STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2035

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2112
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2112 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMMUNITY
     BENCHMARKING PILOT PROJECT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the Waianae Coast
Community Benchmarking Pilot Project for three years to June 30,
2003, and to appropriate funds to support the project.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the
Hawai`i Community Services Council.

     Your Committee finds that the benchmarking process offers
both tangible and intangible benefits to the people of the
Waianae Coast and the State.  Through this project the community
has developed a management tool for reallocating resources based
on priorities, an accountability mechanism for block grants, and
improved collaboration between public, private, and nonprofit
organizations.  As a result, the community has succeeded in
building community consensus around initiatives and increasing
public trust in government.

     Your Committee is supportive of these community based
initiatives as a means of both economic and community growth for
the residents of Waianae.  Your Committee has amended this

 
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measure to make June 29, 2000, the effective date for the
extension of the project, to ensure a seamless continuation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2112, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2112,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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