STAND. COM. REP. NO. 578
Honolulu, Hawaii
S.D. 1
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Business and Economic Development and Media, Arts, Science, and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 1721 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A STATE CULTURAL PUBLIC MARKET,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish a permanent cultural public market within the City and County of Honolulu on State-owned land within the Kakaako Makai area.
Specifically, the public market will provide a venue for the:
(1) Exposure, education, and awareness of the many ethnic groups in Hawaii and the host Hawaiian culture;
(2) Sales of ethnic foods, produce, and products;
(3) Exhibition and showcasing of cultural artwork and crafts;
(4) Showcasing of entertainers and artists; and
(5) Presentation of information on the culture and history of the various ethnic groups in Hawaii.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and twenty-seven individuals. Your Committees received comments from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
Your Committees find that a permanent state cultural marketplace will stimulate business activities and create a gathering place for the community, while preserving and promoting the diversity of the State's population. A permanent cultural marketplace affords local artisans and crafters an opportunity to display and sell their wares by setting affordable rents. It is the intent of your Committees that the cultural market will become a pedestrian attraction that would also attract customers to the Kakaako district.
Your Committees believe the issue of what level of involvement of local developers, contractors, and other businesses in the planning, design, and construction of the permanent cultural marketplace shall be required raises concerns that merit further discussion. Accordingly, your Committees have inserted an effective date of July 1, 2010 to ensure ongoing discussions on this issue.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Business and Economic Development and Media, Arts, Science, and Technology that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1721, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Business and Economic Development and Media, Arts, Science, and Technology,
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair |
WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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