Bill Text: HI HCR43 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Work With The Legislature To Ensure The Most Cost-effective And Efficient Manner To Address Necessary Renovations Of The Hawaii State Capitol Reflecting Pool.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). [HCR43 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HCR43-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO ENSURE THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANNER TO ADDRESS NECESSARY RENOVATIONS OF THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL REFLECTING POOL.
WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Capitol building is listed on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Accounting and General Services is charged under section 26-6(b)(6), Hawaii Revised Statutes, with the maintenance of public buildings; and
WHEREAS, the State Capitol Management Committee, established under section 6E-34.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is responsible for the oversight and management of the reflecting pool surrounding the State Capitol; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Accounting and General Services expends approximately $120,000 annually for the physical maintenance of the State Capitol reflecting pool; and
WHEREAS, the reflecting pool faces significant maintenance challenges attributable to inadequate water circulation, high saline content, inadequacy of the water proofing membrane, and the sheer surface area and volume of water; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii faces serious long-term financial constraints from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Accounting and General Services is requesting $30,000,000 for the next fiscal biennium to renovate and repair the reflecting pool; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to work with the legislature on the most cost-effective and efficient manner to address necessary renovations of the State Capitol reflecting pool; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to dedicate its resources toward areas of the reflecting pool that require immediate repair; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to conduct a study to determine alternative uses for the area occupied by the reflecting pool that maintain its cultural significance and enhance the public spaces of the Hawaii State Capitol; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon completion of the study, the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to submit the study to the Legislature for comment and approval; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Comptroller, Administrator of the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Chairperson of the State Capitol Management Committee, Dean of the University of Hawaii School of Architecture, and President of the Hawaii State Council of the American Institute of Architects.
Department of Accounting and General Services; Hawaii State Capitol; Reflecting Pool
