STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2606

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2249

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2249, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAILUKU PROPERTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to address the shortage of space in the Wailuku state office building and old courthouse building on the island of Maui.

     More specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop a comprehensive Wailuku state office master plan to address the shortage of space in the Wailuku state office building and the old courthouse building;

     (2)  Makes an appropriation for the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop the master plan; and

     (3)  Makes an appropriation for the purpose of purchasing certain properties in or near Wailuku. 

     Your Committee received written testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, County of Maui Office of the Mayor, County of Maui Department of Management, Maui Redevelopment Agency, Wailuku Community Association, Kamaaina Loan and Cash for Gold, and four individuals.

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Judiciary. 

     Your Committee finds that there is a shortage of office space in the Wailuku state office building and old courthouse building.  Your Committee further finds that developing a master plan to analyze the existing uses of the facilities and office space, identify issues or problems due to the lack of space, and identify and evaluate all adjacent land and buildings for a determination of whether the land or buildings could reduce the shortage is the first step to address this issue. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the:

     (1)  Appropriation amounts to unspecified sums; and

     (2)  Effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2249, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2249, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair