STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1137-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 198
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 198 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT PLANS BE
     DEVELOPED TO CONVERT THE QUEEN LILIUOKALANI BUILDING INTO
     THE NEW HOME OF THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND TO
     RENOVATE THE KINAU HALE BUILDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
development of a plan to relocate the John A. Burns School of
Medicine (Medical School) to the Queen Liliuokalani Building and
to renovate the Kinau Hale Building in order for the Medical
School to be closer to other medical facilities.

     The University of Hawaii and the Queen Emma Foundation
supported the intent of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that there is merit in evaluating the
location of the Medical School, especially in light of the
strategic plan currently being developed by the Dean of the
Medical School.  The Queen Liliuokalani Building and the Kinau
Hale Building locations should be evaluated as possible locations
for the Medical School.  However, the evaluation should also be
accomplished in a more comprehensive manner and therefore no
limits should be placed on the available locations to be
evaluated.

     The concurrent resolution has been amended by:

 
 
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     (1)  Adding the University of Hawaii to the membership of
          agencies formed to develop the plan; 

     (2)  Requesting that the evaluation not be limited to only
          two specific buildings; 

     (3)  Requesting that the plan include relocation
          recommendations, along with cost, for the current
          tenants in the buildings being considered for the
          Medical School;

     (4)  Changing the title of the resolution to read,
          "REQUESTING THAT PLANS BE DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY
          POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF
          MEDICINE"; and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct
          drafting errors.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No.
198, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
198, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Higher Education,



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair