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HI SR94

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/10/2023

Primary Sponsor

Donovan Cruz

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop a food resiliency plan for state emergencies caused by natural disasters.

  • Identifies Hawaii's heavy reliance on imported food commodities arriving through harbors and airports located in disaster inundation zones as a vulnerability.

  • Notes that the State lacks adequate food and supplies stockpiles beyond foodbanks to address natural disaster aftermath.

  • Suggests Wheeler Airfield in Central Oahu, the only airfield outside inundation zones, could potentially serve as a warehouse for emergency food stockpiles through the First Responders Technology Campus and Cybersecurity Data Center.

  • Directs certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Adjutant General, Director of the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, and Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

Legislative Description

Urging The Office Of Planning And Sustainable Development To Develop A Food Resiliency Plan For State Of Emergencies Caused By Disasters.

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency

Last Action

Referred to WTL.

3/15/2023

Committee Referrals

Water and Land3/15/2023

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