STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
2023
MAR 30
RE: H.C.R. No. 106
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 106 entitled:
“HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
FACILITY MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO
DREDGE AND CLEAN THE ULEHAWA STREAM AND CANAL,”
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Request the Department of Facility Maintenance of the
City and County of Honolulu to dredge and clean the
Ulehawa Stream and Canal;
(2) Request the Department of Health to complete water
quality testing of the Ulehawa Stream and Canal
quarterly every two years, at a minimum;
(3) Urge the Army Corps of Engineers to work with the
Department of Facility Maintenance of the City and
County of Honolulu to create a permanent solution to
mitigate against the rapid accumulation of sediment and
debris at the Ulehawa Stream and Canal; and
(4) Request Hawaii’s congressional delegation to make
finding a permanent solution for the Ulehawa Stream and
Canal a top priority and assist the State and City and
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County of Honolulu in obtaining federal funding for this
purpose.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Iron Workers Stabilization Fund; International
Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron
Workers Local Union Number 625; and four individuals.
Your Committee finds that the Ulehawa Stream to the north of
Nanakuli runs along the border of Oahu’s sole construction and
demolition landfill, owned by PVT Land Company Ltd., which took in
approximately forty percent of the island’s total waste stream as
of 2020. Hundreds of residents live alongside the main Ulehawa
Canal and its two wing canals.
Your Committee further finds that the Ulehawa Stream is
typically blocked by beach sand due to an absence of a fringing
reef, while complaints of the Ulehawa Canal being backed up with
silt and sand have been made for over two decades, and in the past
two years, the Ulehawa’s wing canals have been completely blocked
and littered with silt, vegetation, and trash, including shopping
carts, beds, and construction debris. Your Committee also finds
that without regular dredging, the Ulehawa Stream and Canal remain
stagnant and reports have been made of residents living on both
sides of the Canal becoming sick. Through this measure, your
Committee seeks actions and information to address this
environmental and potential public health and safety issue.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 106
and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Water & Land,
LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair
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Record of Votes of the Committee on Water & Land
Bill/Resolution No.: Committee Referral: Date:
~Rj~cC) ~~tOI,
D The committee is reconsidering its previous decision on the measure.
The recommendation is to: Pass, unamended (as is) C Pass, with amendments (HD) C Hold
Pass short form bill with HD to recommit for future public hearing (recommit)
WAL Members Ayes Ayes (WR) Nays Excused
1. ICHIYAMA, Linda (C)
2. POEPOE, Mahina (VC) /
3. CHUN, Cory M.
4. GANADEN, Sonny
5. HASHEM, Mark j. /
6. MORIKAWA, Dee
7.TAKAYAMA, Gregg
8. SOUZA, Kanani
TOTAL(8) C
The recommendation is: ‘~ Adopted ~ Not Adopted
‘If joint referral, did not support recommendation.
committee ronym(s)
Vice Chair’s or designee’s signature:
Distribution: Original (White) — Committee Duplicate (Yellow) — Chief Clerk’s Office Duplicate (Pink) — HMSO