STAND. COM. REP. NO.316

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 941

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 941 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SENIOR HOUSING SECURITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) to hire more security guards for the Hale Poa'i Senior Housing facility.

Numerous persons, including seniors residing at Hale Poa'i, testified in support of this measure. Testimony in qualified support of this measure was received from the HCDCH.

According to testimony of the HCDCH, most seniors at Hale Poa'i feel that it is a safe place to live. However, they are concerned about crime in the surrounding neighborhood. To improve security at the facility, the HCDCH recently upgraded the entrance intercom system by replacing it with a new hands-free system installed at the main entrance and at the parking garage entrance, as well as other security measures.

Your Committees defer to the Committee on Ways and Means to determine the amount of this appropriation.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 941 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing and Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

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RON MENOR, Chair