STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3517

 

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 Ways and Means, 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:

 

     (1)  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

 

     (2)  Recognize the efforts of the community of Honokaa and the Honokaa Peace Committee, and the importance of commemorating Peace Day.

 

     The Department of Accounting and General Services submitted written comments on the measure.

 

Your Committee finds that Act 23, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, designated September 21 of each year as Peace Day to promote peace programs, improve international relations, and increase awareness about the need for peace.  Peace Day provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations, communities, and nations to demonstrate their desire for peace.  The community of Honokaa celebrates Peace Day with an annual Peace Day Parade and Festival. 

 

Your Committee further finds that peace poles are monuments that have become internationally recognized symbols of the ideals of Peace Day and that tens of thousands of peace poles are now located throughout the world.  Creating a peace pole sculpture near the Katsu Goto Memorial in Honokaa will recognize the efforts of the community and the Honokaa Peace Committee to promote peace and will encourage the continued observance and celebration of Peace Day.

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair