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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE TO CREATE A MASTER 
   PLAN FOR WATER QUALITY AND 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, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is
27   requested to convene a task force to create a master plan for
28   flood protection and water quality protection for the whole
29   Waimanalo area; and
30   
31       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force create the
32   Waimanalo flood protection and water quality protection master
33   plan by:
34   
35       (1)  Identifying the fundamental sources of Waimanalo's
36            flooding and water pollution problems;

 
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 1       (2)  Determining the most effective and economical methods
 2            for solving these problems associated with Waimanalo's
 3            water resources;
 4   
 5       (3)  Identifying sources of funding that are currently
 6            available for solving Waimanalo's flooding and water
 7            pollution problems; and
 8   
 9       (4)  Determining the best way of applying these funds in a
10            coordinated manner to solve Waimanalo's flooding and
11            water pollution problems;
12   
13   and
14   
15       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force consist of:
16   
17       (1)  The Director of Land and Natural Resources or the
18            director's representative;
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20       (2)  The Director of Agriculture or the director's
21            representative;
22   
23       (3)  The Director of Transportation or the director's
24            representative;
25   
26       (4)  The Director of Health or the director's
27            representative;
28   
29       (5)  The Waimanalo Ahupuaa Watershed Council's
30            representative; and
31   
32       (6)  Any representatives from appropriate county agencies
33            as determined by the Department of Land and Natural
34            Resources;
35   
36   and
37   
38       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force submit to the
39   Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of
40   the Regular Session of 2001, its master plan for flood
41   protection and water quality protection for the Waimanalo area;
42   and
43   
44       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
45   Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Land and Natural
46   Resources, the Director of Agriculture, the Director of
47   Transportation, the Director of Health, and the Waimanalo
48   Ahupuaa Watershed Council.
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