STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2252

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2584
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2584 entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to transfer the
responsibility to develop the Kalaeloa Community Development
District from the Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment
Commission to the Hawaii Community Development Commission.

     The measure also designates the Kalaeloa Community
Development District as an enterprise zone and returns the
planning and zoning authority over the Kakaako Development
District from the Hawaii Community Development District to the
City and County of Honolulu.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the City and County of Honolulu's
Department of Planning and Permitting, the McCully/Moiliili
Neighborhood Board, Ahahui Siwila Hawaii O Kapolei, and a private
citizen.

     Testimony in opposition to the measure was received from the
Hawaii Community Development Authority, the Barbers Point Naval
Air Station Redevelopment Commission, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop
Estate, Victoria Ward, Limited, the Hawaii Electricians Market

 
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Enhancement Program Fund, and the Kakaako Improvement
Association.  A private citizen submitted comments on the
measure.

     Your Committees find that much of the testimony indicated
concern over the return of the planning and zoning authority over
the Kakaako Development District to the City and County of
Honolulu.  However, many testifiers were in agreement that the
Hawaii Community Development Authority should take control over
the redevelopment of the Kalaeloa Community Development District.

     In light of these findings, your Committees have amended the
measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the portions of the bill that return the
          planning and zoning authority over the Kakaako
          Development District from the Hawaii Community
          Development District to the City and County of
          Honolulu;

     (2)  Inserting provisions that encourage the Hawaii
          Community Development Authority to restore Hawaiian
          names, terms, and phrases in the Kalaeloa Community
          Development District when feasible;

     (3)  Deleting the bond amount specified for the Hawaii
          Community Development Authority to use to redevelop the
          Kalaeloa Community Development District; and

     (4)  Adding an appropriation for an unspecified amount to
          assist the Hawaii Community Development Authority in
          offsetting costs associated with assuming the
          responsibilities of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station
          Redevelopment Commission.

     Your Committees strongly encourage the Hawaii Community
Development Authority to solicit public input in its
decisionmaking process and strive to make all of its meetings
open and accessible to the public.  Your Committees, while
understanding that a portion of the lands in the Kalaeloa
Redevelopment District are still subject to federal control,
would also like to recommend that the Hawaii Community
Development Authority restore Hawaiian names, terms, and phrases,
to the extent feasible, within the Kalaeloa area.

     Your Committees would like to emphasize that the measure in
its amended form is still subject to change and that further
deliberation on this important issue is needed.  To this end,

 
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your Committees believe that the measure has merit and should
continue on in the legislative process.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to
this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2584, as amended herein, and recommend that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2584, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs and
                                   Transportation and
                                   Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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