Bill Text: HI SB3058 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Public Lands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-10 - Act 149, on 07/06/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). [SB3058 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB3058-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART
I
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that among the classes of public lands managed by the department of land and natural resources are commercial, industrial, hotel, and resort lands. The legislature further finds that because of restrictions imposed by various land management policies, there is little incentive for lessees of various parcels to make improvements to the leased parcels. This has resulted in dilapidation, deterioration, and obsolescence of the properties, which reduces the revenue-generating potential of the parcels.
The purpose of this part is to identify areas of commercial, industrial, resort, and hotel parcels in need of revitalization and to establish guidelines for the redevelopment of those parcels.
SECTION 2. Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"PART . PUBLIC LANDS REDEVELOPMENT
§171-A Findings; purpose. (a) The legislature finds that:
(1) Because of the policies guiding the management of public lands with commercial, industrial, hotel, and resort uses, there has been little incentive for the lessees of those properties to make major investments in improvements to their infrastructure, resulting in the deterioration of infrastructure and facilities;
(2) The lack of improvement to property in many of these areas has resulted in dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence of the buildings and structures in those areas; and
(3) The department has the responsibility of planning for the disposition of commercial, industrial, hotel, and resort classes of public lands to determine:
(A) Specific use or uses;
(B) Minimum size of parcels;
(C) Required building construction or improvements; and
(D) Lease terms and requirements.
(b) The purpose of this part is to authorize the designation of areas or regions of public lands classified as commercial, industrial, hotel, and resort, and the establishment and implementation of guidelines for the redevelopment of the areas or regions that will:
(1) Define the policies for the management of public lands in the designated area;
(2) Establish a plan for the designated area, including district-wide improvements, that is coordinated with state and county land use and planning policies; and
(3) Implement asset and property management concepts that can optimize income from the properties and evolve in response to changing principles of property administration.
(c) The legislature finds that the rejuvenation of areas of public lands that have become dilapidated, obsolete, or have deteriorated over time is in the public interest and constitutes a valid public purpose.
§171-B Definitions. As used in this part:
"Planning committee" or "committee" means the policy-making committee established for a redevelopment district pursuant to section 171-D.
"Public facilities" include streets and highways, storm drainage systems, water systems, street lighting systems, off-street parking facilities, and sanitary sewerage systems.
"Redevelopment district" or "designated district" means an area of public lands designated for redevelopment pursuant to section 171-C.
§171-C Designation of redevelopment district; boundaries. (a) The legislature shall designate redevelopment districts by statute for any area of public lands designated as an industrial park pursuant to section 171-132 or classified as commercial, industrial, hotel, or resort use pursuant to section 171-10 if the legislature determines that there is a need for planning, development, or redevelopment because the buildings and infra-structure in the area are dilapidated or have deteriorated due to age or obsolescence.
(b) The designation shall describe the boundaries of the redevelopment district.
§171-D Planning committee; district administrator; repeal. (a) Upon the designation of a redevelopment district pursuant to section 171-C, a planning committee for the designated district shall be established and placed in the department for administrative purposes.
(b) The committee shall be a policy-making committee for the designated district and shall consist of nine members. The members shall consist of:
(1) The chairperson of the board of land and natural resources and the director of planning of the county in which the designated district is located, or their designated representatives who shall be ex officio, voting members of the committee; and
(2) Seven public, voting members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34; provided that of the members appointed pursuant to this paragraph:
(A) Three members shall be selected from a list of six names submitted by the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives in collaboration with the legislators from the county in which the designated district is located;
(B) Seven members shall be selected on the basis of their knowledge, experience, and expertise in:
(i) Management of small or large businesses;
(ii) Economics, banking, investment, or finance;
(iii) Real estate development;
(iv) Real estate management;
(v) Marketing; or
(vi) Hotel and resort management; and
(C) Four members shall be residents of the county in which the designated district is located, and three members shall be residents of the State.
(c) The committee shall elect its chairperson from among its public, voting members.
(d) The members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the performance of their duties.
(e) The committee shall appoint a district administrator, who shall be the chief executive officer for the designated district. The district administrator shall have experience and expertise in engineering, planning, architecture, real estate, or law. The committee shall set the district administrator's duties, responsibilities, holidays, vacations, leaves, hours of work, and working conditions. The committee shall set the salary of the district administrator, who shall serve at the pleasure of the committee and shall be exempt from chapter 76.
(f) The committee shall be dissolved on June 30 of the tenth year following the effective date of the Act establishing the designated district.
§171-E
Planning committee; powers and duties; generally. The committee shall have the powers and
duties related to its functions in the designated district that are delegated
to the committee by the board. In
addition, the committee may:
(1) Through its district administrator, appoint staff and employees, prescribe their duties and qualifications, and fix their salaries, without regard to chapter 76;
(2) Through its district administrator, allocate space or spaces that are to be occupied by the committee and appropriate staff, and purchase necessary supplies, equipment, or furniture;
(3) Prepare a redevelopment plan for the designated district;
(4) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, renew or renegotiate any lease in connection with any project contained in the redevelopment plan for the designated district, on terms and conditions as the committee deems advisable;
(5) Prepare or cause to be prepared plans, design criteria, landscaping, and estimates of costs for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of any project contained in the redevelopment plan for the designated district, and from time to time modify the plans or estimates;
(6) Conduct studies in conjunction with state and county agencies necessary to determine the appropriate activities for redevelopment in the designated district;
(7) Reduce or waive the lease rental on any lease of public land for any project in the designated district that requires substantial improvements; provided that the reduction or waiver shall not exceed one year in duration;
(8) Make and execute all contracts and instruments that are necessary for the exercise of the committee's powers and functions relating to the designated district, including the engaging of the services of consultants for the rendering of professional and technical assistance and advice;
(9) Enter into a redevelopment agreement with a developer or developers for any project contained in the redevelopment plan; provided that the redevelopment agreement shall contain:
(A) The location, area, and size of the parcel to be redeveloped;
(B) The use or uses to which the parcel shall be put in conformance with the redevelopment plan, and with applicable state and county laws and ordinances;
(C) The period of time for the construction and completion of the redevelopment; and
(D) Other terms and conditions that the committee deems necessary;
(10) Work closely and communicate with the county government to coordinate the execution of the designated district's planning, incremental projects, work schedules, public works, and budget; and
(11) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the committee's purposes and exercise the powers established pursuant to this part.
§171-F
District redevelopment plan. (a) The
committee shall prepare a redevelopment plan for the designated
district, including district development policies, the district improvement
program, necessary public facilities, and the development guidelines and rules
for the designated district. In carrying
out its planning activities, the committee shall comply with applicable state
and county statutes, ordinances, and rules.
(b) The committee shall prepare a redevelopment
plan for the designated district that:
(1) Establishes, if applicable, areas principally for:
(A) Commercial activities;
(B) Processing, construction, manufacturing, transportation, wholesaling, storage, and similar industrial activities;
(C) Resort and hotel activities, including uses that provide facilities and services for visitors; or
(D) Public facilities and recreational facilities, with detailed standards for height, bulk, size, and location of buildings;
(2) Includes a district-wide improvement program for necessary district-wide public facilities within the designated district;
(3) Includes plans, specifications, and estimates of the costs for the development, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of any project in the designated district; provided that the committee may from time to time modify the plans, specifications, or estimates;
(4) If possible, identifies specific uses for areas in the designated district and the required parceling of land into minimum size areas related to the specific uses;
(5) Determines the lease rental that should be established for the specific uses and the terms and conditions of the leases; and
(6) Establishes interim development controls to be implemented during the transition to the execution of the redevelopment plan, such as recommending the holdover of a lessee pursuant to section 171-40 or issuance of permits pursuant to section 171-55 to existing lessees upon the expiration of their lease terms.
(c) The district redevelopment plan shall take into consideration the effects the plan will have on sea level rise and climate change.
(d) The district redevelopment plan may provide for the withdrawal or taking for public purposes of the public land or portion of the public land under a lease. The rental shall be reduced in proportion to the value of the portion of the premises condemned, and the lessee shall be entitled to receive the proportionate value of the permanent improvements legally made to or constructed upon the land by the lessee taken in the proportion that it bears to the unexpired term of the lease.
(e) The committee shall hold a public hearing on a proposed redevelopment plan for the designated district and shall consider the comments received and incorporate any revisions to the plan that may be necessary.
(f) Two years after the date the committee is established, the committee shall submit a report to the board with the redevelopment plan recommended by the committee along with recommendations for appropriations by the legislature, the authorization of bonds, or both, to implement the redevelopment plan in a timely manner. The board shall submit the report to the governor and the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020, with a request for the required appropriations, bond authorization, or both.
§171-G Designated redevelopment district revolving fund. (a) A separate revolving fund shall be established for each redevelopment district designated pursuant to section 171-C, into which shall be deposited:
(1) Fifty per cent of the revenues, income, and receipts of the department from the public lands in the designated district, notwithstanding section 171-19;
(2) Moneys appropriated by the legislature to the revolving fund; and
(3) Any gifts, grants, and other funds accepted by the department.
Each revolving fund shall bear the name used by the legislature in designating the redevelopment district.
(b) Moneys in the designated redevelopment district revolving fund shall be used in the designated district for the purposes of this part; provided that no expenditure shall be made from the fund and no obligation shall be incurred against the fund in excess of the amount standing to the credit of the fund."
PART II
SECTION 3. Section 171-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "public purpose" to read as follows:
""Public purpose", as
used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, includes
but shall not be limited to all public uses, the straightening of boundaries of
public lands, acquisition of access to landlocked public lands, the
consolidation of the holdings of public lands, development of houselots,
farmlots, [and] industrial parks[.], and the redevelopment of
public lands pursuant to part ."
PART III
SECTION 4. The legislature finds that:
(1) The Waiakea peninsula of the island of Hawaii contains approximately eighty-five per cent of the overnight visitor accommodations in east Hawaii county;
(2) The State owns a large part of the Waiakea peninsula area;
(3) There has been little incentive for the lessees of the properties in the area to make major investments in improvements to their infrastructure, resulting in the deterioration of the area's infrastructure and facilities; and
(4) The State has a responsibility to ensure that the Waiakea peninsula area does not deteriorate nor have a harmful impact on the economy of the community as a whole.
The public lands in the area present an opportunity for the revitalization and redevelopment of a district where hotel and resort, commercial, and public uses may coexist compatibly within the same area.
SECTION 5.
The legislature designates the public lands on the Waiakea peninsula on
the island of Hawaii as the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district.
SECTION 6. The Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district shall include the area bounded by the shoreline from the intersection of Lihiwai street and Kamehameha avenue; Kamehameha avenue to its intersection with Kalanianaole avenue; Kalanianaole avenue to its intersection with Banyan way; Banyan way from its intersection with Kalanianaole avenue to its intersection with Banyan drive; from the intersection of Banyan way and Banyan drive to the shoreline; the shoreline around the Waiakea peninsula, including Mokuola island, to the intersection of Lihiwai street and Kamehameha avenue.
SECTION 7. There is established a Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district planning committee. The committee shall be appointed as provided in section 171-D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, established by part I of this Act, and shall exercise the powers and duties in the designated district as authorized by chapter 171, part , Hawaii Revised Statutes, established by part I of this Act.
SECTION 8. There is established the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district revolving fund, into which shall be deposited:
(1) Fifty per cent of the revenues, income, and receipts from the public lands in the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district;
(2) Moneys appropriated by the legislature to the revolving fund; and
(3) Any gifts, grants, and other funds accepted by the department of land and natural resources on behalf of the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district planning committee.
The moneys in the revolving fund shall be used in the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district for the purposes described in chapter 171, part , Hawaii Revised Statutes, established by part I of this Act.
SECTION 9. Upon the repeal of this part, all leases, contracts, agreements, permits, or other documents executed or entered into, by or on behalf of the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district planning committee shall remain in full force and effect and shall be administered by the department of land and natural resources.
SECTION 10. Upon the repeal of this part, all appropriations, records, equipment, machines, files, supplies, contracts, books, papers, documents, maps, and other personal property held by the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district planning committee shall be transferred to the department of land and natural resources, and moneys remaining in the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district revolving fund shall be transferred to the special land and development fund established pursuant to section 171-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
PART IV
SECTION 11. In codifying the new part added by section 2 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.
SECTION 12. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.
SECTION 13. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 14. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018; provided that part III shall be repealed June 30, 2028.
Report Title:
Public Lands; Redevelopment; Redevelopment Districts; Boundaries; Planning Committees; Powers and Duties; District Redevelopment Plans; Designated Redevelopment District Revolving Funds; Establishment; Lease Restrictions; Special Land and Development Fund; Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes procedures for designating public land redevelopment districts, planning committees, district redevelopment plans, and designated redevelopment district revolving funds. Establishes powers and duties of planning committees. Appropriates funds. Establishes the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district, planning committee, and revolving fund until 6/30/2028. (SD1)
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