2019-08-15 Leeward Exh A (SLU 19-052 & SMA 19-072)

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And, that was a brief presentation only because the Director doesn't have a recommendation at this time. When we do move forward in the future, we'll provide an updated presentation with our full recommendation. UNGER: Great,thank you. Commissioners, any questions of staff? CARR SMITH: Yes, please. I have a process quandary here. So, I thought I came into this understanding that the reason we were seeing a State Land Use amendment, which we don't have jurisdiction over, right, was because of the 201H, right? JACKSON: So you actually do have authority to make a recommendation to the County Council on a State Land Use Boundary Amendment. The Commission usually reviews and makes recommendations to Council on State Land Use Boundary Amendments and Change of Zones. In this particular case, you are still reviewing and making a recommendation on the State Land Use Boundary Amendment, but a Change of Zone is being exempted through the 201H CARR SMITH: Because of the 201H. JACKSON: Yes. CARR SMITH: But the 201H, as you explained there, needs to go to County Council first. JACKSON: Not first, it can go concurrent with the State Land Use Boundary Amendment. So, for example, let's hypothetically say the Commission makes a recommendation today to forward a favorable recommendation to the Council on the State Land Use Boundary Amendment, then it will go up to Council for a decision, and at the same time in theory Office of Housing can forward a 201H resolution for the zoning exemptions to Council so they can review the two at the same time. That's what would happen in an ideal world. CARR SMITH: Okay. I was wondering how often the Department deals with these 2011-Is and what the general experience has been. JACKSON: We are getting more frequent applications for them. Michael, what do you think, about two to three a year recently? YEE: Yeah, two or three hard applications, but a lot of inquiries from a lot of developers. JACKSON: And, Nancy, on a lot of the applications, you don't even see them because they don't need an SMA permit or a State Land Use Boundary Amendment. So they just go straight to Council through Office of Housing for like zoning exemptions or subdivision exemptions. So this is a unique situation. CARR SMITH: Yeah, I'm sorry,just, last question. I was just wondering what your thoughts are then about this 201H and how it circumvents all of the normal procedures that you guys go through. Is the affordable housing part of it enough to balance that out? 4 EXHIBIT A