HR70

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

70

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO LEASE THE OLD HAUULA FIRE STATION TO KO   OLAULOA HEALTH CENTER.

 

 

 


        WHEREAS, in 2019, the City and County of Honolulu relocated Hauula Fire Station from its original site along Kamehameha Highway to a new facility on Kawaipuna Street; and

 

        WHEREAS, the relocation of the fire station has created an opportunity for the City and County of Honolulu to repurpose the Hauula Fire Station's former site in a manner that will most benefit the Hauula community and its more than three thousand residents; and

 

        WHEREAS, because the site of the old Hauula Fire Station, which is owned by the State but under the control of the City and County of Honolulu, was originally provided to the City and County of Honolulu for use as a fire station, a change of use may require approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources; and

 

        WHEREAS, Hauula and surrounding communities are medically underserved; and

 

        WHEREAS, the Ko   olauloa Health Center provides critically needed and comprehensive quality care in a number of areas, including primary care services, family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, minor surgery, immunizations, family planning, gynecological care, behavioral health services, pharmacy services, and dental services; and

 

        WHEREAS, the Ko   olauloa Health Center also provides a variety of community outreach services aimed at tobacco cessation, diabetes prevention, and care coordination; and

 

        WHEREAS, in addition, the Ko   olauloa Health Center helps its clients access critical services, including health insurance, financial assistance, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; and

 

        WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu should do everything it can to assist Ko   olauloa Health Center in fulfilling its essential role in keeping the Ko   olauloa community healthy; now, therefore,

 

        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, that the City and County of Honolulu is urged to lease the site of the former Hauula Fire Station, located at 54-064 Kamehameha Highway (TMK 1-5-4-001-045), to Ko   olauloa Health Center to assist the Center in providing essential health services to the residents of Hauula and the surrounding Ko   olauloa community; and

 

        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Chairperson of the Honolulu City Council, President of the Board of Directors of the Ko   olauloa Health Center, and Chief Executive Officer of the Ko   olauloa Health Center.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:  

City and County of Honolulu; Old Hauula Fire Station; Koolauloa Health Center; Lease