STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1197

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.C.R. No. 84

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 84 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL TO PREPARE FOR HAWAII'S POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii Community Foundation to convene a working group to develop a public-private partnership model to prepare for Hawaii's post-pandemic recovery.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau and Hawaii Community Foundation.

Your Committee finds that the COVID‑19 pandemic has impacted Hawaii's communities and economy in unprecedented ways and the response required public, private, and non‑profit organizations to work together to provide necessary assistance to address the complexity and wide range of responses needed across the State. Your Committee further finds that multi‑sector approaches during the pandemic led to significant and lasting results. This measure commits to collaborative and long-term engagement of multiple sectors of the community to develop strategies and macro-level models that the public and private sectors can embrace.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 84 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair