{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/manifest","@type":"sc:Manifest","label":"Fact sheet on Magic Island","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35729/full/145%2C200/0/default.jpg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35729","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"attribution":"University of Hawaii at Manoa Digital Image Collection","related":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/show/31332","format":"text/html"},"metadata":[{"label":"Title","value":"Fact sheet on Magic Island"},{"label":"Subject","value":"Hawaii--History--1959-"},{"label":"Creator","value":"Kelly, John"},{"label":"Date","value":"c. 1970"},{"label":"Format","value":"statement"},{"label":"Type","value":"Image"},{"label":"Extent","value":"4"},{"label":"Full Text","value":"FACT SHEET ON MAGIC ISLANDThe Outdoor Circle respectfully requests that the State Legislature reconsider during the 1970 session the action taken on both phases of Magic Island (SCR #63).  We urge that the necessary legislation be enacted to assure the development as a park of the whole of Magic Island (Phases I and III) and that adequate funds be appropriated for this purpose.  We believe that the need for public parks and beaches for island residents in this area is greater than the pressure to create a new hotel-resort zone in Honolulu. We suggest that the following be considered before a final decision is made:RECREATIONAL PARKS ARE INADEQUATE IN URBAN HONOLULUToday in Senatorial Districts 5 and 6 and in the 1Oth and 11th Representative Districts of the 7th Senatorial District (roughly, Honolulu from Middle Street to 22nd Avenue) over 250,000 people live.  This is about half of the registered voters on this island and more than one-third of the voters of the State.  By 1985, this number will have grown to at least 394,000.  Statistics taken from publications of the State of Hawaii and the Department of Parks and Recreation indicate an undeniable need for parklands in this area, which we will refer to as urban Honolulu.  Here a large proportion of our island residents live under very crowded conditions, often in apartments surrounded by concrete or asphalt paving.The Department of Parks and Recreation sets as a realistic standard 3 acres of active recreational parks (i.e., neighborhood, community and district parks) for each 1,000 persons. Depending on population projections used, between 909 and 1,255 acres of such park should exist by 1985 in urban Honolulu.  The City and County plans to have 591 acres developed by then, hopefully.  Some 163 acres of needed park space can be made up by including the regional parks of Ala Moana and Kapiolani.  However, it is necessary to remember that on peak Sundays, 28% of the users of Ala Moana are from rural areas.  The 65 acres of both phases of Magic Island are much needed to bring the total up to 819 acres which is still less than the minimum requirement.  No senatorial or representative district in urban Honolulu, at the present time, has the recommended park acreage for its residents._________________________________________________________________Fact Sheet on Magic Island\\tPage 2BEACH PARKS ARE INADEQUATEThere are two unpolluted beach areas in urban Honolulu accessible to the general public:  the stretch of sand from the Natatorium to Duke Kahanamoku Beach and the beach at Ala Moana Park.  Should the entire Waikiki Beach reclamation project be completed, 32.8 acres of sand will be added to the present 6.8.  Enough sand will then exist in Waikiki to accommodate 23,200 people.  (Here, the U. S. Engineers' standard of 75 sq. ft. per person is used, not the Department of Parks and Recreation's of 160 sq. ft. per person.) Published reports estimate from 27,910 to 31,000 hotel rooms in Waikiki by 1971, not including apartments.  Obviously, there is going to be little room for island residents on Waikiki beaches.Ala Moana Park, according to the O.D.C. Urban Design Study of the Honolulu Waterfront, \"is the most heavily used beach recreation facility in the entire State\".  Mr. Walter Collins, speaking to the Board of Realtors in 1968, stated that Waikiki and Ala Moana are the most heavily used beaches in the United States with 44 sq. ft. to a person on a busy day.  He anticipated that by 1960 there would be standing room only on Oahu's beaches.  Kalihi and Palama areas particularly suffer from a lack of convenient beaches.  The Keehi Lagoon-Anuenue Island area, because of pollution from raw sewage, is not available for swimming.  The State Parks Division and the City and County have been aware of the need for beach parks and a program of acquisition and development has been followed The State parks, Kahana and Kaena, will add no new sandy beach Waimanalo State Park will add beach park for Oahu residents. The County acquisitions are small and remote from urban Honolulu.RECREATIONAL NEEDS WHICH COULD BE MET BY MAGIC ISLANDThe fact that Ala Moana Park is overcrowded shows a need to expand this area to meet the diverse needs of many people. As an example, in July of 1969, about 169 permits to use the park were issued to groups of from 25 to 500 persons-teen-age clubs, business firms, labor unions, summer fun programs, schools, churches, youth organizations such as the Y.B.A. and the Y.M.C.A., neighborhood associations and Oriental, Hawaiian and Caucasian social clubs.  Swimmers, surfers, tennis players, pole fishermen, yachtsmen, model aircraft flyers, picnickers, baseball players and lawn bowlers use this area.  It must be remembered that because of heavy rainfall in the valleys, Ala Moana and Kapiolani are often the only dry spots in this part of town._________________________________________________________________Fact Sheet on Magic Island\\tPage 3DEVELOPMENTS WHICH MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT ALA MOANA AND KAPIOLANI PARKSUrban Honolulu may be faced with the removal rather than the addition of parkland.  A makai freeway may remove a strip of Ala Wai Field and playground and of Ala Moana Park and alI of the Ala Wai Promenade.  Proposed ferry terminals on Magic Island and at the Natatorium would change park to parking lots and buildings; so would the use of Magic Island as a mini-airport.THE NEED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE DECISION ON THE USE OF MAGIC ISLANDSince in the case of Magic Island, the needs of people who are unused to and unsophisticated in the legislative process are to be weighed against the interests of experienced developers, the Legislature should make every effort to reach the people before the next session by means of a well-publicized public hearing and by seeking the opinions of community groups.  One need only remember back to the furor caused by the plan to lease Magic Island, Phase I, for development as an amusement park to realize how important it is to recognize the needs of the general public.JOINT EFFORT BY THE COUNTY AND STATE TO MEET PARK NEEDSThe ability of the County to meet from its budget the cost of land acquisition for parks when millions must be spent on a mass transit system, a stadium, sewage disposal, etc., even with Federal assistance, must be questioned.  The Mayor sees a $40 million gap between revenue and expenditures in 1975.  With so much of the State's population concentrated on Oahu, perhaps the State, with its broader source of revenue, could assume a larger role than it has in providing parkland for residents.FINANCING OF MAGIC ISLANDSome members of the Legislature hold the opinion that it is necessary for some part of Magic Island to be developed commercially in order that it either pay for itself or be a continuing source of revenue to the State.  Additional parkland will have to be acquired in urban Honolulu.  Will it be less costly to the taxpayers to acquire alI of Magic Island as a park.or to purchase oceanside or developed land elsewhere in Honolulu?  The Waikiki peninsula's development costs were about $2.17 a sq. ft.  According to estimates by Belt, Collins and Associates, Ltd. the cost of reclaiming_________________________________________________________________Fact Sheet on Magic Island\\tPage 4THE FINANCING OF MAGIC ISLAND (CONT)Phase III would be about $6,850,000--about $5.24 a sq. ft. for roughly 30 acres of land.  Where else in urban Honolulu can land be acquired at these costs?COMMERCIAL USESThe following commercial uses have been suggested for Magic Island:1.  Restaurant Use:  The least objectionable non-park use would be for restaurant purposes.  While removing land from park use, it would have less impact upon the surrounding area than other income producing uses.  Restaurants are open to the general public and comply with the staff recommendation from the O.D.C. report previously quoted that \"development of any phase of the Magic Island complex and busy Ala Moana Park should emphasize facilities for public use and recreation\".2.  Apartments and Hotels:  The construction of both hotels and apartments is undesirable because any additional beach (3.5 acres are to added in Phase I I I) could we I I be pre-empted by the guests and apartment owners, because of the amount of land removed from park use, because of the additional traffic generated and because of the effect upon Ala Moana Park.  This area must not become another Waikiki, oriented to the needs and interests of visitors.  We question the building of hotels in this area when a number of published reports suggest that ample hotel-resort zoning already exists on Oahu.3.  Foreign Trade Zone and Shopping Center:  Developments of this nature do not belong in beach parks nor do they require valuable beach frontage as part of their operations.GOOD CITY PLANNINGAt the present time, the City and County of Honolulu is in the process of formulating a detailed land use plan for Central Honolulu.  Hotel-resort zoning (Waikiki is zoned for this) is one of the central issues.  Two world renowned architects (Yamasaki and Belluschi) have been hired by the land owners to plan this area in conjunction with the Planning Department at the request of the City and County's Public Works Committee.  These efforts could be frustrated if the Legislature should weight the balance in favor of hotel-resort use.  Plans for Phase III should be in harmony with decisions reached on the zoning of Central Honolulu.The Outdoor Circle - October 27, 1969"}],"sequences":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/sequence/normal","@type":"sc:Sequence","label":"Current Page Order","viewingDirection":"left-to-right","viewingHint":"paged","canvases":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"116-951medium.jpg","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35728/full/163%2C200/0/default.jpg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35728","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"width":2444,"height":2990,"images":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/annotation/p0001-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35728/full/654%2C800/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":2444,"height":2990,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35728","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p1"}]},{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"116-954medium.jpg","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35729/full/145%2C200/0/default.jpg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35729","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"width":2234,"height":3088,"images":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/annotation/p0002-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35729/full/579%2C800/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":2234,"height":3088,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35729","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p2"}]},{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p3","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"116-957medium.jpg","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35730/full/145%2C200/0/default.jpg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35730","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"width":2234,"height":3074,"images":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/annotation/p0003-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35730/full/581%2C800/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":2234,"height":3074,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35730","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p3"}]},{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p4","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"116-960medium.jpg","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35731/full/139%2C200/0/default.jpg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35731","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"width":2206,"height":3179,"images":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/annotation/p0004-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35731/full/555%2C800/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":2206,"height":3179,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/35731","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif/31332/canvas/p4"}]}]}]}