PETITION IN SUPPORT OF BILL 48
Bill 48 simply adds Kokololio Beach Park to the list of other beaches protected from commercial activities by Bill 38
HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL MEETING at Honolulu City Hall
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
October 29, 2022
Dear Honolulu Council Chairperson Waters and Honolulu City Council Board Members,
We, the community members of District 2,The Moku of Koolauloa: Ka’a’awa, Punuluu, Hauula, Laie, Kahuku and Sunset are petitioning in support of Bill 48 to stop Commercial Tour Buses from offloading their paid customers to use the Kokololio Beach Park and Beach on their circle island tours. Bill 48 simply adds Kokololio Beach Park to the list of other beaches protected from commercial activities by Bill 38 in April of this year.
Why we care:
- Kokololio Beach Park is not staffed for increased usage the and wear and tear by additional hundreds of people daily
- Park for community and residential use and public users
- Preserve sacredness of Kokololio Beach Park known by Kupuna of Laie for Iwi buried along the sand berms
- Prevent further use of pollutants such as Sunscreen lotion due to traffic to sand berns along Kokololio Beach Park
- Preserve Park for residences for cultural activities such as tahitian drumming, dancing, soccer and camp sites
BILL 48 –
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AT PUBLIC PARKS. BE IT ORDAINED by the People of the City and County of Honolulu: SECTION 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to address commercial activities at certain beach parks. SECTION 2. Section 10-1 .2, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990 (“Park rules and regulations”), as amended by Ordinance 21-34 and Ordinance 22-3, is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: ‘(h) Commercial activities prohibited at parks. (1) Commercial activities, including recreational stops by commercial tour companies, but excluding commercial filming activities that take place from 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays through 6:30 a.m. on Mondays, are not allowed at any time at the following parks: (A) Kailua Beach Park; and (B) Kalama Beach Park. (2) Commercial aclivities, including recreational stops by commercial tour companies, but excluding commercial filming activities and shore water events, are not allowed at any time at the following parks: (A) Waiale’e Beach Park; (B) Sunset Beach Park; (C) ‘Ehukai Beach Park; (D) Püpükea Beach Park; (E) Waimea Bay Beach Park; (F) Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park; (G) Kaiaka Bay Beach Park; and OCS2022-0632/8/1/2022 4:03 PM 1 ORDINANCE CITY COUNCIL CiTYAND COUNTYOF HONOLULU BILL 4 8 ( 2 0 2 2) A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE (H) The undeveloped portions of Hale’iwa Beach Park adjacent to Pua’ena Point. (3) Commercial activities, including recreational stops by commercial tour companies, but excluding movie or television filming activities permitted under Sections 1O-3.2(a)(1) and 1O-3.2(a)(2), are not allowed at any time at the following parks: (A) Makapu’u Beach Park; (B) KaupO Beach Park; (C) Kaiona Beach Park; (D) Waimanalo Beach Park; (E) Hunãnaniho; and (F) Bellows Field Beach Park.
We the undersigned call on the Honolulu City Council Members to vote in support of Bill 48 to make a difference in our community by keeping Kokololio Beach Park for the use of community and public use and preserve its purpose for environmental, cultural and historical habitat for our communities
Updates
November 2, 2022
I have been reading the stories you all are leaving about what this beach means to our families and I am truly humbled by the passion in this community. It is clear that the preservation of this sacred place belongs to you and I am only here to help carry the message forward. Please know that your connection to this land is the only reason we have any momentum at all.
November 2, 2022
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the way people have gathered around this cause. This momentum belongs entirely to the community members who truly value the peace and sacred nature of our beach.
Reached 100 supporters
November 2, 2022
55 Comments
I take my littles to alligator pond all the time, Definitely not keen on the mass amounts of people unloaded off tour buses. It’s a community and family beach. Not a tourist destination
Sometimes they have 3 busses of tourists, It’s ridiculous to have that many people, bringing that much garbage , it overwhelms the restrooms, garbage cans, beach and litter, cigarette butts, even though there is no smoking.
Too many huge groups of tourists being dropped off at our community beaches leaving their trash around and their sunscreen ruining our reefs. We have just enough room at these beaches for our local families who live on our side. Take the tourists around the island in your busses to look at stuff but let them swim in front of their hotels in Waikiki.
This bill is also an opportunity to significantly decrease the amount of reef-toxic sunscreen the marine ecosystem at Kokololio bay is exposed to on a daily basis via unbeknownst tourists.
Please don't force everyone to one park, either find a place for commercial activity in a more accessible park or ban it all together. Seems unfair to prohibit commercial activity from all beach parks except this one, and then pile all busses and tourists in one place. I'd imagine we wouldn't even have to have this petition if YOU guys on the City Council lived out here......
This park has always and should always remain STRICTLY for the use of community members and its Ohana’s recreational use. NOT for the use or purpose of Commercial activities.
Please help us, who call Koolauloa home, keep the country country. We love this simple life, we love the beauty of this place, and we love our privacy. Please help us. Annually
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PETITION IN SUPPORT OF BILL 48
Bill 48 simply adds Kokololio Beach Park to the list of other beaches protected from commercial activities by Bill 38
HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL MEETING at Honolulu City Hall
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
October 29, 2022
Dear Honolulu Council Chairperson Waters and Honolulu City Council Board Members,
We, the community members of District 2,The Moku of Koolauloa: Ka’a’awa, Punuluu, Hauula, Laie, Kahuku and Sunset are petitioning in support of Bill 48 to stop Commercial Tour Buses from offloading their paid customers to use the Kokololio Beach Park and Beach on their circle island tours. Bill 48 simply adds Kokololio Beach Park to the list of other beaches protected from commercial activities by Bill 38 in April of this year.
Why we care:
- Kokololio Beach Park is not staffed for increased usage the and wear and tear by additional hundreds of people daily
- Park for community and residential use and public users
- Preserve sacredness of Kokololio Beach Park known by Kupuna of Laie for Iwi buried along the sand berms
- Prevent further use of pollutants such as Sunscreen lotion due to traffic to sand berns along Kokololio Beach Park
- Preserve Park for residences for cultural activities such as tahitian drumming, dancing, soccer and camp sites
BILL 48 –
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AT PUBLIC PARKS. BE IT ORDAINED by the People of the City and County of Honolulu: SECTION 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to address commercial activities at certain beach parks. SECTION 2. Section 10-1 .2, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990 (“Park rules and regulations”), as amended by Ordinance 21-34 and Ordinance 22-3, is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: ‘(h) Commercial activities prohibited at parks. (1) Commercial activities, including recreational stops by commercial tour companies, but excluding commercial filming activities that take place from 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays through 6:30 a.m. on Mondays, are not allowed at any time at the following parks: (A) Kailua Beach Park; and (B) Kalama Beach Park. (2) Commercial aclivities, including recreational stops by commercial tour companies, but excluding commercial filming activities and shore water events, are not allowed at any time at the following parks: (A) Waiale’e Beach Park; (B) Sunset Beach Park; (C) ‘Ehukai Beach Park; (D) Püpükea Beach Park; (E) Waimea Bay Beach Park; (F) Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park; (G) Kaiaka Bay Beach Park; and OCS2022-0632/8/1/2022 4:03 PM 1 ORDINANCE CITY COUNCIL CiTYAND COUNTYOF HONOLULU BILL 4 8 ( 2 0 2 2) A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE (H) The undeveloped portions of Hale’iwa Beach Park adjacent to Pua’ena Point. (3) Commercial activities, including recreational stops by commercial tour companies, but excluding movie or television filming activities permitted under Sections 1O-3.2(a)(1) and 1O-3.2(a)(2), are not allowed at any time at the following parks: (A) Makapu’u Beach Park; (B) KaupO Beach Park; (C) Kaiona Beach Park; (D) Waimanalo Beach Park; (E) Hunãnaniho; and (F) Bellows Field Beach Park.
We the undersigned call on the Honolulu City Council Members to vote in support of Bill 48 to make a difference in our community by keeping Kokololio Beach Park for the use of community and public use and preserve its purpose for environmental, cultural and historical habitat for our communities
Updates
November 2, 2022
I have been reading the stories you all are leaving about what this beach means to our families and I am truly humbled by the passion in this community. It is clear that the preservation of this sacred place belongs to you and I am only here to help carry the message forward. Please know that your connection to this land is the only reason we have any momentum at all.
November 2, 2022
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the way people have gathered around this cause. This momentum belongs entirely to the community members who truly value the peace and sacred nature of our beach.
Reached 100 supporters
November 2, 2022
55 Comments
There are a couple of turtles that visit kekelas often. Not having tourists will ensure that less people will try to interact with them.
I take my littles to alligator pond all the time, Definitely not keen on the mass amounts of people unloaded off tour buses. It’s a community and family beach. Not a tourist destination
Sometimes they have 3 busses of tourists, It’s ridiculous to have that many people, bringing that much garbage , it overwhelms the restrooms, garbage cans, beach and litter, cigarette butts, even though there is no smoking.
Too many huge groups of tourists being dropped off at our community beaches leaving their trash around and their sunscreen ruining our reefs. We have just enough room at these beaches for our local families who live on our side. Take the tourists around the island in your busses to look at stuff but let them swim in front of their hotels in Waikiki.
This bill is also an opportunity to significantly decrease the amount of reef-toxic sunscreen the marine ecosystem at Kokololio bay is exposed to on a daily basis via unbeknownst tourists.
Please don't force everyone to one park, either find a place for commercial activity in a more accessible park or ban it all together. Seems unfair to prohibit commercial activity from all beach parks except this one, and then pile all busses and tourists in one place. I'd imagine we wouldn't even have to have this petition if YOU guys on the City Council lived out here......
This park has always and should always remain STRICTLY for the use of community members and its Ohana’s recreational use. NOT for the use or purpose of Commercial activities.
Please help us, who call Koolauloa home, keep the country country. We love this simple life, we love the beauty of this place, and we love our privacy. Please help us. Annually
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There are a couple of turtles that visit kekelas often. Not having tourists will ensure that less people will try to interact with them.