HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

98

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

Urging the department of Land and natural resources to set aside State-Owned land at 6091 Kalaniana‘ole Highway as "President barack obama birthplace state park."

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the birth announcement for President Barack Obama, Jr., born August 4th, 1961, in Honolulu, lists his first residence as a house at 6085 Kalaniana‘ole Highway near Kuli‘ou‘ou Road; and

 

     WHEREAS, Barack Obama, Jr. spent most of his childhood and adolescent years in Honolulu, developing a character and intellect that includes a sense of aloha, an appreciation of multiculturalism, and an enlightened world view; and

 

     WHEREAS, President Barack Obama stated that, "What's best in me, and what's best in my message, is consistent with the tradition of Hawai‘i", and First Lady Michelle Obama has said, "You can't really understand Barack until you understand Hawai‘i"; and

 

     WHEREAS, upon graduating from high school and moving from Hawai‘i, Barack Obama, Jr. has maintained close ties with his home state, visiting resident family members and friends on a nearly annual basis to re-experience island life as a kama‘aina; and

 

     WHEREAS, the people of Hawai‘i, inspired and proud that one of their own could aspire to become president of the United States, cast 71 percent of their presidential ballots for this keiki o ka‘aina, making Hawai‘i the state with the greatest Obama victory margin in the nation; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State owns a 4,124 square foot parcel of land adjacent to the first home of the 44th President of the United States; and

 

     WHEREAS, this historic site is on the route to several East O‘ahu attractions, including two that President Obama particularly enjoys--Hanauma Bay and Sandy Beach--as well as the solemn site where he scattered the ashes of his late mother in 1995 and his grandmother in 2008; and

 

     WHEREAS, the site is passed by tens of thousands of residents and visitors every day; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2009, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is urged to set aside state-owned land at 6091 Kalaniana‘ole Highway (TMK 3-8-003:055) as "President Barack Obama Birthplace State Park"; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Governor is urged to approve this designation by executive order as provided by law; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and the Chairperson of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

State Parks; Barack Obama Jr. Birthplace