Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2479 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide for much-needed parking space in Kakaako by authorizing the University of Hawaii (UH), in consultation with the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), to enter into agreements with private developers to expedite construction of a parking structure at Kakaako Makai, Oahu.

HCDA supported this bill. UH supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee notes that concerns were raised regarding the specific intended uses of the parking lot, the parking rates that would be charged, and which agency would receive the parking revenue. However, the critical need for additional parking space in the Kakaako Makai area is not in doubt. With the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii and Phase II of the site on which the John A. Burns School of Medicine is located scheduled for development, a total of 1,700 parking stalls may be needed for these facilities.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2479 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.