Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2541 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate moneys for the development of infrastructure in the Kalaeloa Community Development District.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Your Committees find that the housing need on Oahu is reaching a breaking point, and it is imperative that the Hawaii Community Development Authority's effort in planning and developing the Kalaeloa Community Development District continue to move forward. However, testimony from the Hawaii Community Development Authority noted that the Master Plan for the Kalaeloa Community Development District, which would include comprehensive infrastructure development, has yet to be adopted. This measure appropriates moneys to initiate infrastructure development in the Kalaeloa Community Development District, which will ultimately encourage the development of affordable housing in the area.

Your Committees have deleted the dollar amount and left it blank for determination by your Committee on Ways and Means.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2541, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2541, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.