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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

  REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE HOUSING AND
    COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII TO CONSIDER
    CONVERTING VACANT TEACHER COTTAGES ON OR IMMEDIATELY
    ADJACENT TO SCHOOL CAMPUSES INTO CUSTODIAN COTTAGES.



 1        WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Corporation
 2   of Hawaii maintains teacher cottages on or immediately adjacent
 3   to the following school campuses:
 4   
 5        (1)  Kau High and Pahala Elementary School - four units;
 6   
 7        (2)  Waimea Elementary and Intermediate School - six
 8             units, with four additional units to be built;
 9   
10        (3)  Halaula Annex (to Kohala High and Intermediate
11             School) - nine units;
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13        (4)  Hana High and Elementary School - one unit; and
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15        (5)  Lanai High and Elementary School - nine units, with
16             four additional units to be built;
17   and
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19        WHEREAS, while the Department of Education continues to
20   provide for live-in custodians at some of its schools, the
21   Board of Education's policy on custodian cottages will
22   eventually result in the condemnation of all these cottages and
23   the eviction of their tenants when the cost of repairing and
24   maintaining these cottages exceeds two years' worth of rent.
25   Because these cottages are not being replaced, the number of
26   schools with live-in custodians is decreasing; and
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28        WHEREAS, although a study conducted many years ago by the
29   staff of the Department of Education found that the presence of
30   a live-in (i.e., on campus) custodian did not appreciably
31   reduce the prevalence of property crime and vandalism at the
32   live-in custodian's school, it should be noted that the
33   Department of Land and Natural Resources continues to provide
34   for live-in park caretakers or conservation and resources (law)
35   enforcement officers at some of its state parks; and
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 1        WHEREAS, converting vacant teacher cottages on or
 2   immediately adjacent to school campuses into custodian cottages
 3   would create rental income for the Housing and Community
 4   Development Corporation of Hawaii and provide the Department of
 5   Education with a modicum of after-hours security at these
 6   schools to deter trespassing and loitering; now, therefore,
 7   
 8        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
 9   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
10   of 2000, that the Department of Education and the Housing and
11   Community Development Corporation of Hawaii are requested to
12   consider converting vacant teacher cottages on or immediately
13   adjacent to school campuses into custodian cottages; and
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15        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Education is
16   requested to also consider replacing old custodian cottages and
17   constructing new custodian cottages to provide each public
18   school in the State with at least one live-in custodian; and
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20        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
21   Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of
22   Education, the Superintendent of Education, the Chairperson of
23   the Board of Directors of the Housing and Community Development
24   Corporation of Hawaii, and the Executive Director of the
25   Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii.
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