THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	172
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

urging the PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STADIUM AUTHORITY to procure a concessionaire to design, build, operate, and maintain the new aloha stadium facility.

WHEREAS, in December 2020, the Stadium Authority announced that it would close Aloha Stadium indefinitely in preparation for a new stadium facility; and

WHEREAS, Act 248, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, appropriated $350 million in general obligation bonds and $50 million of general funds for the development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District; and

WHEREAS, the Stadium Authority finalized the environmental impact statement for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District in September 2022; and

WHEREAS, the Stadium Authority issued two requests for proposal, one for the design, construction, financing, and maintenance of the new stadium facility, and the second for development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, concurrently procured by a separate two-stage procurement process that involves a master developer partner and a commercial development partner for the initial development of the parcel; and

WHEREAS, the revenues generated from the development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District are intended to finance the new stadium facility; and

WHEREAS, any delay in the development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District would require larger availability payments, or long-term regular payments from the government to the private consortium that designs, builds, finances, operates, and maintains the new stadium facility, as there would be no ongoing revenue stream from the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Public Works Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services in collaboration with the Stadium Authority is urged to procure a concessionaire to design, build, operate, and maintain the new stadium facility; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Works Division is urged to include the development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District in the scope of its public-private partnership contract with the concessionaire; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in preparing the solicitation with the concessionaire for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the new stadium facility and the solicitation for the development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, the Public Works Division is urged to evaluate the procurement of the San Diego State University Mission Valley Site Development and San Diego Snapdragon Stadium, which includes the redevelopment of a stadium as well as the construction of mixed-used residential units; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Public Works Administrator and Chairperson of the Stadium Authority.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Stadium Authority; New Aloha Stadium; New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District; Procurement; Public-Private Partnership