STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3503

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 200

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Technology and the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 200 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES AND STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO PLACE A PEACE POLE SCULPTURE NEAR THE KATSU GOTO MEMORIAL AND RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF HONOKA‘A, THE HONOKA‘A PEACE COMMITTEE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMEMORATING PEACE DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Accounting and General Services and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to place a peace pole sculpture near the Katsu Goto Memorial and recognize the efforts of the community of Honoka‘a, the Honoka‘a Peace Committee, and the importance of commemorating Peace Day.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii designated September 21, 2006, as Peace Day to promote peace programs, improve international relations, and increase educational awareness of peace.  The community of Honoka‘a has recognized Peace Day since it was established and celebrates Peace Day with an annual Peace Day Parade and Festival.  Peace poles are an internationally recognized symbol of the mission of Peace Day, with tens of thousands of peace poles located in nearly every country in the world.  A peace pole structure located near the Katsu Goto Memorial will recognize the community of Honoka‘a and the Honoka‘a Peace Committee and encourage the community to continue to observe and celebrate Peace Day.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Technology and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 200, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Technology and the Arts,

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair