STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3183

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 27

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 27 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALE OF THE FEE INTEREST IN 95-033 KUAHELANI AVENUE, MILILANI, HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to approve the sale of the fee interest in 95-033 Kuahelani Avenue in Mililani, Oahu. 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this property is a unit in the Nahoa Apartments, built in 1975 as part of a state housing program.  The units were sold in leasehold interest to owner-occupiers, who were given the opportunity to purchase the fee simple interest.  To date, of the one hundred and sixty units originally sold in leasehold, one hundred and thirty owner-occupiers have purchased the underlying fee simple interest.  The purpose of the sale of this property is to promote residential homeownership, and, more specifically, to allow its current leasehold owner, Mr. David McKellar, to obtain fee simple title to his home, at the agreed upon sales price of $35,900.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting the square footage of the condominium unit, and the undivided interest in the common elements that will be transferred with the unit;

     (2)  Inserting a provision describing the history of the subject property;

     (3)  Clarifying that there are no further development plans for this property;

     (4)  Adding information regarding the purpose of the sale of the subject property;

     (5)  Including a provision specifying that a copy of the measure was submitted to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the date of the submission, in accordance with section 171-64.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

     (6)  Clarifying that no objections were received at the public informational briefing; and

     (7)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of style and clarity.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 27, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 27, S.D. 1.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair