STAND. COM. REP. NO. 472

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1069

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1069 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Hawaii Community Development Authority to collaborate with and consider the recommendations of the working group of interested stakeholders in developing, accepting, and implementing plans for the development of the Kakaako makai area of the Kakaako Community Development District.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one organization and four public citizens.  One state agency supported the intent of this measure, and offered comments.  Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that the Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council, a diverse group of stakeholders, has worked for two years to develop a vision and guiding principles for the development of the Kakaako makai area.  Your Committee understands that the Hawaii Community Development Authority will include the Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council in the next process, to develop a master plan and rules for the Kakaako makai area, and this measure will ensure the Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council's role in that process.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the description of the boundaries of the Kakaako makai area, and replacing it with the recommended description of several members of the Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purpose of style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1069, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1069, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair