STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1307

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 178

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 178 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DISCUSS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE URBAN CORE AND MAIN STREETS, WAYS OF CONSTRUCTING DENSITY IN THE URBAN CORE TO MINIMIZE SPRAWL, AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT REGARDING TRANSIT STATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a Joint Urban Core and Main Street Redevelopment Working Group (Joint Working Group) to discuss mixed use development in the urban core and main streets, ways of constructing density in the urban core to minimize sprawl, and mixed use development regarding transit stations.

 

     Prior to holding a public hearing on this measure, a proposed S.D. 1 was prepared and made available for public review.  The proposed S.D. 1 contained language that specifically requests the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to appoint members of the Working Group and specifies additional members to be appointed to the Working Group.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the proposed S.D. 1 from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Department of Transportation; Office of Planning; City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting; Kamehameha Schools; Alexander and Baldwin, Inc.; The Howard Hughes Corporation; Michael Gach; Charles Ice; Neil Frazer; and Marjorie Erway.  Your Committee received comments on the proposed S.D. 1 from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; and Cathleen Pomponio.

 

     Your Committee finds that the purposes of this measure can be better achieved through a working group comprised of additional members representing private sector developers, contractors, architects, and county and state agencies.

 

     In testimony presented to your Committee, the Department of Land and Natural Resources requested that it be allowed to serve as a member of the Working Group rather than serving as the Chair of the Working Group.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1 and further amending the measure by adopting the amendment proposed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  As amended, this measure:

 

     (1)  Requests the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, rather than the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to form the Joint Working Group;

 

     (2)  Amends the composition of the Joint Working Group to include state, county, and private sector representatives from affected governmental and non-governmental entities;

 

     (3)  Requests that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives jointly select the Chairperson of the Joint Working Group; and

 

     (4)  Makes technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 178, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 178, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Housing,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair