STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3483

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 152

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Public Housing and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 152 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO CREATE A REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN FOR KUKUI GARDENS AND MAYOR WRIGHT HOMES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation create a master plan to redevelop Kukui Gardens and Mayor Wright Homes that includes mixed use commercial and residential market rate housing as well as low- to moderate-income housing.

     Written comments on the measure were submitted by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. 

     Your Committees find that this measure will improve the condition of both of these public housing facilities, as well as the overall quality of life for residents and the surrounding community. 

     Your Committees have amended this measure and its title by requesting that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation convene a working group to create the redevelopment master plans for Kukui Gardens and Mayor Wright Homes, that will include representatives from Kukui EAH/DGI Associates, L.P., residents of the public housing projects, and other community stakeholders.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Public Housing and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 152, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 152, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Public Housing and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing,

____________________________ RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair