STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 323

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1791

S.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1791 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 conduct a regional traffic flow study and perform a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Kakaako community development district area.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) and three individuals.

Your Committees find that developments in the Kakaako area have increased, potentially creating greater traffic congestion in the area; however, the extent of the congestion still needs to be determined in order to resolve the traffic issues. This measure requires:

(1) The HCDA to conduct regional traffic studies in the Kakaako and Kapiolani areas on Oahu; and

(2) A supplemental environmental impact statement to be performed for the traffic study area.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring HCDA to submit its written report to the Governor and the Legislature by December 31, 2006 rather than December 31, 2005; and

(2) Deleting the dollar amount of the appropriation and has left it blank for the Committee on Ways and Means to determine at a later date.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Transportation and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1791, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1791, 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 Agriculture and Transportation and Government Operations,

____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair		____________________________ RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair