STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1693

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 178

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 178, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO DEVELOP A MODERNIZED OAHU CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITHIN THE HALAWA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THROUGH A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Governor to:

     (1)  Develop a modernized Oahu Community Correctional Center within the Halawa Correctional Facility through a public-private partnership;

     (2)  Issue a request for proposals for the private construction of the community correctional facility for the State on a turnkey basis, in conjunction with development of the modernized jail facility; and

     (3)  Facilitate redevelopment of the land that is currently occupied by the Oahu Community Correctional Center to benefit the Kalihi community and the State, in conjunction with development of the modernized jail facility.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety and one individual.

     Your Committees find that the Oahu Community Correctional Center has outdated security infrastructure, is overcrowded, and cannot accommodate current and projected detention needs.  Upgrading the aging Oahu Community Correctional Center has the potential to be equally or more expensive than building a new facility in another location.  A modernized Oahu Community Correctional Center in the vicinity of the Halawa Correctional Facility or near the Department of Agriculture's Quarantine Station in Halawa, through a public-private partnership, is a fiscally prudent way to serve the needs of the Oahu Community Correctional Center's overall inmate population and the surrounding community of Kalihi.  Implementation of this measure will address the State's detention needs, benefiting the Kalihi community and the State through the generation of revenue and innovative development opportunities.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting language to urge the Governor to develop a modernized Oahu Community Correctional Center in the vicinity of the Halawa Correctional Facility, rather than within the Halawa Correctional Facility; and

     (2)  Amending the title accordingly.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 178, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 178, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Ways and Means,

________________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair

________________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair