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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
SENATE OF HAWAII                                           
                                                             
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                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
   AGRICULTURE TO TAKE MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE INFESTATION OF
   FLIES, UNPLEASANT ODORS, INUNDATION BY DUST, AND SEVERE
   DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AT MAILI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 


 1       WHEREAS, students, teachers, and other school personnel
 2   should never be subjected to a school environment that is
 3   unhealthy, unclean, unsafe, and not conducive to effective
 4   learning; and 
 5   
 6       WHEREAS, at Maili Elementary School on Oahu, students are
 7   regularly subjected to such conditions; and
 8   
 9       WHEREAS, Maili Elementary School is situated in very close
10   proximity to both residential and farmlands, with each type of
11   land existing within 100 yards of the school; and
12   
13       WHEREAS, due to the activities on these types of land
14   bordering so closely to Maili Elementary School, the school is
15   regularly infested with flies and is subjected to highly
16   unpleasant odors; and 
17   
18       WHEREAS, Maili Elementary School's rural surroundings cause
19   the school to be inundated by blowing dust that can result in
20   breathing problems and can get into the eyes of students and
21   school employees; and
22   
23       WHEREAS, in addition to these problems, severe drainage
24   deficiencies have resulted in the flooding of Maili Elementary
25   School during heavy rainfall; now, therefore,
26   
27       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
28   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
29   of 2000, the Senate concurring, that the Department of
30   Agriculture (DOA) and the Department of Health (DOH) are
31   requested to help farmers in the valley around Maili Elementary
32   School take measures to ensure that the school is not infested
33   with flies, inundated by dust, or subjected to unpleasant odors
34   associated with farm activity; and

 
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 1       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the DOH is requested to work
 2   with City and County of Honolulu officials to create an
 3   effective drainage system to ensure that Maili Elementary
 4   School does not become flooded during heavy rainfall; and
 5   
 6       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairperson of the Board of
 7   Agriculture and the Director of Health are requested to report
 8   their findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later
 9   than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of
10   2001; and
11   
12       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the DOE is requested to create
13   a plan to address the problems at Maili Elementary School with
14   the input of the DOA and the DOH to be submitted to the
15   Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of
16   the Regular Session of 2001; and
17   
18       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
19   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health,
20   the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture, the Superintendent
21   of Education, and the Principal of Maili Elementary School.