STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1656-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 3122

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3122, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to pursue authorization to conduct residential development and to impose association fees on certain parcels of land in the Kakaako Makai area that were transferred to OHA through Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, as part of the settlement of claims related to public land trust revenues.

The Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Aha Moku Advisory Committee; Oahu Burial Council; Hawaiian Community Assets; Waianae Hawaiian Civic Club; Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club; Living Life Source Foundation; Alii Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club; Oahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club; and numerous individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  Kakaako United; Surfrider Foundation; Malama Makaha; Hawaii's Thousand Friends; Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council; Free Access Coalition; Na Kupuna Moku O Ka Kuhihewa; and numerous individuals provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; 1,978 Conventional People; and a few individuals provided comments.

     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 S.B. No. 3122, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair