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This concurrent resolution urges the City and County of Honolulu to create a permanent program to provide benefits and compensation to communities that host landfills, acknowledging the negative health and environmental impacts such as dust pollution, noise, and odor that residents living near landfills experience, which can lead to increased health problems and costs for medical treatments and home maintenance. The resolution also calls for the establishment of an advisory group made up of community members to help identify the specific concerns of these host communities and to assist in managing and distributing any compensation or benefits, building on recommendations from the Oahu Landfill Siting Advisory Committee which emphasized the importance of community involvement in addressing the burdens placed on communities by landfills.