STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3729

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 178

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Housing and Water and Land, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 178 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION AND THE ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS, TO CONTRACT REVIEW OF PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS TO THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through the State Historic Preservation Division, to contract its review of proposed state projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants if the projects involve the development of affordable housing.

Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committees find that, as the need for affordable housing in Hawaii continues to grow, it is increasingly challenging for the State to efficiently respond to the permitting requirements for affordable housing development. Contracting the review of proposed state projects on privately-owned historic property will help the Department of Land and Natural Resources more effectively respond to the affordable housing needs of the State. This measure requests the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through the State Historic Preservation Division, to contract its review of proposed state projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants if the projects involve the development of affordable housing. Your Committees further find, however, that contracting with third-party consultants would require the appropriation of additional funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Amending its title accordingly; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 178, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 178, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Water and Land,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ STANLEY CHANG, Chair