STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1275

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 320

       H.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 320, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to improve security measures at the Mayor Wright Homes public housing complex, including the contract hiring of at least three full‑time security officers.

     The Representative for the Twenty-eighth House District, the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, and six individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that recently, the Mayor Wright Homes public housing complex has experienced an increase in incidence of public drunkenness, excessive noise, and conflicts between neighbors.  The public housing complex has even been the site of a shooting.  This measure will help improve security measures at the public housing complex, including the contract hiring of three full‑time security officers.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 320, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Public Housing,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair