STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1335

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 294

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 294 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES, TO ASSIST IN RESOLVING ISSUES RELATED TO HOMELESS LIVING IN ABANDONED VEHICLES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services, in collaboration with the Honolulu Department of Customer Services, state Department of Transportation, and Hawaii Public Housing Authority to assist in resolving issues related to homeless individuals living in abandoned vehicles.

 

     The Representative from the Twenty-third District supported this concurrent resolution.

 

     Your Committees find that complaints from residents and business owners about homeless individuals living in abandoned vehicles occur in neighborhoods throughout the City and County of Honolulu.  Accordingly, your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution to:

 

     (1)  Clarify that the issue and its requested resolution apply to all of Honolulu, and is not just limited to the Queen Street area;

 

     (2)  Suggest the possibility of amending the definition of "abandoned vehicle" to include parked vehicles with the appearance of an individual using the vehicle as a residence; and

 

     (3)  Include the Chief of the Honolulu Police Department among the recipients of a certified copy.

 

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 294, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Transportation, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 294, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair

 

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RIDA CABANILLA, Chair