STAND. COM. REP. NO.  214

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1212

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1212 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO URBAN REDEVELOPMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address economic diversification and affordable housing shortages by establishing a Transit Oriented Development Authority to plan and develop infrastructure capacity at each of the Honolulu rail transit stations that will support the planned growth and density at each of the rail transit stations.

The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii and Building Industry Association of Hawaii supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation, Office of Planning, and Blue Planet Foundation supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Taxation, and Department of the Attorney General provided comments.   

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring affordable residential projects that are to be built near rail transit stations to be used for groups of individuals and families that meet certain area median income requirements;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1212, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1212, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Housing,

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair