STAND. COM. REP. NO.  72

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 859

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 859 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMPLETE STREETS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable community development districts to establish "complete streets", which are safe and convenient street routes for walking, bicycling, and public transportation by:

     (1)  Requiring the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to establish a procedure whereby the affected county will be notified and given an opportunity to present its position on improvements related to complete streets prior to decision-making by HCDA; and

     (2)  Requiring HCDA to develop and adopt complete streets design standards and street plans for the community development districts.

The Office of the Governor; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Community Development Authority; Blue Planet Foundation; and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu's Department of Transportation Services, a member of the City and County of Honolulu's City Council, and the Windward Ahupua‘a Alliance offered comments on the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 859, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 859, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water & Land.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair