STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1052

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1395

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1395, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KALIHI 21ST CENTURY COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a temporary Kalihi 21st Century Commission to create a comprehensive community development plan for the Kalihi area on the island of Oahu.

The Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, Ho‘omana Pono, LLC., Adult Friends for Youth, Parents and Children Together, and a few concerned individuals supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.  The Office of Planning, Office of Information Practices, Susannah Wesley Community Center, and Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1395, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair