Bill Text: HI SCR54 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Directing The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Submit A Grant Request To The Federal Emergency Management Agency For Rockfall Mitigation In Moanalua Gardens And Moanalua Valley, Oahu.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-05 - Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 27 [SCR54 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SCR54-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
DIRECTING THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO SUBMIT A GRANT REQUEST TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR ROCKFALL MITIGATION IN MOANALUA GARDENS AND MOANALUA VALLEY, OAHU.
WHEREAS, boulders along hillsides pose a threat of dangerous rockfalls and landslides that could directly and indirectly impact communities across the State; and
WHEREAS, rockfall mitigation projects require proactive measures to protect hillside and valley communities; and
WHEREAS, on Oahu, the Moanalua Gardens and Moanalua Valley communities are considered a high-risk zone for landslides and rockfalls; and
WHEREAS, certain hillsides surrounding Moanalua Valley are owned by the federal government, such as Tripler Army Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has previously conducted rockfall mitigation projects on surrounding hillsides in Moanalua Gardens and Moanalua Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is responsible for planning for and responding to natural and human-caused emergencies in the State; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is directed to submit a hazard mitigation assistance grant request or pre-disaster mitigation program grant request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for rockfall mitigation in Moanalua Gardens and Moanalua Valley, Oahu, under the Tripler Army Medical Center hillside; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Adjutant General of the Department of Defense; Commander of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District; and Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
HIEMA; Hazard Mitigation; Rockfall Mitigation; Moanalua Valley; Moanalua Gardens
