEREAS, the Territory of Hawaii built the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor abutting the western corner of the makai boundary of the subject property in 1952 and added improvements, including break walls, to the harbor facility in 1955 and 1959; and WHEREAS, in the early 1950s, around the same time that that Territory of Hawaii was building the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor and its associated improvements, a seawall was installed seaward of the entire makai boundary of the subject property and continuing across the makai boundaries of neighboring properties to the east, and appears to be a non-conforming structure as it was built before October 1, 1964; and WHEREAS, around August 2015, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands worked with the current property owners, the Association of Apartment Owners of Milowai-Maalaea, to resolve the existing seawall encroachment; and WHEREAS, the age and origin of the seawall was confirmed through an environmental assessment conducted as part of the 2015 land disposition process; and WHEREAS, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands indicated it had no objections to a long-term easement to resolve the encroachment; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of October 9, 2015, under agenda item D-6, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a grant of a fifty-five year term, non-exclusive easement to resolve the seawall encroachment, and authorized the non-exclusive easement to run with the land and inure to the benefit of the abutting real property; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of January 8, 2021, under agenda item D-5, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved an amendment to the Board of Land and Natural Resources action of October 9, 2015, item D-6, to shorten the term of the non-exclusive easement from fifty-five to twenty-five years, or in the event the applicant is not successful in acquiring the fee or obtaining an extension of the ground lease of the abutting apartment property, to end on December 31, 2038, concurrent with the expiration of the ground lease for the abutting apartment property; and WHEREAS, the total encroachment area was determined to be 1,737 square feet, as reviewed and approved by the Department of Accounting and General Services' Survey Division; and WHEREAS, on January 25, 2021, the Association of Apartment Owners of Milowai-Maalaea executed a removal bond agreement with Great American Insurance Company in which the Association guaranteed the State of Hawaii the sum of $432,000 to insure against the cost of removing the encroachment in the event that the Legislature and the Governor do not approve the issuance of the non-exclusive easement approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources; and WHEREAS, the Board of Land and Natural Resources executed Revocable Permit No. S-7932 on February 16, 2021, granting the Association of Apartment Owners of Milowai-Maalaea the right to enter and occupy the subject parcel of state submerged land, subject to terms including the payment of $255 monthly rental amount; and WHEREAS, the grantee has paid the State the fair market value of the non-exclusive easement as consideration of the use of state submerged lands, determined to be $63,300 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 Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives 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 seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (2) 3-8-014: 022, Maalaea Beach Lots, Waikapu, Wailuku, Maui, for the existing seawall, and for use, repair, and maintenance of the existing improvements constructed thereon pursuant to section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Governor. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ BY REQUEST Report Title: BLNR; Term, Non-Exclusive Easement; Lease State Submerged Lands
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45	45	WHEREAS, a portion of the existing seawall seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (2) 3-8-014:022, Maalaea Beach Lots, Waikapu, Wailuku, Maui (subject property), was placed on state submerged lands; and
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49	49	WHEREAS, the property identified as Tax Map Key: (2) 3-8-014:022 contained a sandy beach and no seawall or other shoreline protection structures when it was originally purchased by Wendell and Myrtle Crockett in the 1940s; and
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53	53	WHEREAS, the Territory of Hawaii built the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor abutting the western corner of the makai boundary of the subject property in 1952 and added improvements, including break walls, to the harbor facility in 1955 and 1959; and
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57	57	WHEREAS, in the early 1950s, around the same time that that Territory of Hawaii was building the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor and its associated improvements, a seawall was installed seaward of the entire makai boundary of the subject property and continuing across the makai boundaries of neighboring properties to the east, and appears to be a non-conforming structure as it was built before October 1, 1964; and
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61	61	WHEREAS, around August 2015, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands worked with the current property owners, the Association of Apartment Owners of Milowai-Maalaea, to resolve the existing seawall encroachment; and
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65	65	WHEREAS, the age and origin of the seawall was confirmed through an environmental assessment conducted as part of the 2015 land disposition process; and
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69	69	WHEREAS, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands indicated it had no objections to a long-term easement to resolve the encroachment; and
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73	73	WHEREAS, at its meeting of October 9, 2015, under agenda item D-6, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a grant of a fifty-five year term, non-exclusive easement to resolve the seawall encroachment, and authorized the non-exclusive easement to run with the land and inure to the benefit of the abutting real property; and
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77	77	WHEREAS, at its meeting of January 8, 2021, under agenda item D-5, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved an amendment to the Board of Land and Natural Resources action of October 9, 2015, item D-6, to shorten the term of the non-exclusive easement from fifty-five to twenty-five years, or in the event the applicant is not successful in acquiring the fee or obtaining an extension of the ground lease of the abutting apartment property, to end on December 31, 2038, concurrent with the expiration of the ground lease for the abutting apartment property; and
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81	81	WHEREAS, the total encroachment area was determined to be 1,737 square feet, as reviewed and approved by the Department of Accounting and General Services' Survey Division; and
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85	85	WHEREAS, on January 25, 2021, the Association of Apartment Owners of Milowai-Maalaea executed a removal bond agreement with Great American Insurance Company in which the Association guaranteed the State of Hawaii the sum of $432,000 to insure against the cost of removing the encroachment in the event that the Legislature and the Governor do not approve the issuance of the non-exclusive easement approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources; and
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89	89	WHEREAS, the Board of Land and Natural Resources executed Revocable Permit No. S-7932 on February 16, 2021, granting the Association of Apartment Owners of Milowai-Maalaea the right to enter and occupy the subject parcel of state submerged land, subject to terms including the payment of $255 monthly rental amount; and
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93	93	WHEREAS, the grantee has paid the State the fair market value of the non-exclusive easement as consideration of the use of state submerged lands, determined to be $63,300 by an independent appraisal; and
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97	97	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,
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101	101	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives 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 seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (2) 3-8-014: 022, Maalaea Beach Lots, Waikapu, Wailuku, Maui, for the existing seawall, and for use, repair, and maintenance of the existing improvements constructed thereon pursuant to section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and
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105	105	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Governor.
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