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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> <br /> DATE: October 17, 2005 Re: Comm. No. 463/Bill No. 156 <br /> <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> <br /> TIME: 10:00 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 156, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 156, transmitted by Councilmember Pete Hoffmann via Communication No. 463, dated <br /> September 19, 2005, amends Chapter I 1 (Housing), Article 1, Section 11-4(d), Hawai`i County <br /> Code, to include affordable housing requirements for industrial park subdivisions. <br /> Bill No. 156 requires industrial park developments consisting of multiple individual enterprises, <br /> which cumulatively generate over 100 employees on a full-time equivalent basis, to earn one <br /> affordable housing credit for every four full-time equivalent jobs created. The bill eliminates the <br /> existing reference to "individual" industrial enterprises and inserts new language to clarify that <br /> industrial developments which consist of multiple individual enterprises are governed by the <br /> same affordable housing requirements as individual industrial enterprises. <br /> Communication 463 further clarifies that this amendment applies to industrial park subdivisions <br /> to make sure that such developments are governed by the County's affordable housing <br /> requirements. <br /> One individual testified in person at the October 17`h Planning Committee meeting, Mr. Mark <br /> McNett. Mr. McNett stated that, "All my life when I got a job, I moved to live near that job." <br /> Mr. McNett also testified about his own efforts to construct an affordable dwelling from recycled <br /> materials. <br /> Mary Ann K. Todd-Waller submitted written testimony opposing Bill No. 156. Mr. Robert Ward <br /> submitted written testimony supporting Bill No. 156. Mr. Ward suggested that a Comprehensive <br /> Impact Fee (CIF) ordinance would provide a mechanism for collecting "in lieu of construction" <br /> fees for all new construction in the County, and for applying these fees to a County affordable <br /> housing plan. <br /> Councilmember Hoffmann provided background on the origin of this bill. He explained that the <br /> need to expand the definition of large industrial enterprises to include not only "individual" <br /> industrial enterprises, but also industrial complexes consisting of multiple individual enterprises, <br /> became clear during the discussion surrounding the proposed expansion of Kaloko Industrial <br /> Park in September 2005. Under current Chapter 1 l requirements, no affordable housing <br /> requirement was triggered by the expansion of Kaloko Industrial Park, since no one individual <br /> business in the Park was anticipated to employ over 100 full-time workers. The amended <br /> language in Bill No. 156 would impose affordable housing requirements on developers of <br /> industrial park subdivisions, in which the cumulative number of jobs created by multiple <br /> individual businesses exceeds 100. <br /> PC REPORT NO. 36 <br /> <br />