HB680 SD1.DOC

SECTION 1. Chapter 206E, Part II, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§206E‑ Kakaako makai community development subdistrict; established; boundaries. The Kakaako makai community development subdistrict is established. The Kakaako makai community development subdistrict shall include the area within the Kakaako community development district from the east side of Kewalo basin at the ewa wall of Ala Moana Park, to Forrest Avenue, and from Ala Moana Boulevard to the ocean.

§206E‑ Kakaako makai community development subdistrict; power to develop established. (a) The Hawaii community development authority shall act as the local development authority to facilitate the development of the Kakaako makai community development subdistrict in accordance with the Kakaako makai community development plan pursuant to section 206E-35, and the cultural public market pursuant to section 206E-34.

(b) Three additional voting members shall be appointed to the authority by the governor pursuant to subsection 206E-3(b) to represent the Kakaako makai community development subdistrict. These members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority only on issues relating to the Kakaako makai community development subdistrict, and may vote only on issues relating to the Kakaako makai community development subdistrict. The three additional voting members shall consist of:

(1) The director of the city and county of Honolulu department of planning and permitting; and

(2) Two members representing public recreation, cultural, and arts organizations or business interests that have participated in the community master‑planning process in the Kakaako makai community development subdistrict."

SECTION 2. Section 206E-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§206E-4 Powers; generally. Except as otherwise limited by this chapter, the authority may:

(1) Sue and be sued;

(2) Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(3) Make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this chapter;

(4) Make and alter bylaws for its organization and internal management;

(5) Make rules with respect to its projects, operations, properties, and facilities, which rules shall be in conformance with chapter 91;

(6) Through its executive director appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties and qualifications, and fix their salaries, without regard to chapter 76;

(7) Prepare or cause to be prepared a community development plan for all designated community development districts;

(8) Acquire, reacquire, or contract to acquire or reacquire by grant or purchase real, personal, or mixed property or any interest therein; [to] own, hold, clear, improve, and rehabilitate[,] any real, personal, or mixed property acquired; and [to] sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the same;

(9) Acquire or reacquire by condemnation real, personal, or mixed property or any interest therein for public facilities, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, parks, schools, and other public improvements;

(10) By itself, or in partnership with qualified persons, acquire, reacquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, alter, or repair or provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any project; own, hold, sell, assign, transfer, convey, exchange, lease, or otherwise dispose of or encumber any project, and in the case of the sale of any project, accept a purchase money mortgage in connection therewith; and repurchase or otherwise acquire any project which the authority has theretofore sold or otherwise conveyed, transferred, or disposed of;

(11) Arrange or contract for the planning, replanning, opening, grading, or closing of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, or other places, or for the furnishing of facilities or for the acquisition of property or property rights or for the furnishing of property or services in connection with a project;

(12) Grant options to purchase any project or to renew any lease entered into by it in connection with any of its projects, on such terms and conditions as it deems advisable;

(13) Prepare or cause to be prepared plans, specifications, designs, and estimates of costs for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, alteration, or repair of any project, and from time to time to modify such plans, specifications, designs, or estimates;

(14) Provide advisory, consultative, training, and educational services, technical assistance, and advice to any person, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and engage the services of consultants on a contractual basis for rendering professional and technical assistance and advice;

(15) Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and operations in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable;

(16) Contract for and accept gifts or grants in any form from any public agency or from any other source;

(17) Do any and all things necessary to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted in this chapter; [~~and~~]

(18) Allow satisfaction of any affordable housing requirements imposed by the authority upon any proposed development project through the construction of reserved housing, as defined in section 206E-101, by a person on land located outside the geographic boundaries of the authority's jurisdiction; provided that the authority shall not permit any person to make cash payments in lieu of providing reserved housing, except to account for any fractional unit that results after calculating the percentage requirement against residential floor space or total number of units developed. The substituted housing shall be located on the same island as the development project and shall be substantially equal in value to the required reserved housing units that were to be developed on site. The authority shall establish the following priority in the development of reserved housing:

(A) Within the community development district;

(B) Within areas immediately surrounding the community development district;

(D) In outlying areas within the same island as the development project.

The Hawaii community development authority shall adopt rules relating to the approval of reserved housing that are developed outside of a community development district. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, the establishment of guidelines to ensure compliance with the above priorities[.]; and

(19) Approve, approve with conditions or adjustments, or deny subdivision requests for real property located within the Kakaako community development district."

SECTION 3. Section 206E-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§206E-7[]] Community development rules. (a) The authority shall establish community development rules under chapter 91 on health, safety, building, planning, zoning, and land use which, upon final adoption of a community development plan, shall supersede all other inconsistent ordinances and rules relating to the use, zoning, planning, and development of land and construction thereon. Rules adopted under this section shall follow existing law, rules, ordinances, and regulations as closely as is consistent with standards meeting minimum requirements of good design, pleasant amenities, health, safety, and coordinated development. The authority may, in the community development plan or by a community development rule, provide that lands within a community development district shall not be developed beyond existing uses or that improvements thereon shall not be demolished or substantially reconstructed, or provide other restrictions on the use of the lands.

(b) For the Kakaako community development district, the authority shall also adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 91, on the subdivision of lands that, upon adoption, shall supersede all other inconsistent ordinances and rules relating to the subdivision of lands in the Kakaako community development district; provided that the authority may issue interim rules by directive that shall be exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91 and shall be effective for not more than eighteen months."

SECTION 4. Section 206E-35, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["~~[§206E-35]~~ Kakaako makai; plan. In developing, accepting, and implementing any plans for the development of the Kakaako makai area within the Kakaako community development district, the authority shall collaborate with and consider the recommendations of the Kakaako makai community planning advisory council, established pursuant to house concurrent resolution no. 30, regular session of 2006, and organized in 2007. Any transfer of property in the Kakaako makai area within the Kakaako community development district to any state or county agency shall be upon the condition that the agency shall be required to collaborate with and consider the recommendations of the Kakaako makai community planning advisory council in the development, acceptance, and implementation of any plan for the transferred property. As used in this section, "Kakaako makai" means the area within the Kakaako community development district that is from the east side of Kewalo basin at the ewa wall of Ala Moana Park, to Forrest Avenue, and from Ala Moana Boulevard to the ocean."]

SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	680
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII