HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

194

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON LABOR TO CONVENE A JOINT HEARING ON THE LABOR FORCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROPOSED TURTLE BAY RESORT EXPANSION AND OTHER POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON THE vibrant and growing NORTH SHORE OF OAHU.

 

 


     WHEREAS, Kuilima Resort Company, based upon a Unilateral Agreement approved in 1986, is now proceeding with plans to expand the Turtle Bay Resort from five hundred to four thousand hotel and condominium units; and

 

     WHEREAS, such an expansion would require additions to the workforce in order to fill new positions; and

 

     WHEREAS, the statewide number of employees in accommodation and food services was 96,400 in January 2007; and

 

     WHEREAS, the proposed resort expansion of the Turtle Bay Resort would require an increase of approximately three to four per cent to the statewide workforce of accommodation and food service employees; and

 

     WHEREAS, the local unemployment rates in the Hauula/Kaaawa regions have been traditionally higher than the statewide unemployment rates; and

 

     WHEREAS, the number of potential new jobs may have to be filled by residents from other areas of the state in addition to residents of the North Shore; and

 

     WHEREAS, there exists a substantial shortage of affordable housing units throughout Oahu and more particularly on the north shore of Oahu; and

 

     WHEREAS, the addition of new employees seeking residences in the vicinity of the resort would impact housing situation on the north shore; and

 

     WHEREAS, new employees who do not live near the resort and would need to commute would add to the increasing traffic problems experienced statewide; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2007, the Senate concurring, that the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor and the House of Representatives Committee on Labor are requested to convene a joint hearing to consider the likely impacts on the labor force by the proposed Turtle Bay Resort expansion; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor and the House of Representatives Committee on Labor, the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Chair of the Honolulu City Council.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Turtle Bay Resort Expansion; Labor Force