STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1628

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 127

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Government Operations and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism, to which was referred S.R. No. 127 entitled:

"SENATE 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,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge 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.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that in December 2020 the Stadium Authority announced the closure of Aloha Stadium and began preparation for a new stadium facility. Your Committees additionally find that Act 248, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022 (Act 248), appropriated $350,000,000 in general obligation bonds and $50,000,000 of general funds for the development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. 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 for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. Therefore, this measure urges the Public Works Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services in collaboration with the Stadium Authority to seek a request for proposal under the design, build, operate, and maintain model for the new stadium facility.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the term concessionaire from the measure and replacing it with developer;

(2) Requesting that the Stadium Authority and the Public Works Division of the Department of Accounting of General Services immediately accelerate the request for proposal and report to the Legislature by June 30, 2023;

(3) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Government Operations and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 127, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 127, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Government Operations and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism,

________________________________ LYNN DECOITE, Chair

________________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair