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Here is an update on the Centennial Park in Waikiki. For the new West Honolulu members, several years ago, our West Honolulu Rotary Foundation donated $5,000 toward the building of the Centennial Park which is spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Honolulu. Thank you, Mike Kato July 19, 2019 Mike Kato
Via email: c_rider@hotmail.com
Aloha Mike and members of the Rotary Club of West Honolulu: We are happy to report that formal construction of Centennial Park is expected to start this
summer, pending receipt of the necessary permit. On behalf of the Rotary Club of Honolulu and Rotary in Hawaii, we would like to thank you for
supporting our Centennial Park project. We could not have gotten this far, nor started
construction without your support. Below please find an update of recent events surrounding the
progress of Centennial Park.
• July 13, 2016 this project began with an agreement between the Rotary Club of Honolulu
and Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Immediately thereafter we began fund raising and preliminary
design work.
• Interest in building Centennial Park has grown significantly. In January 2019 the General
Contractors Association of Hawaii (GCA) and Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company
(HDCC), offered to assist in the park’s construction and have begun working with Rotary
and the City to establish the necessary processes to build the park.
• In March 2019 a modest blessing of the site was performed prior to the start of an
Archeological Inventory Survey conducted by Cultural Surveys Hawaii. The survey found
foundations of midcentury homes, which have been appropriately mapped and removed.
• On May 8, 2019 our City Council approved the Mayor’s July 13, 2016 Agreement and by
doing so, agreed to accept the gift of Centennial Park to the City when the park is
completed.
• June 21, 2019 HDCC and the Rotary Club of Honolulu signed a construction agreement
for phase one, which includes the following: grading, planting large trees, laying sod for
the lawn, building walkways, installing the sprinkler system and electrical conduits, as
well as building lamp bases. HDCC is expected to complete this work by the end of the
year. Once completed, Rotarians and community volunteers will be able to begin the
planting of smaller trees, shrubs and ground cover. We thank HDCC and its
subcontractors for their generous donations of labor and materials.
Dates for a formal blessing (July 29 at 11:30 a.m.) and the start of construction are being
scheduled, and we will provide you with updated information as it becomes available.
During construction, Rotarians will continue to raise funds for the Park's remaining phases,
which include; installation of lights, a fence ( or wall) around the park, as well as the design,
fabrication and installation of signage for history and donor recognition. Please encourage your
friends, neighbors, and employers to support Centennial Park. Additional donations can be made to Centennial Park c/o Rotary District 5000 Foundation.
Please make the check payable to Rotary District 5000 Foundation and note Centennial Park.
Mail your check to the Rotary Club of Honolulu, 705 Queen St., Honolulu, HI 96813. For more information, please visit 0ur newly updated website www.centennialparkwaikiki.org. Mahalo, for your support!· Rob Hale
Centennial Park Committee Chairperson
Rotary Club of Honolulu
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