HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

100

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO LOCATE LAND SUITABLE TO CONSTRUCT A MOTORSPORTS CENTER ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, drag racing on the island of Oahu dates back to the early 1950s; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii Raceway Park opened for operation in Campbell Industrial Park in 1962; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii Raceway Park provided a safe and supervised location for people to operate a variety of vehicles, including drag racing cars, motorcycles, go karts, and street cars; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii Raceway Park was a gathering place for local racers, many of whom first attended the park as children with their families and later became participants; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii Raceway Park closed in 2006; and

 

     WHEREAS, small businesses that operated at Hawaii Raceway Park have shut down, and others that derived a portion of their business from racers have cut back or shut down; and

 

     WHEREAS, a motorsport center supporting all types of racing including but not limited to dirt track and drag racing would be ideal on the island of Oahu; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Hawaii Community Development Authority are encouraged to collaborate in locating land suitable to construct a motorsports center on the island of Oahu; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Hawaii Community Development Authority consider:

 

     (1)  Lot 9 on the island of Oahu as a potential site for the motorsports center; and

 

     (2)  Ways in which a motorsports center may be a source of economic development for the State;

 

and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Executive Director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, and the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

Report Title: 

Motorsports Center, HCDA; DLNR