STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1391

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 178

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 178 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO CONSOLIDATE THE OAHU COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER WITHIN THE HALAWA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, FACILITATE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY THE OAHU COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER, AND PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHERE NECESSARY TO BENEFIT THE KALIHI COMMUNITY AND THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Governor to consolidate the Oahu Community Correctional Center within the Halawa Correctional Facility, facilitate the redevelopment of the land currently occupied by the Oahu Community Correctional Center, and partner with the private sector where necessary to benefit the Kalihi community and the State.

The Department of Public Safety, the House of Representatives member representing District 30, and a concerned individual supported this measure.  Hoomana Pono, LLC opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its title to read as follows: "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO DEVELOP A MODERNIZED OAHU CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITHIN THE HALAWA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THROUGH A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;"

     (2)  Increasing the capacity to 1500 or more beds for the new Oahu Community Correctional Center;

     (3)  Specifying that the Governor is urged to develop a modernized Oahu Community Correctional Center within the Halawa Correctional Facility through a public-private partnership and issue a request for proposals for the private construction of the community correctional facility for the State on a turnkey basis; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 178, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 178, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair