STAND. COM. REP. 3401

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 209

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 209 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE RENAMING OF HEEIA STATE PARK TO LAE 'O KEALOHI STATE PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources to rename Heeia State Park to Lae `O Kealohi State Park in order to restore the ancient place name and to reflect the historical use of the area.

Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that the important historical significance of the location on which the Heeia State Park is situated warrants public recognition that can be achieved by the renaming of the park.

Your Committee amended the measure by including marine sciences as a subject of the "interpretive park" program, clarifying the meaning of the Hawaiian name for the location of the park, and reciting the historical and cultural references to the original Hawaiian name of the park's location.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 209, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 209, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair