Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 10, 1 October 2014 — BATEMAN, DAVE REPUBLICAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BATEMAN, DAVE REPUBLICAN

Q1. Act 061, effective July 1, 2014, provides for state assistance in the mixed-used developmentand HCDA involve-

ment for the low-cost housing component. I would encourage the HCDA and HHFDA (finance arm) to prioritize KM to immediately develop housing. I would then promote a Special Purpose Revenue Bond to assist interested developers to step forward to take on parts of KM on a joint venture basis with OHA. I would also encourage international financial and business services to open up offices here. This will encourage further knowledge, interest and investment. I would also take advantage of the view corridor to the water to create new waterfront retail opportunities no longeravailable onWaikīkī.

Q2. This is a very complex issue. I attended one of the U.S. DOI hearings here in Kailua-Kona a few months back to heeome better educated on these very sensitive issues. I have also engaged with Hawaiians on both sides of the issue: to maintain the status guo vs. sovereign-within-a-sovereign vs. entire sovereign independence as a nation-state entirely withdrawn from the U.S. (Native Hawaiian Governing Entity [NGHE]). I am not prepared to take a position on one side or the other as I am not fully educated on all the positions. However, I do propose that the Legislature encourage mediation between the diverse interest kanaka maoli groups and individuals to arrive at a compromise position in an attempt to resolve any remaining unrelinguished native Hawaiian claims against the state and federal government.

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