Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Tourism and Culture and Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 63, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate the Hawaii Capital Cultural District (HCCD) and to encourage the maximum involvement and support of all private organizations and public agencies in collaboration with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) in promoting culture and the arts in Hawaii.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, SFCA, and Hawaii Community Development Authority supported this measure.

Your Committees note that a concern was raised regarding the geographic area designating the HCCD as being limited to exclude certain important cultures located just beyond its boundaries. Accordingly, your Committees recommend that the possible expansion of district boundaries be worked on in the future.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and Culture and Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 63, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.