STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1054

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1417

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1417, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to promote climate resiliency within the Kakaako and Kalaeloa Community Development Districts.

 

     Specifically, this measure requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to consider the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and climate resilient development in the design and siting of buildings in the Kakaako and Kalaeloa Community Development Districts.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Climate Protectors Hawaii, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, and three individuals.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Kakaako Community Development District is threatened by the effects of climate change, including sea level rise, king tides, and heavy rainfall.  Your Committee further finds that the lack of drainage infrastructure in the Kalaeloa Community Development District makes that district vulnerable to heavy rainfall and other effects of climate change.  Accordingly, your Committee finds that development within these districts must recognize and plan for these impacts.

 

     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. 1417, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair