STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1775

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 128

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred S.R. No. 128 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO EXPAND AND EXTEND ITS CURRENT LAND LEASE WITH LEAHI HOSPITAL TO FACILITATE CAMPUS-WIDE MASTER PLANNING AND LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT OF GERIATRIC AND LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE SERVICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the University of Hawaii to extend and expand its current lease with Leahi Hospital to facilitate campus-wide master planning and long-term development of geriatric and long-term health care services.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Leahi Hospital and Healthcare Association of Hawaii.  Comments on the measure were also submitted by the University of Hawaii.

     Your Committees find that Leahi Hospital is a health care facility that supports 178 long-term care and tuberculosis beds and is staffed by over 300 employees providing twenty-four hour‑a‑day support services.  Leahi Hospital is seeking to develop a long-term master plan that encompasses the rebuilding of its campus.  Currently, Leahi Hospital leases its land from the University of Hawaii; however, the term of the lease, even with available extensions, does not provide Leahi Hospital with adequate flexibility or assurances for developing and implementing its master plan.  Your Committees believe that, although the execution of a seventy-five year lease may not be necessary at this time, an appropriate extension or agreement would be helpful in allowing Leahi Hospital to make plans for the future without the fear of a lease renewal problem.

     Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by requesting the University of Hawaii to extend and expand the current land lease agreement with Leahi Hospital for a period of time sufficient enough to allow for the development and implementation of a master plan that includes the plan to rebuild the campus.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Human Services and Public Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 128, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 128, S.D. 1.

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

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair