HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

34

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

requesting the department of land and natural resources to allow the kona historical society to use the venue of the old kona airport state park for fundraising purposes.

 

 

WHEREAS, the old Kona Airport State Park is the only multipurpose facility in West Hawaii that will accommodate outdoor festivals with attendance of over twenty thousand people; and

WHEREAS, the old Kona Airport State Park has been the site for Kona's annual community carnival event for almost two decades; and

WHEREAS, the old Kona Airport State Park has proven to be an exceptionally suitable site for such fundraising events, given its central location and the excellent cooperation and assistance rendered by the administration and staff of the State Parks Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and

WHEREAS, the Kona Historical Society, a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1976 to collect, preserve, and disseminate information about the North and South Kona districts on the island of Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, the Kona Historical Society also operates a museum, is housed in the historic Greenwell Store at the Kalukalu homestead, and is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places; and

WHEREAS, in the past, the Big Island Farm Bureau has been allowed to use the old Kona Airport State Park as a venue for fundraising events and functions; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2002, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is requested to allow the Kona Historical Society or other non-profit groups to use the old Kona Airport State Park as a venue for fundraising purposes in accordance with established policies; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the President of the Kona Historical Society.

 

 

 

 

 

Report Title:

Old Kona Airport State Park; Kona Historical Society.