STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1305-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.R. No. 233

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.R. No. 233 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, TO DEVELOP A VIABLE FINANCIAL PLAN TO ASSIST HONOLULU MARINE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS FACILITIES AT SAND ISLAND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to help relocate businesses from Kewalo Basin to Sand Island to make way for redevelopment in the Kakaako area, by requesting the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to provide assistance to Honolulu Marine to determine the most cost-effective financing option for Honolulu Marine's state-initiated move from Kewalo Basin to Sand Island.

The Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association and Paradise Cruise, Ltd., testified in support of this resolution. HCDA supported the intent of this measure and suggested an amendment.

Your Committee has amended this resolution by:

(1) Inserting the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as one of the agencies HCDA should collaborate with in providing assistance to Honolulu Marine;

(2) Changing its title to reflect the change in item (1);

(3) Adding a request to HCDA to develop plans to address environmental and clean-up concerns relating to the move; and

(4) Adding the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as a transmittee of the resolution.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 233, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 233, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair