STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1473-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2525

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2525, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the East Kapolei Community Development District under the Hawaii Community Development Authority to guide the development of the East Kapolei area;

(2) Amend the membership of the Hawaii Community Development Authority accordingly; and

(3) Require the Hawaii Community Development Authority to establish a plan by January 1, 2020, to return planning, zoning, and infrastructure development responsibilities for the Kakaako Community Development District to the City and County of Honolulu, which shall occur on July 1, 2024.

Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee, Ho‘omana Pono, LLC, and an individual supported this measure. Kaka‘ako United, O‘ahu Island Parks Conservancy, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Kanehili Cultural Hui, Kaka‘ako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council, and several individuals opposed this measure. The Hawaii Community Development Authority, Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and Howard Hughes Corporation offered comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2525, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2525, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair