HB2444 HD1 HSCR271-02

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.271-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2444

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.B. No. 2444 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KALAELOA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to transfer the responsibility for redeveloping the lands at Barbers Point, Oahu, from the Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission (Commission) to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA). This bill also:

(1) Establishes a mechanism to fund future operations; and

(2) Provides capital improvement funding for two important projects.

HCDA, the Commission, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Department of Transportation testified in support of this measure. The University of Hawaii supported the intent of this bill. The State Representative from the 42^nd District and a concerned individual offered comments. Two concerned individuals opposed this bill.

Among other things, this bill addresses the following funding issues:

(1) It establishes an assessment mechanism in which each land owner would be charged a proportionate share of the operating costs of the Kalaeloa Community Development District (District) based on the amount of land conveyed to each agency;

(2) It appropriates $600,000 for a geotechnical study to confirm that the existing drainage system is sufficient to support development. The City has requested this study prior to designating the area as a special drainage district; and

(3) It appropriates $100,000 for a traffic study to determine the ability of the existing network to accommodate current and projected traffic flow and to identify any necessary mitigation measures.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting a reference to the renaming of Barbers Point Harbor as Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor. The harbor lies outside of the District;

(2) Deleting HCDA's authority to name and rename as part of its guidance policies. It is your Committee's intent that HCDA not rename any streets of significance within the District; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct drafting errors.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2444, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2444, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,

 

		____________________________ EZRA KANOHO, Chair