STAND. COM. REP. NO.  545-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1865

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1865 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to impose a one-year moratorium on the Hawaii Community Development Authority's approval of any plans or proposals for development in the Kakaako Community Development District.

The Honolulu City Council member representing District VII; Malama Makaha; Kakaako United; and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  Kamehameha Schools; The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; The Pacific Resource Partnership; Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund; Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.; and numerous individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Hawaii Association of REALTORS provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing provisions establishing a one-year moratorium on Hawaii Community Development Authority's approval of plans and proposals in the Kakaako Community Development District;

     (2)  Requiring the Auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of the Hawaii Community Development Authority and submit a report to the Legislature; and

     (3)  Changing its effective date to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1865, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1865, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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CINDY EVANS, Chair