STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1935

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 123

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 123 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO IMPLEMENT A RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE PILOT PROGRAM IN THE KO ʻOLINA, HONOKAI HALE, NĀNĀKULI, AND MAILI NEIGHBORHOODS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to implement a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program in the Ko Olina, Honokai Hale, Nanakuli, and Maili neighborhoods.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from five individuals.

Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that restricted parking zones can be used in residential areas where there is also significant demand for on-street parking from nonresidents because of an identifiable traffic generator, such as a nearby college or hospital. Restricted parking zones can reduce unauthorized parking and debris and increase pedestrian safety. Your Committees further find that in 2017, the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu identified Kalihi Valley as the initial site for a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program. As the Pilot Program was a success, the Honolulu City Council passed Ordinance 23-27, which established a process for designating other neighborhoods as restricted parking zones. Your Committees conclude that due to the success of the Kalihi Valley program, it is useful for the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to implement a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program in additional neighborhoods to clean up those neighborhoods and make them safer.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 123, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 123, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair