April 1, 2026 General Agenda
Posted on Mar 25, 2026 in MainAGENDA 04-01-2026 GENERAL .pdf
HAWAIʻI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
AT-LARGE BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
9:00 a.m.
AGENDA
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I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
II. FOR INFORMATION & DISCUSSION
1.Informational Update by the HCDA Staff on the Status of the Following Legislative Measures Affecting the Agency:
| Measure | Title and Description | Introducer | Position |
| GM611 | Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai’i Community Development Authority (Kalaeloa District), Gubernatorial Nominee, ADENA DUVAUCHELLE, for a term to expire 06-30-2029. | — | Support |
| GM727 | Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai’i Community Development Authority (He’eia District), Gubernatorial Nominee, JO-ANN LEONG, for a term to expire 06-30-2030. | — | Support |
| SB1112 | RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Amends the membership of the Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority to include the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson’s designee. |
Richards, Chang, Fevella, Fukunaga | Oppose |
| SB2001, SD1 | RELATING TO THE BANYAN DRIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Establishes the Waiākea Community Development District and a special fund, outlines the authority of the HCDA to manage and adopt rules for the district, creates one full-time position, and appropriates funds. |
Inouye, Elefante, Fevella, Gabbard, Kanuha, San Buenaventura | Support |
| SB2061, SD2 | RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS.
Clarifies the Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Program by requiring at least 60% of units in urban redevelopment sites to be owner-occupied for at least ten years, expanding buyer eligibility to allow ownership of other property, allowing owners to rent or sublease their units, and permitting up to 40% of units to be sold to qualified residents if unsold after 60 days. |
Chang, Fevella, Kidani, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura | Support |
| SB2400, SD1 | RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Exempts persons operating wing-in-ground craft from the application of the Hawaiʻi Water Carrier Act. Defines “wing-in-ground craft.” |
Inouye | Support |
| SB2595, SD1 | RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Requires payments to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for letting, licensing, or renting of its properties to be at market rates or higher. Exempts lessees, licensees, and tenants who grow, raise, and harvest fresh local agricultural products for the Department of Education or are partner members of the Food and Product Innovation Network. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
Dela Cruz, Hashimoto, Kidani, Moriwaki | Support |
| SB2598 | RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Authorizes the use of moneys in certain special and revolving funds for operation and administration costs of the programs. |
Dela Cruz | Comments |
| SB2599, SD2 | RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT.
Redesignates the stadium area as the Halawa Community Development District, updates HCDA and Stadium Authority roles, creates special funds, establishes the Banyan Drive Community Development District, and requires complete-community housing planning. Appropriates funds for development, contingent on reporting. This is an “omnibus” bill that incorporated SB2604 and SB3327. |
Dela Cruz, Hashimoto, Kidani, Lee, C., Moriwaki | Support |
| SB2811, SD2 | RELATING TO STATE BUILDING PROJECTS.
Establishes a State Building Permit Process Task Force within the Department of Accounting and General Services to study creating a State Building Permit Review Office for projects on state lands, requires a legislative report, appropriates funds, and sunsets on June 30, 2028. |
Moriwaki | Support |
| SB2816, SD1 | RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.
Expands eligible business activities to include research, development, and information technology services. Allows the DBEDT, with the Governor’s approval, to designate up to two innovation-based census tracts as enterprise zones and requires a comprehensive program review with the Department of Taxation. |
Moriwaki, Hashimoto, Lamosao, San Buenaventura | Support |
| SB2921, SD1 | RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.
Transfers to the general fund the excess balances of various non-general funds and programs. |
Dela Cruz | Comments |
| SB3029, SD1 | RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
Requires each county, in collaboration with the HCDA, to create a Summer Streets Pilot Program that closes roads to vehicles for pedestrian, cycling, and community uses. Counties must submit proposals, report to the Legislature, and the program is funded. |
Lee, C., Chang, Elefante, Hashimoto, Rhoads | Comments |
| SB3069, SD1 | RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPT POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES.
Exempts certain positions in the Department of Accounting and General Services—including Public Works special projects and information technology modernization roles—from civil service and collective bargaining rules, requires annual legislative reports, and sunsets the exemption on December 31, 2031. |
Kouchi (Introduced By Request Of Another Party) | Support |
| SB3218, SD2 / HB2478, HD 1 | RELATING TO BONDS.
Allows counties to exclude housing infrastructure growth bonds from their debt limits—if voters approve a constitutional amendment authorizing that exclusion. |
Hashimoto, Chang, Richards, Wakai | Support |
| SB3219 / HB2476, HD 2 | PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION.
Proposes constitutional amendments allowing the Hawaii State Legislature to authorize counties to issue housing infrastructure bonds and exclude those bonds from debt calculations when used for public works and housing-related infrastructure. |
Hashimoto, Chang, Keohokalole, McKelvey | Support |
| SB3320, SD1 / HB2459, HD2 | RELATING TO THE FOOD AND PRODUCT INNOVATION NETWORK.
Requires the Food and Product Innovation Network to create a coordinated food safety and regulatory framework. Directs the Agribusiness Development Corporation to set performance measures, develop market strategies, align branding initiatives, and report data to the Legislature. Also requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to evaluate incentives to better support the network. |
Gabbard, Chang, Fevella, McKelvey, Richards | Comments |
| HB1800, HD1 | RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.
Adjusts and requests appropriations for fiscal biennium 2025‑2027 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs. |
Nakamura (Introduced By Request Of Another Party) | Support |
| HB2616, HD2 | RELATING TO THE BANYAN DRIVE-MAKAOKŪ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Establishes the Waiakea Community Development District within the HCDA, Special Fund and a Community Advisory Council. Specifies the powers and duties, and amends the composition of the Authority to include representatives of the new development district. Appropriates funds. |
Todd, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Nakamura, Quinlan | Support |
| HR77 / HCR85 | Urging the department of land and natural resources to transfer parcels that make up the east Kapolei transit-oriented development project to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation and urging the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to partner with the Hawaii community development authority to facilitate the development of non-housing community development portions of the project. | Evslin, Amato, Iwamoto, Kahaloa, Kusch, Matayoshi, Miyake | Support |
| SR63 / SCR68 | Urging the department of land and natural resources to transfer parcels that make up the east Kapolei transit-oriented development project to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation and urging the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to partner with the Hawaii community development authority to facilitate the development of non-housing community development portions of the project. | Hashimoto, Chang | Support |
III. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
3. Monthly Report and Other Status Reports
a. Monthly Financial Highlights for February 2026
IV. ADJOURNMENT
In accordance with Section 92-3.7(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in the event that audiovisual communication cannot be maintained by all participating Board Members and quorum is lost, the meeting will be automatically recessed for up to thirty (30) minutes, during which time, an attempt to restore audiovisual communication will be made. If HCDA is able to reestablish
audio communication only, the meeting will be reconvened and continue. To participate via audio communication, please refer to the “Participate Via Phone” information above.
If HCDA is unable to reconvene the meeting because neither audiovisual communication nor audio communication can be re-established within thirty (30) minutes, the meeting will be
automatically terminated.
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https://dbedt.hawaii.gov/hcda/authorityagenda/
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
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meeting date, persons present in the physical location, and persons online in the Zoom meeting.
All testimony will be limited to a maximum of three minutes pursuant to Section 92-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Article IV, Section 10 of HCDA’s Bylaws. Testimony must be related to an item on the agenda. For the record, all testifiers will be asked to identify themselves using their first and last name, pseudonym name, or other identifier if they wish to remain anonymous. When time has elapsed, “time”, will be called out after which you will have 30 seconds to conclude your testimony. Your audio will then be turned off and the Chairperson will move on to the next testifier.
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In Person:
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Written Testimony
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• Email to: [email protected]
• Web form at: http://dbedt.hawaii.gov/hcda/submit-testimony/
• U.S. Postal Mail sent to:
Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority
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Honolulu, HI 96813
• Facsimile (fax) to: (808) 587-0299
Please note that written public testimony submitted to the HCDA will be treated as a public record and any contact information contained therein will be available for public inspection and copying.
The Authority may elect to convene in executive session pursuant to §§ 92-4 and 92-5(a), Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, if any exceptions set forth therein apply.
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