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HI HCR72
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/7/2013
Primary Sponsor
Rida Cabanilla Arakawa
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AI Summary
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Urges the owner of Hoopili lands to preserve approximately 1,497 acres (nearly one-third of Oahu's food-producing agricultural land) for agricultural use instead of urban development.
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Notes that Hoopili produces 40% of Oahu's fresh broccoli, beans, romaine lettuce, and zucchini, and over 70% of Oahu's fresh corn, cantaloupe, pumpkin, and honeydew melon.
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States that the Land Use Commission approved a development project that would construct 11,750 homes, three million square feet of commercial space, and five schools on the land, reducing agricultural space to only 159 acres.
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Emphasizes that removing the prime fertile soil for development would make it impossible for the land to revert to agricultural use in the future and would increase traffic congestion on H-1 freeway and Fort Weaver Road.
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Directs certified copies be transmitted to the Governor, state and local officials, and D.R. Horton Inc. executives who are developing the project.
Legislative Description
Hoopili Development; Land Use Commission
Last Action
The Committee in AGR recommends the measure be passed with Amendments. The votes in AGR were as follows: 5 Ayes: Wooley, Brower; Ayes with reservations: Onishi, Ohno, Cheape; 5 Noes: Cachola, Choy, Takayama, Tokioka, Tsuji; and 1 Excused: Ward; and the recommendation was not adopted.
4/1/2013