STAND. COM. REP. NO.  616

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 680

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 680 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAKAAKO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow for a broader range of public input into the future of the Kakaako Makai area of Honolulu by repealing the requirement that the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) consider recommendations by the Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council (CPAC).

     The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Kobayashi Development Group LLC, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  HCDA supported the intent of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Executive Committee for CPAC, The Outdoor Circle, the Sierra Club Oahu Group, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Friends of Kewalos, and numerous concerned individuals opposed this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 680 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair