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w,~ir'• <br /> J <br /> ~ <br /> t.Ari ll t;se It>rsl•:.~xcH - <br /> NOUNDATION OF HAWAII <br /> ~cK~ Rkhop 81vnn1', Ftn. n92d <br /> lion nlah,, lrawaii 46913 <br /> Phone g~:-47i7 <br /> 4'nr ggF..m:jl <br /> December 7, 2005 " <br /> Councilmc•mber Stacy Higa, Chair and Presiding Member <br /> c.,unty of .lawaii. County Council <br /> County' of Hawaii Bui'tding <br /> z5 Attp.mi Street <br /> Kilo, Hawaii 9G7zo BY FACSTM~ILG: Bo8ZA6i-Snr2 <br /> i :P~ r C~tnncil Char Higa: <br /> °uhieci: Bil. Nc. I~6 Urdiranee to Amend Chapter a ofthe County Code to <br /> Inclu!Se E1flo:~labi~ housing Requirements for Indust~'ia] Park <br /> Developments <br /> Rly narZe is Dean Uchida, Executive Director of the Land Use Research Foundation of <br /> Hawaii L'~RF); a private: non-profit research and trade association whose members <br /> Include m3)or I-lawa:i landuwnera, developers and a utility comptAny. One of LURI`°C <br /> missions is to advocate for reasonable and rational land use planning, legislation and <br /> rrgul:,tinns affecting common problems in Hawaii. <br /> As proposed, Bill No. r5b finds that the Housing 1?lement of the Hawaii County General <br /> Plan ;cu~cted as Ordinzince No, og-zg) clenrly elates Chat a policy of the County of <br /> Hav,ni~i shall b~r that "larg,e Indus*.ries or developments that create a demand for housing <br /> _i~~a~' provide employee housing cased upon a ratio to be determined by an analysis of Che <br /> ]xalit.-'s needs.' "Che County Council finds that industrial developments which are <br /> coml.l ise i or` trralteple imdividuai enteCprises are, in fact. large industfies which generate <br /> ubs~antiai c~npleyment and dcmando fur employee hou=ing.'fherefore, such industrial <br /> decelopmanes shou:d be subject to the affordable housing requirements articulated in <br /> Chanter i~ (Housiing) of the Hawaii County Code. <br /> As such, Chapter 1I will be amended to require that industrial uses fulfill the affordable <br /> housing; rcquirctm~nts. :9peci!`ica;iy, the bill proposes :hat industrial enterpri~ea <br /> generating more *.`an one h•endred employees on a full-time equivalent basis, whether <br /> neti~ or an addition o:' reconstruction to existing facilities; and including one or more <br /> busittesse~ at the same or adjacen*, sites, must earn one affordable housing credit for <br /> ?vet~~ four Eull-time e~qu6calent jobs created. <br /> Discu~~inn: <br /> ~imila~ to t!-~e ether counties in the state, the County of Hawaii has an Insufficient supply <br /> of reraals and t"pr sale units for ail income groups. / <br /> Comm. No. ~ W <br /> Ref. To• <br /> Ref. Date <br /> <br /> T9 39od 071 L69S9ZE 6b~80 S00Z/9l/ZT <br /> <br />