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ptv <br /> or <br /> ~.`y <br /> <br /> Harry Kim r Christopher J. Yuen <br /> Mayor Director <br /> Brad Kurokawa, ASLA <br /> LEED®AP <br /> ~IIixttYg of ~tt~xtlxtt DepuryDirecror <br /> PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> lOl Paoahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720-3043 <br /> (808) 961-8288 FAX (808) 961-8742 <br /> r... <br /> v <br /> March 8, 2007 ~ ` ' <br /> ..J <br /> R* <br /> Honorable Pete Hoffmann <br /> Chair and Presiding Officer o <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> 333 Kilauea Avenue, Second Floor <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Deaz Chair Hoffmann and Members of the County Council: <br /> SUBJECT: Bill 156 (2004-2006) -Affordable Housing Requirements for <br /> Industrial Park Developments <br /> The council is considering Bill 156 (2004-2006 Term). This bill would change the <br /> affordable housing requirements for industrial projects. Currently, affordable housing is <br /> only imposed on industrial projects when an individual industrial enterprise generates <br /> more than 100 jobs. Most "industrial" development on the island is really "light <br /> industrial", consisting of such things as warehouses, caz repair facilities, lumberyards, <br /> contractor's baseyazds, and the like. Individual enterprises rarely if ever hire more than <br /> 100 people, although the total employment in an azea like the Kaloko industrial pazk may <br /> be much more than that. <br /> Bill 156 would impose affordable housing requirements on industrial pazks that employ <br /> more than 100 persons in the aggregate. When this came up earlier, I promised <br /> Councilmember Hoffmann, the sponsor of the bill, that I would work on another draft of <br /> this, and I apologize for my delay in doing so. <br /> This is not simple, though, because the law has to clearly state how the number of jobs to <br /> be generated will be estimated and assessed. When a typical project comes in for <br /> rezoning to industrial, the actual mix of uses is typically not clear. Industrial zoning, <br /> whether MG, ML, or MCX, allows a very wide range of uses. Some may create many <br /> jobs, others may not. After the project has been rezoned, the overall developer will <br /> Comm. No. Z~' Z <br /> Ref. To•~resrs~.S T <br /> Ref, Uate ^MAR 0 0 `tftii7 <br /> Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br /> <br />