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'•pV�t�OF.',h',•. COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 634 1 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CODE REQUIREMENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 201H-38 OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR PHASE 3-92 OF THE MOHOULI HEIGHTS SENIOR NEIGHBORHOOD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN SOUTH HILO, HAWAII WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Island Community Development Corporation ("HICDC") is proposing to develop an additional 92 affordable housing units (hereinafter "Project") on land dedicated for that purpose and transferred to the County of Hawai`i ("County") by Gubernatorial Executive Order 4224 ("EO") in South Hilo, Hawaii, originally identified as Tax Map Key (3) 2-4-001:177 (hereinafter "Original Parcel"), to provide decent, safe and affordable housing for qualified low- and moderate-income residents in the County; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Council, 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 Hawaii corporation, for development of senior housing and supportive services; and WHEREAS, the HICDC is an experienced developer of affordable housing and has successfully developed 280 multi-family residential low-income senior rental units and over 300 single family self-help housing units for low-income residents in the County; and WHEREAS, the parcel identified as tax map key (3) 2-4-001:184 (hereinafter the "Property"), consisting of 9.572 acres, was subdivided from the Original Parcel to separate the Phase 1, Phase 2 and Hilo Adult Day Center portions of the Property for financing purposes; and WHEREAS, Resolution 311-15 approved the zoning classification of the Property to Multiple Family Residential ("RM") One Thousand Five Hundred ("RM-1.5"), and allowed for the total development of 160 units on the Original Parcel; and WHEREAS, Resolution 536-16 subsequently approved the zoning classification of the Original Parcel to RM Three Thousand ("RM-3"), and allowed for the total development of 182 units; and WHEREAS, the HICDC now wishes to continue development of Phases 3 and 4 on the Property, which are now combined and referred to as Phase 3-92 of the Project, in accordance with the requirements and allowances of the EO, and is requesting those certain exemptions provided in Exhibit "A" attached hereto; 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