HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

284

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES to UNDERTAKE PLANNING ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO A new STADIUM ON OAHU and related matters.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that Aloha Stadium first opened on September 12, 1975 and has served as the venue for numerous sporting, music, and other events; and

 

WHEREAS, after thirty-five years, Aloha Stadium's useful life is drawing to an end; and

 

     WHEREAS, despite the $80,000,000 spent between 1985 and 1995 to remediate the stadium's steel corrosion problem, the structural certification performed in 1995 failed to examine wind load factors in assessing the stadium's structural integrity; and

 

WHEREAS, the failure to address the wind load issue places tens of thousands of stadium patrons at a distinct risk; and

 

     WHEREAS, many other issues still need to be addressed concerning the structural safety and the general condition of the stadium; and

 

     WHEREAS, a 2005 study identified numerous capital improvements needed for Aloha Stadium that, if fully implemented in a planned capital improvement program, would extend the useful life of the stadium twenty to thirty years; and

 

WHEREAS, the anticipated cost for the initial improvements in the program was $99,200,000, with an additional expenditure of $115,400,000 for ongoing maintenance over a twenty-year period; and

 

     WHEREAS, the time has come to explore an alternative approach to maintaining an aging and costly Aloha Stadium; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to immediately:

 

     (1)  Undertake plans for the demolition of the Aloha Stadium and the salvaging of any scrap and debris;

 

     (2)  With the assistance of Hawaii's congressional delegation, enter into discussions with the City and County of Honolulu and the responsible agencies of the United States government to remove the condition in the deed to the City and County of Honolulu and the State that the Aloha Stadium site must be used for public recreational purposes;

 

     (3)  Engage in the conceptual planning and engineering for a predominantly low- and moderate-income housing development along with appropriate mixed-uses and the inclusion of a mass transit station at the Aloha Stadium site;

 

     (4)  Prepare a preliminary project package for a request for proposal to privately develop a housing and mixed-use project, including the demolition of Aloha Stadium and the salvaging of scrap and debris;

 

     (5)  Identify available public lands on Oahu for the development of a new stadium with a minimum seating capacity of          , to be developed publicly, in joint venture with a private developer, or on a turn-key or lease-back basis; and

 

     (6)  Study whether a new stadium should continue to be under the Stadium Authority or transferred to the University of Hawaii or another existing or new state agency; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to submit a preliminary report to the Legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011 on the progress of its planning activities and that the Department is requested to include the following in the preliminary report:

 

     (1)  A preliminary timetable for:

 

         (A)  The demolition of Aloha Stadium and the salvaging of scrap and debris;

 

         (B)  The request for proposals process;

 

         (C)  The housing and mixed-use development at the Aloha Stadium site; and

 

         (D)  The development of the new stadium;

 

     (2)  A conceptual site and development plan for a new stadium on Oahu;

 

     (3)  A conceptual site and development plan for the housing and mixed-use development at the Aloha Stadium site;

 

     (4)  The preliminary estimated costs for:

 

         (A)  The demolition of Aloha Stadium and the salvaging of scrap and debris;

 

         (B)  The housing and mixed-use development at the Aloha Stadium site; and

 

         (C)  The development of the new stadium, including the costs of all necessary infrastructure to serve the new facility;

 

     (5)  A preliminary real estate appraisal of a vacant Aloha Stadium site; and

 

     (6)  A report on the status of the discussions with the City and County of Honolulu and the responsible agencies of the United States government on the removal of the condition in the deed to the City and County of Honolulu and the State that the Aloha Stadium site must be used for public recreational purposes; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to submit a final report to the Legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2012 and that the Department is requested to include the following in the final report:

 

     (1)  A final timetable, updating the preliminary timetable submitted in the 2011 preliminary report;

 

     (2)  A conceptual plan for the development of the new stadium on Oahu, including a proposal for the public development of the stadium or, if the stadium is to be privately developed, a complete request for proposals package for the development of the stadium, including architectural renderings, engineering reports, and specifications and guidelines for the development;

 

     (3)  A request for proposals package for the development of the Aloha Stadium site, including the conceptual plan, architectural renderings, engineering reports, and specifications and guidelines for the development;

 

     (4)  The final estimated costs for the demolition of Aloha Stadium, redevelopment at the Aloha Stadium site, the development of the new stadium, and updating the preliminary cost estimates submitted in the preliminary report;

 

     (5)  The final real estate appraisal of a vacant Aloha Stadium site;

 

     (6)  A final determination on the removal of the condition in the deed to the City and County of Honolulu and the State that the Aloha Stadium site must be used for public recreational purposes; and

 

     (7)  A recommendation on the state agency that should manage, operate, and maintain the new stadium; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Comptroller, and the Chairperson of the Stadium Authority.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Aloha Stadium; Comptroller; Planning Activities; New Stadium