HI HR78

Urges the Department of Land and Natural Resources to study whether lands along the Waipio Peninsula and Waipahu shorelines are accreted lands (gradually accumulated by natural forces) and therefore state property.

Identifies approximately 200+ acres of unclaimed accreted lands created by high water marks and silt from two feeder streams that have gradually changed the shoreline over time.

References Hawaii Revised Statutes section 501-33, which provides that only the State can register accreted ocean lands, except private owners restoring eroded land.

Requests the Department submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature on whether the accreted lands are suitable for future use as a state park, given the Waipahu community lacks nearby recreational spaces.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the Governor, Mayor of Honolulu, Board of Land and Natural Resources Chairperson, and Waipahu Neighborhood Board Chairperson.