STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1607

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 30

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 30 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR OF HONOLULU AND THE HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 15-14.1(2) OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF HONOLULU TO ALLOW FOR STREET PARKING IN THE COMMUNITY OF HO‘OKEA IN EWA VILLAGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu and Chairperson of the Honolulu City Council to allow an exemption from parking restrictions under section 15-14.1(2) of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu (ROH) for residents of the Ho‘okea Community to allow them to park their vehicles near their residences.

     The Ewa Villages Historical Society and a large number of concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services opposed this measure.

     Your Committee finds the parking restrictions under the ROH pose a significant problem for members of the Ho‘okea Community that needs to be addressed.  However, your Committee notes that the successful passage of this concurrent resolution alone will not change section 15-14.1(a)(2), ROH, and that only action by the Honolulu City Council can actually change the current law.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying the reference to the pertinent parking ordinance to be section 15-14.1(a)(2), ROH;

     (2)  Amending its title to read as follows:  "URGING THE MAYOR OF HONOLULU AND THE HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 15-14.1(a)(2) OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF HONOLULU TO ALLOW FOR STREET PARKING IN THE COMMUNITY OF HO‘OKEA IN EWA VILLAGES"; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 30, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 30, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair