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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO CREATE REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLANS FOR KUKUI GARDENS AND MAYOR WRIGHT HOMES.
WHEREAS, Kukui Gardens and Mayor Wright Homes are large affordable housing complexes located in Palama in the City and County of Honolulu; and
WHEREAS, Kukui Gardens is a low-rise complex comprised of eight hundred fifty-seven affordable units, and it houses approximately twenty-five hundred residents; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Wright Homes is a low-rise complex comprised of three hundred sixty-three units that have continuously suffered from maintenance problems; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii is in need of more affordable housing units for low- and moderate-income households; and
WHEREAS, homelessness and a shortage of affordable housing continue to be two of the State's most significant and challenging social problems; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii Public Housing Authority indicates that the waiting list for public housing is approximately seven thousand people; and
WHEREAS, Kukui Gardens and Mayor Wright Homes are located in an area zoned by the City and County of Honolulu as an A-2 medium-density apartment district with regulated building heights of one hundred fifty feet; and
WHEREAS, there is a planned transit stop at the nearby junction of Dillingham Boulevard and Liliha Street; and
WHEREAS, lower income families are the most likely to use public mass transit; and
WHEREAS, the Kukui Gardens and Mayor Wright Homes properties are not being utilized to their highest and best use; and
WHEREAS, the State owns half of Kukui Gardens, all of Mayor Wright Homes, and a strip of land located on Liliha Street between the two complexes; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2008, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation are requested to convene a working group to create a master plan to redevelop Kukui Gardens and Mayor Wright Homes, that utilizes the state-owned strip of land located on Liliha Street, and includes mixed use commercial and residential market rate housing as well as low- to moderate-income housing; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group shall include representatives from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, as co-convenors, as well as representatives from the following:
(1) Kukui EAH/DGI Associates, L.P.;
(2) Individuals or organizations representing residents of Kukui Gardens;
(3) Individuals or organizations representing residents of Mayor Wright Homes; and
(4) Other community stakeholders; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation are requested to submit a report of the working group findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2009; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Executive Director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, the Executive Director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and the President of Kukui EAH/DGI Associates, L.P.
Kukui Gardens; Mayor Wright Homes; Master Plan (SD1)