STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1071
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: S.B. No. 140
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Transportation and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 140, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Require the Hawaii Community Development Authority to establish a Transit-oriented Development Zone Improvement Program to foster community development by strategically investing in public facilities;
(2) Expand the composition and organization of the Hawaii Community Development Authority to include matters affecting transit-oriented development zones and the creation of these zones; and
(3) Appropriate funds for a full-time equivalent temporary position in the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop and manage the Transit-oriented Development Zone Improvement Program.
Your Committees find
that transit-oriented development is a powerful tool that can ultimately
deliver a wide range of social, environmental, and economic benefits. The State has an important role in overcoming
barriers to transit-oriented development, including encouraging needed
investment in regional public facilities.
Coordinated infrastructure financing and delivery are necessary to facilitate
public and private development and investment in areas designated for transit‑oriented
development in the State. Your
Committees further find that state coordination and collaboration with the
counties and public utilities on the delivery of needed infrastructure
improvements are vital to implementing state transit-oriented projects and
providing affordable housing in transit-oriented-designated areas in each of
the counties.
Your
Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Establishing the transit-oriented development
zones program as a new part in chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather
than including it with the existing district-wide improvement program, including
the responsibilities of the Hawaii Community Development Authority in administering
the program;
(2) Amending the definition of
"transit-oriented development zone" and further specifying that a
"transit-oriented development zone" includes all parcels of land for
which any portion of said parcels are located within that one-half mile radius
of a proposed or existing transit station;
(3) Making a conforming amendment to include the
Director of the Office of Planning and Executive Director of the Hawaii Housing
Finance and Development Corporation on the Hawaii Community Development Authority;
(4) Replacing the Director of Transportation with
the Executive Director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
Corporation as a voting member for matters affecting transit-oriented development
zones;
(5) Deleting language that would have prohibited
transit‑oriented development zones from being established on lands administered
by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Stadium Authority, or any community
development district;
(6) Deleting the appropriation for one full-time
equivalent (1.00 FTE) temporary position in the Hawaii Community
Development Authority;
(7) Amending the purpose section; and
(8) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments
for the purposes of 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 S.B. No. 140, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 140, S.D. 2, 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,
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____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair |
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____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair |
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