STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3052

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2898

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement District and governing board to improve infrastructure near transit stations.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Maui Chamber of Commerce.

Your Committee finds that establishing a dedicated improvement district will help to coordinate the public and private sectors to plan, finance, and deliver the infrastructure necessary to increase the capacity of housing in the areas surrounding transit stations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Reducing, from four years to two years, the initial term of the cultural specialist on the Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement District Board;

(2) Deleting a provision regarding the removal of board members, since section 26-34(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, already provides that authority to the Governor;

(3) For the purposes of ensuring continuity in leadership and board decision-making, deleting the provision requiring that board members annually elect the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and other officers; and

(4) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair