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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWC 299 05/16/1984 1980-1984 • • - • • Report Of The COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS May 16, 1984 Chairman and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii Your Committee on Public Works, to which was referred Resolution 910-84, reports as follows: The purpose of the resolution is to establish County direction with respect to the development of recreational facilities in Kona and to urge the State Department of Land and Natural Resources to commit to the transfer of an approximately 21-acre parcel adjacent to the County' s Old Kona Airport Park to the County of Hawaii . Your committee recognizes a need for a functional recreational park complex in the Kona area which will service its increasing population. For years , the County has planned, worked and lobbied around the Kealakehe Regional Park concept, which was never materialized. Your committee is aware of the economic advantages of developing lands adjacent to the Old Kona Airport Parkin comparison to sloped lands of the Kealakehe site. It is further recognized that an appropriation of 1250,000 is being proposed in the FY 1984-85 CIP budget which, if funded, will accommodate the initial grading and leveling requested th re e nested site . Duringfloor discussions,scussions, the need for a financial impact statement was also emphasized but deferred as the purpose of this resolution was to secure a firm committal by the State in transferring its parcel to the County and because a recreational complex, be it at the Old Kona Airport or at Kealakehe, is a very pressing need in West Hawaii . Your Committee on Public Works concurs with t• - intent and purpose of Resolution 910-84 and recommend its ado•tion. AP a limb' 11110 M -LE K. LAI, CHAI ' OMAN WILLIAM S. KAWAHARA, VIC CHR. FRANK DE LUZ III, MEMBER • • Aer_ TAKASHI DOMINGO, MEER HELENE H. HALE, MEMBER LA/GM PWC Report No. 299 Adopted: JUN 61984