STAND. COM. REP. NO.  28-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2048

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2048 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 resolve ownership issues involving the roads in the Kakaako Community Development District by prohibiting the Hawaii Community Development Authority from approving community development plans or permit applications without first executing a memorandum of understanding between all the involved parties acknowledging the ownership of each public street or highway adjacent to the community development plan or permit.  This measure also requires the Authority to accept ownership of public streets and highways in the case of a dispute.

The Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Kakaako Public Infrastructure and Facilities Working Group provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage 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 Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2048, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2048, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Transportation.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair