Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations and Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 87 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the renaming of the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area as the Kiyono Kunitake State Recreation Area.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Big Island Farm Bureau. Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

Mrs. Kiyono Kunitake, a lifelong resident of Kona, Hawaii, dedicated her life to preserving the rich heritage of the Kona community so that future generations could enjoy the special and unique qualities of Kona. One of Mrs. Kunitake's, and her husband Shigeo's, greatest accomplishments was the preservation of the pristine and beautiful old Kona Airport shoreline. Mrs. Kunitake's foresight and perseverance saved the old Kona Airport shoreline from plans that would have commercialized the area into another Waikiki, contrary to the wishes of the local community.

Your Committees find this measure to be a fitting tribute to Kiyono Kunitake for her dedicated and tireless efforts to preserve the Old Kona Airport area. Testimony from the DLNR indicates that members of the Kona community have expressed a desire to rename the Old Kona Airport with an appropriate Hawaiian name. Therefore, it has been suggested that a part of the Old Kona Airport be renamed in honor of Mrs. Kunitake.

Your Committees have amended this measure to substitute the transmittal of this measure to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, which has jurisdiction over the subject land, instead of the Department of Transportation.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations and Water, Land, and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 87, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 87, S.D. 1.