Bill Text: HI HCR134 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requesting 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: (Passed) 2024-05-01 - Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826). [HCR134 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HCR134-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	134
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE 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 House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is directed to identify and submit a request for an appropriate grant, including but not limited to a hazard mitigation assistance grant or pre-disaster mitigation program grant, 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.

Report Title: 

HIEMA; FEMA Grant; Hazard Mitigation; Rockfall Mitigation; Moanalua Valley; Moanalua Gardens