Bill Text: HI SR75 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public Safety; Oahu Community Correctional Center; Halawa Correctional Facility; Public-Private Partnership; Redevelopment

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to PSM/TRA, WAM. [SR75 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2015-SR75-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	75
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the governor to consolidate the oahu community correctional center within the halawa correctional facility and facilitate the redevelopment of the land currently occupied by the oahu community correctional center to benefit the kalihi community and the state.

 

 

     WHEREAS, built in 1916, the Oahu Community Correctional Center no longer properly serves the needs of its overall inmate population or the surrounding community of Kalihi; and

 

     WHEREAS, as the largest jail facility in the State, the Oahu Community Correctional Center is overcrowded and has an outdated security infrastructure, which has contributed to conditions that have resulted in multiple inmate escapes; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Oahu Community Correctional Center cannot accommodate existing and projected detention needs, prompting the State to request more information on the construction of a new 1,125 bed Oahu Community Correctional Center to be relocated from the current Kalihi site; and

 

     WHEREAS, Kalihi is not a suitable place for the Oahu Community Correctional Center due to the nearby park, schools, homes, small businesses, and other commercial establishments; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Oahu Community Correctional Center is near the future route of the Honolulu rail transit project, and its presence will hinder rail-related growth in the surrounding community; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Director of Public Safety stated that rebuilding the Oahu Community Correctional Center at its current Kalihi site is not a viable option, and the administration has expressed willingness to consider its relocation; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State is evaluating proposals to expand the Halawa Correctional Facility, including combining it with the Oahu Community Correctional Center, to take advantage of the efficiencies of consolidation; and

 

     WHEREAS, consolidation is fiscally prudent because upgrading the aging Oahu Community Correctional Center may be equally or more expensive than building a new facility in another location; and

 

     WHEREAS, relocating the Oahu Community Correctional Center will generate land development opportunities on the current Kalihi site; and

 

     WHEREAS, the sale or long-term lease of the Kalihi site will offset the cost of a new or consolidated jail at the Halawa site; and

 

     WHEREAS, the redevelopment of the Kalihi site into a major center of economic activity will generate tax revenues and lease-rent income for the State and property tax revenues for the City and County of Honolulu; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, that the Governor is urged to consolidate the Oahu Community Correctional Center within the Halawa Correctional Facility and facilitate redevelopment of the land that is currently occupied by the Oahu Community Correctional Center to benefit the Kalihi community and the State; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Governor consider the use of a public-private partnership, if feasible or necessary, with a company that has the proven its capability to build a new prison system; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Public Safety, Chairperson of the Kalihi-Palama Neighborhood Board, and Chairperson of the Aiea Neighborhood Board.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Public Safety; Oahu Community Correctional Center; Halawa Correctional Facility; Public-Private Partnership; Redevelopment