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RONALD D.KOUCHI •
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WILL ESPERO
VICE PRESIDENT
SAM SLOM E enati
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FIRST DISTRICT
KAIALI'I KAHELE May 24, 2017rn
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RUSSELL E.RUDERMAN
THIRD DISTRICT CD
FOURTH DISTRICT
LORRAINE R.INOUYE
FIFTH DISTRICT
GILBERT S.C.KEITH-AGARAN The Honorable Valerie T. Poindexter
SIXTH DISTRICT Chair
ROSALYN H.BAKER
SEVENTH DISTRICT Hawaii County Council
J.KALANI ENGLISH 25 Aupuni St., Suite 1402
EIGHTH DISTRICT Hilo, HI 96720
RONALD D.KOUCHI
NINTH DISTRICT
SAM SLOM
TENTH DISTRICT Dear Chair Poindexter:
LES IHARA,JR
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
BRIAN T.TANIGUCHI I transmit herewith a copy of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 145, which
TWELFTH DISTRICT was adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth
BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017.
SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
DONNA MERCADO KIM
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT Sincerely,
GLENN WAKAI
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT
BREENE HARIMOTO
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT
CLARENCE K.NISHIHARA •
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EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT CAROL TANIGUCHI-
MICHELLE N.KIDANI
NINETEENTH DISTRICT Clerk of the Senate
' WILL ESPERO
TWENTIETH DISTRICT
MIKE GABBARD
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT Enclosure
MAILS S.L.SHIMABUKURO
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT
DONOVAN M.DELA CRUZ
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT
GIL RIVIERE
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT
JILL N.TOKUDA
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT
LAURA H.THIELEN
CHIEF CLERK
CAROL TANIGUCHI
COMM No. 3 13
Ref. To:
Ref. Date JUN 01 2017
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THE SENATE 145
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 S . C. R. N S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLABORATIVE PLAN TO BEST
LEVERAGE STATE AND COUNTY FUNDS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS AND AN EXPLORATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF
TRANSFERRING A PARCEL OF LAND IN KAHULUI, MAUI, TO THE
HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
1 WHEREAS, the lack of affordable housing has been one of
2 Hawaii ' s most significant and challenging social problems, with
3 home prices and rental costs for Hawaii ' s residents continuing
4 to escalate; and
5
6 WHEREAS, a shortage of affordable workforce housing
7 compounds the problem with traffic congestion, as growing
8 numbers of families are unable to find reasonably priced housing
9 near their workplaces; and
10
11 WHEREAS, increased construction of affordable workforce
12 housing supports the goals of the counties and the State to
13 address Hawaii ' s affordable housing crisis; and
14
15 WHEREAS, the counties and the State have administrative and
16 funding resources through which they are able to develop or
17 encourage the development of affordable workforce housing; and
18
19 WHEREAS, the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
20 Corporation is a statewide agency tasked with developing
21 affordable housing and has the proven record and resources in
22 the planning, development, construction, and financing of
23 affordable housing, as well as the existing relationships needed
24 to engage in public-private partnerships to build more
25 affordable housing; and
26
27 WHEREAS, identification and transfer of underutilized or
28 state-owned and county-owned lands for the benefit of or to the
29 Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for building
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1 mixed-use affordable housing projects facilitate the development
2 and implementation of a collaborative affordable housing plan;
3 now, therefore,
4
5 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of trie Twenty-ninth
6 Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, the
7 House of Representatives concurring, that the Hawaii Housing
8 Finance and Development Corporation isjrequested to develop a
9 collaborative plan to best leverage the various affordable
10 housing funds of the State and each county to build. affordable
11 housing projects; and
12
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii Housing Finance and
14 Development Corporation is requested to work with the
15 appropriate government agencies to identify and fund the
16 necessary infrastructure improvements needed for the
17 construction of affordable housing projects; and
18
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii Housing Finance and
20 Development Corporation, Department of Accounting and General
21 Services, and County of Maui are requested to work together to:
22
23 (1) Explore the feasibility of transferring .a parcel of
24 land located at 153 West Kaahumanu Avenue, Kahului,
25 Hawaii, identified as tax map key number 370040030000,
26 to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
27 Corporation for the purpose of developing a mixed-use
28 rental housing project that includes consideration of
29 the Department of Accountingland General Services
30 Civic Center needs in Kahului and Wailuku, Hawaii; and
31
32 (2) Enter into a memorandum of understanding, if
33 appropriate, to execute the transfer; and
34
35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii Housing Finance and
36 Development Corporation is requested to examine the potential of
37 a unified affordable housing approval process to streamline the
38 regulatory requirements for building affordable housing projects
39 on all islands in the State; and
40
41 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
42 Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Executive
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1 Director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
2 Corporation, Comptroller, Interim Executive Director of the
3 Hawaii Community Development Authority, Mayor of each county,
4 and Chairperson of each county council.
I hereby certifythat this is a full,true,and
correct copy of the original filed in this office®
Dated: APR 2 4 2017
Assistant Clerk of the Senate
State of Hawaii
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