STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2253

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3054

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3054 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Board of Directors of the High Technology Development Corporation to create a public safety technology park.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Castle & Cooke Hawaii.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and High Technology Development Corporation.

     Your Committees find that Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy are major teaching moments for the public safety community.  The storms proved that when dealing with a natural hazard, we should expect the unexpected.  Hazards of both hurricanes included inland flooding, high winds, and high waves – hazards Hawaii has and can continue to expect with future storm systems.

     Your Committees further find that the State currently has facilities that are aging and located in inundation zones.  Natural hazards, such as tsunamis, pose threats to these hubs.  Recognizing the importance of accessibility and cost, the State needs to set forth a plan to relocate public safety services located within and nearby inundation zones to a centralized non-inundation zone area.  Additionally, a central public safety facility will provide direct access to highways and be in proximity to hospital and military services and assistance.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3054, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3054, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair