STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1789-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 57

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Culture & the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 57, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish a working group to develop recommendations and report to the 2013 Legislature regarding the administrative placement of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to build upon the current mission of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and incorporate Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism expertise and support for:

 

(1) Leveraging public-private financing;

(2) Developing a strategic plan to expand Hawaii's cultural, heritage, and arts organizations to provide visitors with the Hawaiian cultural experience; and

(3) Developing a sustainable funding model to support increased investment in cultural, heritage, and arts programming throughout the State; and

(4) Recommending changes to State Foundation on Culture and the Arts programs and infrastructure; and

(5) Collaborating with interested stakeholders from cultural, heritage, and arts agencies, including the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Tourism Authority; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and Bishop Museum.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism and the Department of Land & Natural Resources. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Foundation on Cultural and the Arts.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture & the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 57, S.D. 2, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture & the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair