STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1470-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 3077

      S.D. 1

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3077, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE COMMUNITY PLANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the numerous issues facing transit-oriented development statewide through a coordinated, intergovernmental, and interagency approach by:

     (1)  Establishing the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development (Interagency Council) and appropriating funds for the creation and operations of the Interagency Council;

     (2)  Designating the Office of Planning as the lead agency to coordinate and advance smart growth and transit-oriented development planning within the State and specifying mandated activities of the Office of Planning regarding smart growth and transit-oriented development; and

     (3)  Allowing school impact fees collected from transit-oriented development projects to be used by existing schools in the transit-oriented development area.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Education; Office of Planning; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; and Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu supported this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, IMUAlliance, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and a concerned individual submitted 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. 3077, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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