Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 105, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to strongly urge the United States Army, Air Force, and Navy, to include in the selection criteria for a privatization program contractor or partner, a preference for proposals that can present the most credible plans for involving Hawaii-based financial, architectural, engineering, construction, property management, general services, and material supplier companies to perform the work.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.-Hawaii Chapter, and Bank of Hawaii Corporation testified in support of this measure. The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that the Army, Navy, and Air Force are each planning a long-term privatization program to improve the quality of military housing on Oahu, amounting to approximately $1,000,000,000 for each branch of service. The establishment of this program would have a beneficial impact on both the quality of military housing and the economy of the State of Hawaii.

Your Committee would like to note that although this concurrent resolution names the program as the Residential Communities Initiative, an individual associated with the United States Army informed your Committee that this title is only used for the Army's program. The Department of Defense uses the general term of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Program when speaking about all branches of service.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 105, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.