STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1236

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 38

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Tourism and International Affairs and Water and Land, to which was referred S.R. No. 38 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO RELOCATE, RENOVATE, UPGRADE, REOPEN, OR DEMOLISH THE HAWAII MARITIME MUSEUM BUILDING AND THE NEARBY AREAS SO THAT PIER 7 MAY SERVE AS AN ATTRACTION OF THE ALOHA TOWER COMPLEX,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Aloha Tower Development Corporation to develop a plan to relocate, renovate, upgrade, reopen, develop, or demolish the Hawaii Maritime Museum building and the nearby areas so that Pier 7 may serve as an attraction of the Aloha Tower Complex.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Friends of Falls of Clyde, and one individual.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Bishop Museum.

 

     Your Committees find that the Hawaii Maritime Center, located at Pier 7, was the principal maritime museum in the State until its closure in 2009.  Your Committees further find that the Aloha Tower Development Corporation was established to develop the Aloha Tower Complex to feature and enhance the physical, public use, and visual characteristics of the historic Aloha Tower and surrounding area.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and International Affairs and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 38 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

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LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair

 

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GILBERT KAHELE, Chair