Bill Text: HI HR72 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Rename West Loch Community Shoreline Park In Ewa Beach, Oahu, To Kapapapuhi Point Park.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-05 - Resolution adopted in final form. [HR72 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HR72-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	72
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO RENAME WEST LOCH COMMUNITY SHORELINE PARK IN EWA BEACH, OAHU, TO KAPAPAPUHI POINT PARK.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, West Loch Community Shoreline Park in Ewa Beach, Oahu is enjoyed by many tourists and residents for its scenic views, array of wildlife, walking trails, and quaint gazebos; and

 

     WHEREAS, West Loch Community Shoreline Park in Ewa Beach, Oahu, was originally named Kapapapuhi Point Park, according to maps from the early 1940s, because it is situated on Kapapapuhi Point; and

 

     WHEREAS, "kapapapuhi" means the flat or laying eel and Hawaiian fishers describe a sacred kapapapuhi leading schools of mullet counterclockwise around Oahu, through Honouliuli in Ewa to the offshore waters of Kapapapuhi Point to help sustain fishers with a regular supply of fish; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State finds that it is important to embrace Hawaiian culture, values, and traditions and to enhance the unique identity of its communities; and

 

WHEREAS, renaming West Loch Community Shoreline Park to its original name, Kapapapuhi Point Park, reflects the uniqueness of Kapapapuhi Point and its significance to the Hawaiian culture for the benefit of present and future generations; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, that the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu is requested to take all necessary action to rename West Loch Community Shoreline Park to Kapapapuhi Point Park; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

 

 

Report Title: 

West Loch Community Shoreline Park; Kapapapuhi Point Park; Ewa Beach; Oahu