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WHEREAS, Hawai`i Island is blessed with a mild climate and in many rural areas there <br />is no need for insulation, artificial heating and cooling, and the construction materials associated <br />with said construction; and <br />WHEREAS, according to the Hawai`i County Integrated Resource and Solid Waste <br />Management Plan, lumber accounts for 10% or more of materials disposed of in Hawai`i <br />County's landfills; and <br />WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Integrated Resource and Solid Waste Management <br />Plan commits Hawai`i County to diverting resources from its two landfills; and <br />WHEREAS, the first goal of the County of Hawai`i Agriculture Development Plan is to <br />expand Hawai`i Island food production so that 30% of its residents' demands for food can be <br />supplied by local producers by 2020; and <br />WHEREAS, establishment and occupation of owner -built sustainable habitat on <br />agricultural land increases food production on that land, contributing to island -wide food <br />sufficiency goals; and <br />WHEREAS, self - reliance, resource sharing, neighborly cooperation, and community <br />living are a vital part of economic livelihood, including building construction, in Hawai`i <br />Island's rural areas; and <br />occupied buildings; and <br />WHEREAS, in the special session of 2005, the State of Hawai`i enacted Act 8 which <br />provided for the development of a sustainability plan to address the vital needs of Hawai`i <br />through the year 2050 and established the Hawai`i 2050 Sustainability Task Force to review the <br />Hawai`i State Plan and the State's comprehensive planning system; and <br />WHEREAS, the Task Force's first priority is to modify, correct, and improve upon the <br />nine benchmarks that are intended to initiate discussion. First among these benchmarks is to <br />increase affordable housing opportunities for households up to 140% of median income; and <br />WHEREAS, alternative rural building codes have been successfully passed in other <br />jurisdictions in the United States; now therefore; <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it <br />requests the Hawai`i County Department of Public Works to establish minimum requirements for <br />rural dwellings and appurtenant structures in support of <br />1 for owner occupied county zoned agricultural <br />parcels, a set of alternative minimum requirements for construction of limited density rural <br />dwellings and appurtenant structures. <br />2 <br />