STAND. COM. REP. NO. 264-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2641

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2641 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to, among other things:

(1) Establish procedures for designating public land redevelopment districts, including the planning committees, district redevelopment plans, and designated redevelopment district revolving funds for those districts; and

(2) Establish the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district, planning committee, and revolving fund until June 30, 2028.

Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd. Dba HPM Building Supply, Kanoelehua Industrial Area Association, Hawaii Association of REALTORS, and a few individuals supported this measure. Life of the Land, League of Women Voters, Coastal Planners, LLC, KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance, Chika Nakano Repair Shop, and a few individuals opposed this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending part I of the measure to establish a ten-year pilot project for the redevelopment of the Kanoelehua Industrial Area and Banyan Drive region;

(2) Establishing the procedures for the planning committee and redevelopment plans for the Kanoelehua Industrial Area and Banyan Drive region;

(3) Requiring that all seven public, voting members of the planning committee be residents of the county of Hawaii;

(4) Removing language establishing revolving funds for the redevelopment districts;

(5) Deleting part III of the measure designating the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district;

(6) Requiring that this measure be repealed on June 30, 2028;

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

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2641, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2641, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Economic Development & Business.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair