Bill Text: HI HCR95 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Facility Maintenance Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Clean Certain Streams And Canals In Waipahu.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-04-03 - Referred to WTL/PSM. [HCR95 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HCR95-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.C.R. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the department of facility maintenance of the city and county of honolulu to clean certain streams and canals in waipahu.
WHEREAS, the maintenance of many streams and canals on the island of Oahu falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Facility Maintenance of the City and County of Honolulu; and
WHEREAS, the lack of stream and canal maintenance often leads to clogged, overgrown, or debris-filled streams and canals that function poorly, especially during rain events, and can result in local flooding and other safety hazards; and
WHEREAS, Waikele Stream, the canal adjacent to Bill Balfour Jr., Waipahu District Park that intersects Paiwa Street, and the canal along Honowai Neighborhood Park and Honowai Elementary School are examples of streams and canals that have debris and are overgrown with fast-growing vegetation that increase siltation, cause breaches that flood adjacent properties, and impair water flow to the streams, canals, and lochs; and
WHEREAS, community members who live near Waipahu streams and canals often feel responsible for maintaining them even when it is the responsibility of the Department of Facility Maintenance of the City and County of Honolulu to ensure the proper maintenance of streams and canals under its jurisdiction for the safety and well-being of the public and the environment; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Facility Maintenance of the City and County of Honolulu is requested to clean the following stream and canals in Waipahu:
(1) Waikele Stream;
(2) The canal adjacent to Bill Balfour Jr., Waipahu District Park that intersects Paiwa Street; and
(3) The canal along Honowai Neighborhood Park and Honowai Elementary School; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Department of Facility Maintenance of the City and County of Honolulu and Chief Engineer of the Department of Facility Maintenance of the City and County of Honolulu.
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OFFERED BY: |
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Waipahu; Waikele Stream; Canal; Bill Balfour Jr. Waipahu District Park; Paiwa Street; Honowai Neighborhood Park; Honowai Elementary School