STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3sn
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 43
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and
Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 43 entitled:
"SENATE 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,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to direct the
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency 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 Tripier Army Medical Center hillside.
Your Committee received no testimony on this measure.
Your Committee finds that on Oahu, the Moanalua Gardens and
Moanalua Valley communities are considered a high-risk zone for
landslides and rockfalls. Your Committee further finds that the
United States Army Corps of Engineers has previously conducted
rockfall mitigation projects on surrounding hillsides in Moanalua
Gardens and Moanalua Valley since certain hillsides in the region
are owned by the federal government. Your Committee concludes
that while the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is responsible
for planning for and responding to natural and human-caused
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emergencies in the State, a partnership with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency is necessary to protect the Moanalua Gardens and
Moanalua Valley communities from landslides and rock falls.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making a
technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity
and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military
Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs
with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 43, as amended herein, and
recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R.
No. 43, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Public Safety and
Intergovernmental and Military
Affairs,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
PSM
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is: /
__ Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye (WR) Nay Excused
WAKAI. Glenn (C)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
RHOADS, Karl
AWA, Brenton
A
TOTAL /
Recommendation: ( i
0 Adopted lJ Not Adopted
Chair's or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution; Original \ sllow / Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report k 's QXice Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24