HCR73.DOC

WHEREAS, the sewer fees in the City and County of Honolulu have recently been increased by 38 percent; and

WHEREAS, the intention of the increase was to fix and retrofit the aging sewer system of the city; and

WHEREAS, the sewer system of Ewa and Honouliuli, which consists of cesspool and septic tanks, has been neglected since its inception; and

WHEREAS, though they are not connected to a sewer line, the residents of Ewa and Honouliuli are assessed the same sewer fees as residents in other areas that are connected to a sewer line; and

WHEREAS, leaky cesspools and septic tanks pose a threat to the environment, and the health and welfare of the Ewa and Honouliuli neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, the lack of an updated sewer system in Ewa and Honouliuli shows a measure of social and economic disparity between these neighborhoods and other neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, with respect to neighborhood and structural improvements, the residents of Ewa and Honouliuli deserve parity with residents of other areas, since Ewa and Honouliuli residents pay comparable taxes and sewer fees; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the Senate concurring, that this body urges the Mayor and City Council of the City and County of Honolulu to replace the septic tanks and cesspools in Ewa and Honouliuli and connect these communities to the main city sewer system; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, each member of the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Ewa Neighborhood Board.

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Cesspools and septic tank resolution

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	73
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII