STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1803

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.C.R. No. 169

      S.D. 1

      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 Public Safety, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 169, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED TO STUDY EFFECTIVE INCARCERATION POLICIES TO IMPROVE HAWAII'S CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, ALSO IDENTIFY IN ITS FINAL REPORT SITES FOR A NEW CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THAT ARE TEN ACRES OR LESS IN SIZE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee, is to request the final report of the task force established pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 85, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, of the Regular Session of 2016, to also identify sites of ten acres or less to reflect the concept that modern correctional facilities can be developed vertically.

     For purposes of a public hearing on this measure, your Committee circulated a Proposed S.C.R. No. 169 S.D. 1, H.D. 1 (Proposed Draft), and notified the public that it would be accepting testimony on the Proposed Draft, that:

     (1)  Requests the Department of Defense, with assistance from relevant stakeholders, to modernize its disaster preparedness plans;

     (2)  Requests the State to update its fallout shelter plans in case of a nuclear disaster by:

          (A)  Identifying the locations of usable fallout shelters;

          (B)  Upgrading outdated fallout shelters; and

          (C)  Updating fallout signage and markings, restocking fallout shelter provisions, and conducting public awareness campaigns to ready the public for a nuclear disaster;

     (3)  Requests the State to include in its proposed Aloha Stadium redevelopment plans a reinforced stadium parking lot that may serve as an emergency backup harbor yard that is accessible by tractor trailers, and capable of holding shipping containers, withstanding heavy machinery, and accommodating harbor employees; and

     (4)  Requests the Department of Defense, with assistance from relevant stakeholders, to report its findings and recommendations on modernizing the State's disaster resilience plan, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018.

Your Committee received testimony from the following organizations and individuals on S.C.R. No. 169 S.D.1, as introduced, and on the Proposed Draft:

S.C.R. No. 169 S.D. 1: Hoomana Pono, LLC, and the Domestic Violence Action Center supported this measure.  The Department of Public Safety, Community Alliance on Prisons, IMUAlliance, and Launani Valley Community Association offered comments.

Proposed Draft: Department of Defense, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, and Hawaii State Fusion Center supported this measure.

     Your Committee considered the merits of both S.C.R. No. 169, S.D. 1, as received by your Committee, and the Proposed Draft, and upon careful consideration, adopted the Proposed Draft with the following amendments:

     (1)  Identifying an alternate long-term port, possibly on a neighbor island, to be used as an emergency backup port;

     (2)  Expressing concern regarding electromagnetic pulses radiating from a nuclear disaster;

     (3)  Changing the reference to "harbor yard" to "container lay down area";

     (4)  Requesting that additional power generators be installed at Aloha Stadium to power refrigerated shipping containers and emergency equipment; and

     (5)  Adding the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Commander of the United States Pacific Command, Hawaii Fusion Center coordinator, and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency administrator and executive officer to the list of recipients to receive certified copies of the Concurrent Resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 169, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 169, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair