Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 66 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to study and evaluate the feasibility of establishing an economic redevelopment agency for the urban core of Honolulu.

Testimony commenting on the measure was received from the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Legislative Reference Bureau (requesting amendments).

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Community Development Authority was established thirty years ago to ensure that the Kakaako area is invigorated in a timely fashion as a dynamic urban neighborhood to bring together a wide spectrum of activities and commerce, as well as a greater mixture of Hawaii's population. Your Committee further finds that this measure, as currently drafted, virtually prejudges the outcome of the requested study, including determinations about the redevelopment of the urban core of Honolulu.

Your Committee has amended the measure, as suggested by the Legislative Reference Bureau, to limit the scope of the requested study to the possible functions, powers, and duties of a redevelopment agency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 66, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 66, S.D. 1.