STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1472

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 224

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Government Operations, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 224 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NAMING THE NEW WAIMANALO ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BUILDING IN HONOR OF AL LEWIS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Education to name the new building at Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School after Al Lewis.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Oahu County Committee of the Democratic Party, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, and three individuals.

     Your Committees find that Al Lewis was a generous individual dedicated to public service.  He will be remembered as a pillar in the Waimanalo community for his neighborhood involvement and service to others.  In honor of Al Lewis and all his important contributions to the community, the new building at Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School should share his name.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 224, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 224, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Government Operations,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair