STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2746

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2436

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLANNING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a transit-oriented development advisory committee to advise and assist the Legislature and state agencies in:

 

     (1)  Creating vibrant communities through public and private partnerships, and investments and incentives for key development projects near transit; and

 

     (2)  Providing support for alternative forms of transportation, such as walking and biking.

 

     The measure also requires the advisory committee to submit an annual report on its activities to state and county entities.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of the measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu submitted written comments.

 

     Your Committee finds that the careful coordination of transit and development is critical in allowing each to optimally enhance the other.  Your Committee further finds that transit-oriented development presents the opportunity for the creation of transit-centered communities.  Your Committee believes that the transit-oriented development advisory committee established by this measure will assist the State in creating thriving, sustainable communities close to transit.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair