S.C.R. No. 99 Summary

• Urges the County Council of Hawaii County to use eminent domain to condemn the Naalehu Theater, which is the southernmost theater in the United States and was built in 1925 by the Hutchinson Sugar Company.

• Theater is currently owned by 300 Corporation, a division of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, and in 2006 required approximately $150,000 in repairs including a new roof, ceiling, gutters, and foundation work.

• Theater was determined eligible for historic listing by the State Historic Preservation Division in 2005 but was not designated due to the owner's objection, and was later listed as one of "Hawaii's Most Endangered Historic Sites" by Honolulu Magazine in 2010.

• Historic designation would make the theater eligible for financial resources, grants, media exposure, and 20 percent federal reimbursement for approved repairs as a commercial building.

• Directs transmission of a certified copy of the resolution to the Chairperson of the County Council of Hawaii County.