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The Honorable Chairman Holeka Goro Inaba and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii December 27, 2024 Page 5 Development and with other non-profit organizations and for profit contractors and developers to provide affordable housing units. ■ The County shall provide more opportunities for low-income housing and transitional shelters. ■ Construct more Self-help Dousing. While this action plan is specific to affordable housing needs in Waimea, the provision of more self-help housing is needed all over the district. Based on the preceding, the approval of the change of zone to RS-10, which would facilitate the development of the proposed affordable housing project, is consistent with the SKCDP. The Waimea Landmark Estates Subdivision which is zoned Agricultural-3 Acres (A-3a) is located across Kawaihae Road to the north. Properties to the east consist of the Kanehoa and Anekona Estates subdivisions, with lands zoned Agricultural-5 Acres (A- 5a) and Residential and Agricultural-2 acres (RA-2a). Directly to the south is a large, State-owned parcel of land zoned Agricultural-5 Acres (A-5a) and to the west is a vacant parcel, also owned by the applicant and similarly zoned Agricultural -I Acre (A -la). It should be noted that immediately to the east of the proposed project area are two affordable housing developments, the Ouli Cottages project, consisting of 33 multiple -family, rental housing units built in 1995 and the Ouli Self Help Housing project, consisting of 40 lots developed between 1999 and 2004. These properties are on lands that were reclassified from Agricultural to an Urban in 1994 and received relief from Hawaii County zoning requirements in 1994 from the County Council as part of a FIRS 201E affordable housing program (which is now called the FIRS 201 H program), thus, they are still zoned Agricultural-1 Acre (A -la). Additionally, this rezone, along with an approved PUD, will allow the applicant to defray infrastructure costs associated with typical subdivision requirements in order to ensure that 100% of the proposed lots would be offered at affordable rates to prospective buyers. This will be done through an affordable housing agreement between the applicant and the County Office of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Chapter 1.1 of the Hawaii County Code, that will be executed prior to receipt of Final Subdivision Approval for any portion of the project. The preceding will be added as a condition of approval. To further help defray costs and increase affordability of the project, a condition of approval will be added to exempt fair share contributions for any lots created under the affordable housing agreement for self-help or turnkey affordable housing.