THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2020
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Senator Stanley Chang, Chair |
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Senator Dru Mamo Kanuha, Vice Chair |
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Senator Kaiali‘i Kahele, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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1:45PM |
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Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Authorizes the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation the right of first refusal for the development of property for all development on state lands that are within a one-half mile radius of a rail transit station.
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HOU/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the ALOHA homes program to develop low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation (HHFDC) to qualified residents. Exempts certain land from the definition of public lands. Requires HHFDC to develop an ALOHA homes demonstration project by July 1, 2025.
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HOU/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to lease real property for a period not to exceed 99 years for the development of certain projects that include affordable housing. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report to the legislature that identifies all state lands that may be developed for multi-unit dwellings. Authorizes the issuance of $200,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with the proceeds used for the establishment of infrastructure to support the development of housing on lands near the University of Hawaii West Oahu campus. Authorizes the issuance of $75,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with the proceeds used for affordable housing infrastructure in counties with a resident population of 500,000 or less. Authorizes a state or county department or agency to petition the appropriate county land use decision-making authority, rather than the Land Use Commission, for a change in the boundary of a district involving land areas between 15 acres and 25 acres where the majority of the development will be for affordable housing. Authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to delegate the responsibility of historic preservation project reviews to the impacted county. Establishes the Office of the Housing Ombudsman. Removes the existing statutory cap on the amount of conveyance tax revenues that are deposited into the rental housing revolving fund each fiscal year.
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HOU/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for planning a mixed-use residential development, including 1 or more parking structures, on the land currently occupied by the Waipahu Civic Center.
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WTL/HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Directs the HPHA to convey a specified 15.418-acre parcel in Honokaa, Hawaii county, to HHFDC. Requires HHFDC to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether the parcel is suitable for residential development. Appropriates funds for the feasibility study.
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WTL/HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Authorizes county land use decision-making authorities to amend district boundaries involving land areas greater than fifteen but no more than thirty acres in the urban district without consideration of the land use commission if at least sixty per cent of the land is used to develop affordable housing.
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WTL/HOU, JDC |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Kaiali'i Kahele Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Stanley Chang Chair |
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