THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
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Senator Will Espero, Chair |
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Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair |
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COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AND HOUSING |
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Malama Solomon, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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TIME: |
3:30 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
AMENDED A G E N D A
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MAKING A GRANT-IN-AID APPROPRIATION TO THE COUNTIES TO FINANCE DROUGHT MITIGATION PROJECTS AND MEASURES. Makes a grant-in aid to the counties for drought mitigation purposes.
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PGM/WLH, WAM |
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RELATING TO COUNTY MUTUAL AID. Establishes a mutual aid agreement of assistance among the counties to provide potable water and non-potable water to another county during times of emergency. Establishes the Hawaii statewide mutual aid system to provide integrated statewide mutual aid response capability between counties in times of disaster.
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PGM/WLH, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the county infrastructure development revolving loan fund within the department of budget and finance to provide no‑interest loans to the counties for the development, pre‑development, or construction of projects to expedite the building of transit-oriented affordable housing infrastructure development.
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PGM/WLH, WAM |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Granting temporary relief from county housing requirements as recommended by the construction industry task force to stimulate housing construction statewide.
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PGM/WLH |
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RELATING TO PERMITTING. Requires applicants for county building permits to attend an informational meeting with representatives of state and county agencies that will review an application related to the project.
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PGM/WLH |
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RELATING TO FEES. Prohibits the imposition of impact fees in urban land use districts. Requires the department of transportation to charge nominal fees, based on appraised values, for the disposal of easements within and access rights along the state highway rights-of-way to be used for the installation of infrastructure in roadways.
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WLH/PGM, WAM |
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RELATING TO ZONING. Authorizes an exemption from county zoning-related building restrictions for an increase in floor area of the principal office of a planned community association, subject to conditions.
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WLH/PGM, CPN |
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RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING. Creates a temporary working group to study whether form-based code zoning should be implemented by the counties in place of or as an alternative to zoning practices. Report to legislature, county mayors, and chairs of county councils.
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WLH/PGM, EDT |
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RELATING TO URBAN RENEWAL. Authorizes the counties to enact ordinances to establish special purpose overlay districts for the purpose of urban renewal; Establishes an urban renewal task force to investigate urban renewal needs and to propose solutions on the state and county levels; makes appropriation.
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WLH/PGM, WAM |
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[Measured deleted on 02-02-11] |
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RELATING TO COSTS OF RELOCATION AND UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITY FACILITIES. Allow any utility owners whose facility occupies State Highway right-of-way to provide their share of costs up front to the affected state agency for encumbrance of funds in related contracts by way of an agreement to pay.
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WLH/PGM, WAM |
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RELATING TO RAIL TRANSIT STATION DEVELOPMENT. Exempts developments within a half-mile radius of rail transit stations undertaken by qualified developers from generally applicable requirements.
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WLH/PGM, JDL |
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RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Transfers law enforcement jurisdiction over Iolani Palace from the department of land and natural resources to the department of public safety.
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WLH/PGM |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES: If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at PGMTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.
· By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
· In person: 1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 231, State Capitol.
· By fax: Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.
Public Folder. A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6823.