STAND. COM. REP. NO.1293
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.C.R. No. 22
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 22 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE STATE OF HAWAII’S HOPE VI REVITALIZATION GRANT APPLICATION FOR KUHIO PARK TERRACE AND URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ACT FAVORABLY ON THE APPLICATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to:
(1) Express the Legislature's support of the HOPE VI revitalization grant application for Kuhio Park Terrace (KPT);
(2) Urge the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to support the application; and
(3) Request the Governor's Special Assistant on Housing (Special Assistant) to convene a round table to develop a plan on how to best use the grant if it is awarded to KPT.
The Special Assistant, HCDCH, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, University of Hawaii Community Colleges Employment Training Center, Parents and Children Together, and the Building Industry Association testified in support of this measure.
HCDCH's plans for KPT include making it more conducive to family living. Your Committee finds that the current high-rise is not conducive to family living, and it would be ideal to rebuild KPT into a low-rise development. The HOPE VI grant, if awarded, will help to improve the living environment at KPT, as well as the surrounding neighborhood.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Requesting the Director of HCDCH to form the round table;
(2) Changing the composition of round table participants; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 22, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,
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____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair |
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