STAND. COM. REP. NO.  896

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 859

      H.D. 3

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 859, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to incorporate complete streets design to create safe and convenient street routes for all pedestrians, bicyclists, and users of public transportation in community development districts by:

     (1)  Requiring HCDA to notify a county that will be affected by proposed improvements to county highways and county-owned adjacent land and to allow the county an opportunity to present its position at a public hearing;

     (2)  Requiring that decisions of HCDA include findings that the proposed improvements to a county highway or adjacent land are consistent with local and national policies, principles, guidelines, and best practices relating to complete streets; and

     (3)  Specifying that a decision issued in compliance with the notice and findings requirements shall be final and binding on the affected county, which shall permit and accept dedication of the improvements.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Community Development Authority; and a member of the Honolulu City Council supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu and a concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 859, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 859, H.D. 3.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair