STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1692

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1283

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1283, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure the availability of affordable housing in the Kakaako area by:

 

     (1)  Allowing the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to repurchase residential or redevelopment property at any time by deleting the ten year restriction; and

 

     (2)  Allowing the HCDA to sell the fee simple interest in reserved housing units within the Kakaako Community Development District.

 

     Written comments in support of this measure was submitted by the HCDA and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will provide the HCDA with additional tools to develop long-term projects and to provide further opportunity to offer affordable housing units.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Designating sections 1 and 2 as Part I of the measure; and

 

     (2)  Adding a new Part II, which:

 

          (A)  Establishes a Kakaako Central Small Business District;

 

          (B)  Requires the HCDA to confer and obtain consensus from real property owners within and adjacent to a proposed public facility prior to undertaking any public facility as part of the district-wide improvement program;

 

          (C)  Requires that the dedication for public school facilities in the Kakaako Community Development District be on a fair-share basis, as determined by the Department of Education, and agreed to in writing by the Department of Education and the developer; and

 

          (D)  Transfers funds from the Hawaii Community Development Revolving Fund to the Department of Education for capital improvement projects for public schools directly adjoining or serving the Kakaako Community Development District, with student populations that reflect a disproportionate share of low socioeconomic strata and unmet community needs, and for the future study and design of a new public school facility located in the Kakaako Community Development District.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1283, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1283, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair