Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a permanent cultural public market on at least ten acres of state-owned land in the Kakaako Makai area of the Kakaako community development district in the city and county of Honolulu.

Your Committee finds that a cultural public market in the Kakaako Makai area will stimulate business and commercial activities, particularly for local farmers, businesses, manufacturers, artists, and entertainers; create a gathering place for the local community and visitors; and perpetuate and promote the rich cultural diversity of the people of our State, including the host Hawaiian culture.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 2.