STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1348

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 144
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Government Operations and Housing and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 144 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE STATE OF
     HAWAII'S HOPE VI GRANT APPLICATION TO ASSIST PUBLIC HOUSING
     PROJECTS AND URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
     AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ACT FAVORABLY ON THE APPLICATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to acknowledge and support
the State of Hawaii's HOPE VI grant application to assist public
housing projects and to urge the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development to act favorably on the
application.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Housing and Community Development Corporation of
Hawaii (HCDC), the Mayor Wright Tenants Association, and one
individual.

     Your Committees find that if the State is successful in its
application for the HOPE VI project, it could mean up to
$35,000,000 in funds to revitalize Hawaii's aging public housing
stock and surrounding communities.

     Your Committees are very supportive of HCDC's efforts to
find alternative funding sources for public housing upgrades, and
believe HCDC should apply for these funds on an annual basis.

 
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Your Committees have amended this measure according, to add an
additional Be It Resolved clause urging HCDC to apply for the
HOPE VI program on an annual basis as a means of revitalizing
Hawaii's public housing projects.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Government Operations and Housing and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to
this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose
of S.C.R. No. 144, as amended herein, and recommend that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 144, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Government
                                   Operations and Housing and
                                   Transportation and
                                   Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                ROD TAM, Chair

 
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