THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	56
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

requesting a status report from the Hawai‘i Capital Cultural Coalition.

     WHEREAS, on January 30, 2009, Senator Daniel K. Inouye introduced legislation, co-sponsored by Senator Daniel Akaka, in the United States Congress to designate the Hawai‘i Capital National Heritage Area in the Honolulu/Kapalama ahupua‘a, which covers Kaka‘ako, Downtown, Chinatown, Nu‘uanu, Makiki-Tantalus, Kapalama, Liliha, and surrounding areas; and

     WHEREAS, such a designation would properly recognize the area as one of America's defining historic and cultural landscapes, and provide a small measure of federal funds to support meaningful preservation and promotional activities; and

     WHEREAS, the Hawai‘i Capital National Heritage Area would be the first site in Hawai‘i and include ‘Iolani Palace, the majestic statue of Kamehameha the Great, and the State Capitol; and

     WHEREAS, the effort to apply for National Heritage Area designation, which is spearheaded by the Hawai‘i Capital Cultural Coalition, represents an expansion of the Hawai‘i Capital Cultural District and provides further recognition for the important cultural assets of Hawai‘i; and

     WHEREAS, once National Heritage Area status is granted, the next step is a community-developed management plan for projects that celebrate and perpetuate the area's special heritage; and

     WHEREAS, the plan will include an inventory of sites and properties within the area to be protected, enhanced, managed, or developed; and

     WHEREAS, the planning process will include outreach efforts to area property owners; individual, commercial, association and group residents; and other interested constituents to identify concerns and issues that may need to be addressed; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, that the Hawai‘i Capital Cultural Coalition is requested to provide a status report on:

     (1)  The organization's development of the management plan required as part of the proposed designation of the Hawai‘i Capital National Heritage Area;

     (2)  The organization's efforts to address concerns raised by residential property owners and others during the 2009 Legislature's hearing process on S.C.R. No. 3 and H.C.R. No. 213, as well as current outreach efforts to area property owners, individuals, commercial entities, and others; and

     (3)  Any concerns or other issues raised during the outreach efforts and how these will be addressed in the management plan; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawai‘i Capital Cultural Coalition provide the status report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the Board of the Hawai‘i Capital Cultural Coalition.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Hawai‘i Capital Cultural Coalition; Planning Status