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COUNTY OF HAWAII "; '%_•: STATE OF HAWAII •RESOLUTION NO, 311 15 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CODE REQUIREMENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 201H-38 OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE PROPOSED MOHOULI HEIGHTS SENIOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT PHASES II AND III IN SOUTH HILO, HAWAII, TAX MAP KEY: (3) 2-4- 001:184. WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Island Community Development Corporation (HICDC) proposes to continue construction of an affordable housing program for seniors (Project) on land dedicated for that purpose and transferred to the County of Hawai`i by Gubernatorial Executive Order 4224 (EO) in South Hilo, Hawai`i, identified as Tax Map Key (3) 2-4-001:177, to provide decent, safe and affordable housing for qualified seniors in the County of Hawai`i (County); and WHEREAS, The County Council of the County of Hawai`i, by way of Resolution No. 709-08, authorized the Director of Finance to negotiate a seventy-five year lease with the HICDC, a non-profit Hawai`i corporation, for development of senior housing and supportive services; and WHEREAS, the HICDC has successfully developed the first 60 affordable senior housing units of the Mohouli Heights Senior Neighborhood Project (Project), referred to as Phase 1; and WHEREAS,the parcel identified as Tax Map Key (3) 2-4-001:184, consisting of 9.572 acres, was subdivided from the parcel identified as (3) 2-4-001:177 to separate the Phase 1 portion of the Project for financing purposes; and WHEREAS,the HICDC now proposes to continue development of Phases 2 and 3 of the Project, situated at tax map key: (3) 2-4-001:184, in accordance with the requirements of the EO; and WHEREAS, Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS), Section 201H-38, in conjunction with HRS 46-15.1, allows the County to exempt the Project from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any government agency relating to planning, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the construction of dwelling units theron ... contingent on County Council approval; and WHEREAS, the Program will promote the goals contained in Section 201H-38 of the HRS, and Chapter 2, Article 13, of the Hawai`i County Code (Code).