Bill Text: HI HCR169 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Koreatown; Office of Planning; Counties

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-26 - (S) Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 680). [HCR169 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HCR169-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3548

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 169

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Tourism and Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 169, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KOREATOWN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MASTER PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A KOREATOWN,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the establishment of a Koreatown and development of a master plan for the development of a Koreatown.

 

     Your Committees did not receive testimony on this measure.

 

     Your Committees find that Koreans have had a long and diverse history in Hawaii and their influence continues to grow.  On Oahu there is the Japanese Cultural Center, the Okinawan Center, Chinatown, and the Waipahu Filipino Community Center.  Establishing a Koreatown would be the natural progression in acknowledging Koreans' contributions to Hawaii and add color and vibrancy to our environment for residents and visitors.  A Koreatown in the State will enhance not only Korean tourists' experiences but also display Hawaii's welcoming culture to all ethnicities.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Including neighborhood boards and other applicable community organizations as additional organizations with which the Office of Planning is to coordinate in developing the master plan for Koreatown;

 

     (2)  Providing the Office of Planning with more discretion in determining the specific elements to be included in the master plan;

 

     (3)  Clarifying that the designation of a Koreatown in Hawaii is to highlight the cultural significant contributions of Koreans in Hawaii;

 

     (4)  Extending the deadline for reporting to the Legislature to no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2014; and

 

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Tourism and Transportation and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 169, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 169, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Tourism and Transportation and International Affairs,

 

____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair		____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair
		____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair