On June 12, 2014 Hawaiian Falls executives proposed a $20 million waterpark to the Richland County Council – Hawaiian Falls would design, build, and operate the park if the county would fund it. On June 12, 2014 County Council approved a 2% hospitality tax on prepared meals to fund a waterpark. Later in June 2014, members of the Richland County Council spent $7,560 in tax dollar to visit Hawaiian Falls parks in Texas. A request for proposals on the waterpark was issued on August 11, 2014 and closed on September 18, 2014. Plans for this project were scrapped on April 19, 2016 after the Richland County Council declined funding for the project.