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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE TO CREATE A MASTER 
   PLAN FOR FLOOD MITIGATION FOR WAIMANALO.



 1       WHEREAS, the Kailua reservoir, the Kahawai stream, and
 2   other bodies of water in the Waimanalo area have caused serious
 3   damage to private property in the past and threaten to cause
 4   further damage to property and possible loss of life in the
 5   future; and
 6   
 7       WHEREAS, pollution resulting from this periodic flooding
 8   combined with continuous agricultural and urban runoff has had
 9   serious negative consequences on water quality and water
10   ecology not only in the freshwater streams of Waimanalo but
11   also for the whole marine ecology of Waimanalo Bay; and
12   
13       WHEREAS, the 1996-1998 Water Body Assessment conducted by
14   the Department of Health's Environmental Planning Office
15   identified Waimanalo stream as suffering from "severe
16   impairment" of water quality as one of Hawaii's four most
17   seriously polluted bodies of water; and
18   
19       WHEREAS, the safety of our citizens and the protection of
20   their property, as well as the purity and natural ecology of
21   our waters are assets of the highest importance which this
22   Legislature is bound to protect; now, therefore, 
23   
24       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
25   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
26   of 2000, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Land and
27   Natural Resources is requested to convene a task force to
28   advise the department in the development of a master plan for
29   flood protection for the whole Waimanalo area; and
30   
31       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Waimanalo flood protection
32   master plan:
33   
34       (1)  Identify the fundamental sources of Waimanalo's
35            flooding problems;
36   
37       (2)  Determine the most effective and economical methods
38            for solving these problems;

 
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 1       (3)  Identify sources of funding that are currently
 2            available for solving Waimanalo's flooding problems;
 3            and
 4   
 5       (4)  Determine the best way of applying these funds in a
 6            coordinated manner to solve Waimanalo's flooding
 7            problems;
 8   
 9   and
10   
11       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force consist of:
12   
13       (1)  The Director of Land and Natural Resources or the
14            director's representative;
15   
16       (2)  The Director of Agriculture or the director's
17            representative;
18   
19       (3)  The Director of Transportation or the director's
20            representative;
21   
22       (4)  A representative from the Waimanalo Ahupuaa Watershed
23            Council;
24   
25       (5)  A representative from the Waimanalo Neighborhood
26            Board;
27   
28       (6)  A representative from the Waimanalo Health Center;
29   
30       (7)  A representative from the Waimanalo Agricultural
31            Association;
32   
33       (8)  A representative from the Waimanalo Hawaiian Homestead
34            Association;
35   
36       (9)  A representative of the Waimanalo Community
37            Development Corporation; and
38   
39      (10)  Any representatives from appropriate county agencies
40            as determined by the Department of Land and Natural
41            Resources;
42   
43   and

 
 
 
 
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 1       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Land and
 2   Natural Resources submit to the Legislature its master plan for
 3   flood protection for the Waimanalo area, no later than twenty
 4   days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002; and
 5   
 6       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
 7   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the
 8   Board of Land and Natural Resources, the Director of
 9   Agriculture, the Director of Transportation, the Waimanalo
10   Ahupuaa Watershed Council, the Waimanalo Neighborhood Board,
11   the Waimanalo Health Center, the Waimanalo Agricultural
12   Association, the Waimanalo Hawaiian Homestead Association, the
13   Waimanalo Community Development Corporation, and any county
14   agencies represented on the task force.