STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1423

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 173

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs, Water and Land, and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 173 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO ASSIST THE FRIENDS OF LILIUOKALANI GARDENS IN ITS PREPARATIONS TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF THE DEATH OF QUEEN LILIUOKALANI,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to assist the Friends of Liliuokalani Gardens in its preparations to commemorate the centennial of the death of Queen Liliuokalani in the Queen Liliuokalani Gardens in Hilo.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Historic Hawaii Foundation, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Papa Ola Lokahi, and one individual.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from Friends of Liliuokalani Gardens.

     Liliuokalani Gardens in Hilo is a significant historical and cultural landscape, notable for its Japanese style garden landscape.  Liliuokalani Gardens was made possible by Queen Liliuokalani and dedicated to her memory in 1917, the same year of her passing.  A centennial celebration in the gardens Queen Liliuokalani fostered will be an especially honorable and appropriate way to commemorate Queen Liliuokalani and her significant achievements.  The commemoration will also provide an opportunity to educate the public on and stimulate interest in Hawaii's history and heritage.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts requested clarification as to the assistance being requested of them.  The Friends of Liliuokalani Gardens testified that the Department of Land and Natural Resources could provide necessary records and information regarding the gardens and its artifacts and also any land-use permissions that cannot be granted by the county.  The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts would be vital in assisting the Friends of Liliuokalani Gardens in identifying, cleaning, and restoring historical artifacts and works of art in the gardens.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that Liliuokalani Gardens contains Japanese style gardens rather than the typically smaller Japanese style "tea gardens";

     (2)  Clarifying that the centennial celebration commemorates the death of Queen Liliuokalani and the establishment of the garden she fostered; and

     (3)  Amending the title accordingly.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs, Water and Land, and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 173, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 173, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs, Water and Land, and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair	____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair
	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair