THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 4 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 H.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT KIKIAOLA, KEKAHA, KAUAI, FOR A SHORELINE PROTECTION STRUCTURE, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.
THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 4
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
THE SENATE
S.C.R. NO.
4
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT KIKIAOLA, KEKAHA, KAUAI, FOR A SHORELINE PROTECTION STRUCTURE, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.
WHEREAS, the existing shoreline protection structure seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 1-2-013:031, Kikiaola, Kekaha, Kauai, was constructed on state submerged lands; and WHEREAS, Graham and Marisa Chelius, owners of the private residential property identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 1-2-013:031, were granted an emergency authorization pursuant to section 13-5-35, Hawaii Administrative Rules, for temporary shoreline stabilization to place geotextile bags on state submerged lands along the erosion scarp abutting the makai boundary of their private property by the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands under Emergency Conservation District Use Permit KA-14-03, for a five-year term commencing July 16, 2013; and WHEREAS, at its meeting on December 13, 2013, under agenda item D-2, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a corresponding right of entry permit for the temporary structure, which constitutes an encroachment on state shoreline lands and delegated authority to the chairperson to issue one-year extensions of the right of entry permit; and WHEREAS, on April 9, 2018, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands approved a five-year extension of the Emergency Conservation District Use Permit, identified as Extension KA-18-12, and the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved an extension of the right of entry permit for the temporary structure; and WHEREAS, on May 6, 2023, Graham and Marisa Chelius applied to the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands for a second extension of their Emergency Conservation District Use Permit and requested permission to repair the structure, which the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands granted; and WHEREAS, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands referred the request to renew the right of entry permit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Land Division, which triggered Land Division's review of the temporary permits and the statutory authority that authorize them; and WHEREAS, Land Division's review and analysis revealed that the Department's past practice of continual reauthorization of temporary permits without compensation was not proper under chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and recommended conversion of temporary right of entry permits to long-term easement dispositions in compliance with chapter 171; and WHEREAS, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands has no objection to a non-exclusive easement to resolve the encroachment; and WHEREAS, at its meeting on September 22, 2023, under agenda item D-3, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the grant of a twenty-five-year term, non-exclusive easement for the existing shoreline protection structure to bring the permits for the structure at issue into compliance with relevant state law, to run with the land, and to inure to the benefit of the abutting real property; and WHEREAS, at the same meeting, the Board approved an immediate right of entry permit to allow the property owners to maintain the structure during the pendency of the easement process, subject to payment of monthly rent, posting of a removal bond, and provision of liability insurance for the structure; and WHEREAS, a professional survey of the structure, as reviewed and approved by the Department of Accounting and General Services' Survey Division, determined that its total size is 2,366.18 square feet; and WHEREAS, on June 12, 2024, Graham and Marisa Chelius executed a removal bond agreement in which Graham and Marisa Chelius tendered and endorsed over to the Department of Land and Natural Resources securities in the amount of $44,855, to insure the State of Hawaii against the cost of removing the encroachments 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 Right of Entry Permit No. 4610 on June 12, 2024, granting Graham and Marisa Chelius the right to enter and occupy the subject portion of state submerged lands, subject to terms including the payment of $101 monthly rent and provision of liability insurance; and WHEREAS, Graham and Marisa Chelius shall pay the State the fair market value of the non-exclusive easement area as consideration for the use of state submerged lands, to be determined by an independent appraisal; and WHEREAS, section 171-53(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the prior approval of the Governor and the prior authorization of the Legislature by concurrent resolution to lease state submerged lands; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Board of Land and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to issue a twenty-five-year term, non-exclusive easement covering a portion of state submerged lands seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 1-2-013:031, Kikiaola, Kekaha, Kauai, to Graham and Marisa Chelius, for the existing shoreline protection structure, and for use, repair, and maintenance of the 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. Report Title: Authorizing the Issuance of a Twenty-Five-Year Term, Non-Exclusive Easement Covering a Portion Of State Submerged Lands at Kikiaola, Kekaha, Kauai, for a Shoreline Protection Structure, and for Use, Repair, and Maintenance of the Improvements Constructed Thereon
WHEREAS, the existing shoreline protection structure seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 1-2-013:031, Kikiaola, Kekaha, Kauai, was constructed on state submerged lands; and
WHEREAS, Graham and Marisa Chelius, owners of the private residential property identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 1-2-013:031, were granted an emergency authorization pursuant to section 13-5-35, Hawaii Administrative Rules, for temporary shoreline stabilization to place geotextile bags on state submerged lands along the erosion scarp abutting the makai boundary of their private property by the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands under Emergency Conservation District Use Permit KA-14-03, for a five-year term commencing July 16, 2013; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on December 13, 2013, under agenda item D-2, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a corresponding right of entry permit for the temporary structure, which constitutes an encroachment on state shoreline lands and delegated authority to the chairperson to issue one-year extensions of the right of entry permit; and
WHEREAS, on April 9, 2018, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands approved a five-year extension of the Emergency Conservation District Use Permit, identified as Extension KA-18-12, and the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved an extension of the right of entry permit for the temporary structure; and
WHEREAS, on May 6, 2023, Graham and Marisa Chelius applied to the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands for a second extension of their Emergency Conservation District Use Permit and requested permission to repair the structure, which the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands granted; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands referred the request to renew the right of entry permit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Land Division, which triggered Land Division's review of the temporary permits and the statutory authority that authorize them; and
WHEREAS, Land Division's review and analysis revealed that the Department's past practice of continual reauthorization of temporary permits without compensation was not proper under chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and recommended conversion of temporary right of entry permits to long-term easement dispositions in compliance with chapter 171; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands has no objection to a non-exclusive easement to resolve the encroachment; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on September 22, 2023, under agenda item D-3, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the grant of a twenty-five-year term, non-exclusive easement for the existing shoreline protection structure to bring the permits for the structure at issue into compliance with relevant state law, to run with the land, and to inure to the benefit of the abutting real property; and
WHEREAS, at the same meeting, the Board approved an immediate right of entry permit to allow the property owners to maintain the structure during the pendency of the easement process, subject to payment of monthly rent, posting of a removal bond, and provision of liability insurance for the structure; and
WHEREAS, a professional survey of the structure, as reviewed and approved by the Department of Accounting and General Services' Survey Division, determined that its total size is 2,366.18 square feet; and
WHEREAS, on June 12, 2024, Graham and Marisa Chelius executed a removal bond agreement in which Graham and Marisa Chelius tendered and endorsed over to the Department of Land and Natural Resources securities in the amount of $44,855, to insure the State of Hawaii against the cost of removing the encroachments 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 Right of Entry Permit No. 4610 on June 12, 2024, granting Graham and Marisa Chelius the right to enter and occupy the subject portion of state submerged lands, subject to terms including the payment of $101 monthly rent and provision of liability insurance; and
WHEREAS, Graham and Marisa Chelius shall pay the State the fair market value of the non-exclusive easement area as consideration for the use of state submerged lands, to be determined by an independent appraisal; and
WHEREAS, section 171-53(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the prior approval of the Governor and the prior authorization of the Legislature by concurrent resolution to lease state submerged lands; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Board of Land and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to issue a twenty-five-year term, non-exclusive easement covering a portion of state submerged lands seaward of the property identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 1-2-013:031, Kikiaola, Kekaha, Kauai, to Graham and Marisa Chelius, for the existing shoreline protection structure, and for use, repair, and maintenance of the 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.
Report Title:
Authorizing the Issuance of a Twenty-Five-Year Term, Non-Exclusive Easement Covering a Portion Of State Submerged Lands at Kikiaola, Kekaha, Kauai, for a Shoreline Protection Structure, and for Use, Repair, and Maintenance of the Improvements Constructed Thereon