SCR99 HSCR1542-04

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1542-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 99

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 99 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING DEL MONTE AND THE GALBRAITH ESTATE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO RESIDE AT POAMOHO CAMP UNTIL AT LEAST DECEMBER 2005, TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TIME TO FIND HOUSING SOLUTIONS OR AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request Del Monte Corporation (Del Monte) and the Galbraith Estate to allow the residents of Poamoho Camp to remain in their homes until at least December 2005, while they attempt to find housing solutions or affordable alternate housing.

The Poamoho Community Association and ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this measure.

Plans by Del Monte to demolish homes and remove pineapples from 2,200 acres of land in order to return land leased from the Galbraith Estate to the condition it was prior to Del Monte's leasing of the property will result in the eviction of approximately 300 residents by June, 2004. Although Del Monte's actions are in accordance with a lease agreement entered into with the Galbraith Estate several decades ago, the evictions and demolition of homes pose serious concerns for current residents of the area, many of whom are on fixed incomes.

Your Committee finds that Del Monte has given the residents of Poamoho Camp 120 days notice of eviction but that this presents a tremendous hardship on the residents to find other affordable housing within such a short period of time. An extension of the lease until December 2005, would alleviate some of the residents' concerns.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 99 and recommends its adoption.

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

 

____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair