Bill Text: HI SR103 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Office of Planning; Elevated Rapid Transit Route; Planning

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-22 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-19-12. [SR103 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SR103-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3378

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 103

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 103 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING TO COORDINATE WITH ALL STATE AGENCIES THAT HOLD TITLE TO OR LEASES OF LAND ALONG THE ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT LINE ROUTE TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ROUTE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Office of Planning to coordinate with all state agencies that hold title to or leases of land along the elevated rapid transit line route to develop a community development plan for communities along the route.

 

     Prior to holding a public hearing on this measure, a proposed S.D. 1 was prepared and made available for public review and comment.  The proposed S.D. 1:

 

     (1)  Amended the title by replacing the reference to an elevated rapid transit line with a reference to the transit route;

 

     (2)  Amended the findings language to list specific buildings and areas that are along the rapid transit line route;

 

     (3)  Requested that the State use the information provided by the community development plan to be used to update state plans and to focus density in appropriate areas to preserve agricultural and conservation lands and prevent urban sprawl; and

 

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

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of the proposed S.D. 1 from the Office of Planning.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting submitted comments.

 

     Your Committees find that the City and County of Honolulu has prepared transit-oriented development plans for the communities of East Kapolei, Waipahu, Pearl City, and Aiea and are continuing to engage key stakeholders regarding plans for the communities of Kalihi and Downtown Honolulu.  Accordingly, your Committees note that their intent is not to duplicate the efforts of the City and County of Honolulu but rather to enhance and assist in the development of plans that are thorough and effective.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 103, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 103, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs,

 

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair		____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair
		____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair