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s <br /> ,may. <br /> ,r -co <br /> LAND USE RESEARCH - <br /> FOUNDATION OF HAWAII ' ~ <br /> 700 Bishop Street, SCe. tgz8 ~ ~ <br /> Honolulu, Hawaii g6Bt3 <br /> Phone Su-4717 ~ <br /> Fax 536-0132 <br /> _J <br /> May 16, 200 <br /> <br /> The Honorable Pete Hoffmann, Chair and Presiding Member <br /> County Council, County of Hawaii <br /> 333 Kilauea Avenue (Ben Franklin Building) <br /> z°a Floor, Council Room <br /> Hilo, HI 96~zo BY FACSIMILE: (808) e61-8giz <br /> Dear Council Chair Hoffman and members; <br /> Subject: Bill No. >_56 Ordinance to Amend Chapter a (Housing), Article <br /> I, Section a-4(d), Hawaii County Code, to Include Affordable <br /> Housing Requirements for Industrial Park Developments <br /> My name is Dave Arakawa, Executive Director of the Land Use Research Foundation of <br /> Hawaii ("LURF"). LURF is a private, non-profit research and trade association whose <br /> members include major Hawaii landowners, developers, and a utility company. One of <br /> LURF's missions is to advocate for reasonable and rational land use planning, <br /> legislation, and regulations affecting common problems in Hawaii. <br /> LURF is opposed to the Hawaii County Council's possible reconsideration of Bill 156 <br /> because requiring industrial or commercia~ developments to build workforce housing is <br /> (1) unconstitutional, unless the County can demonstrate a clear rational and proportional <br /> nexus between market cost developments and the imposition ofbelow-market cost <br /> housing set-asides; and (2) counter intuitive and would only discourage investments in <br /> industrial and commercial developments, resulting in no new job creation at all. <br /> Proposed Bill > 56 <br /> According to Bill 156, the Housing Element of the Hawaii County General Plan (enacted <br /> as Ordinance No. o5-z5) clearly states that a policy of the County of Hawaii shall be that <br /> "large industries or developments that create a demand for housing shall provide <br /> employee housing based upon a ratio to be determined by an analysis of the locality's <br /> needs." <br /> The County Council finds that industrial developments which are comprised of multiple <br /> individual enterprises are, in fact, large industries which generate substantial <br /> employment and demands for employee housing. Therefore, such industrial <br /> developments should be subject to the affo°dable housing requirements articulated in <br /> Chapter a (Housing) of the Hawaii County Code. <br /> Gomm Ho. ZOO • <br /> Ref. 70: _ G <br /> Ref. Date MAY 16 2001 <br /> <br />