2020-08-20 Leeward Exh A (SLU 20-000053 & REZ 20-000241)

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VITOUSEK: Got it, got it. I think I got that part, but, well, I guess the question is that if this area was previously designated to be affordable housing, and then the reason that the previous development zoning and land use boundaries had to be reverted was because this area was not completed with affordable housing. DARROW: It- - -yeah, there was a number of factors; this was just one of those. VITOUSEK: Right. DARROW: So they didn't just look at this particular condition, but this condition was a big part. VITOUSEK: Yeah, there was a host of conditions that were not met, and I totally understand that. But, you know, the fact that the community benefit component in creating affordable housing in this area was one of the critical factors in reverting the zoning means that having affordable housing in this area is, is important to the, to the community. I would love to know more about the history of the, the document, if there is any documentation, from Housing and indicating what the discussions were like on the County level, because, you know, hearing the testimony, it seems like the applicants are in a very tough spot because of kind of lack of communication, perhaps, from the County - - - DARROW: - -DARROW: So this, another question that might be needed to look at is if this is an affordable housing project, is there still the opportunity to go through a 201H project, which was originally proposed, versus zoning. VITOUSEK: Right. KERN: If I could dive - - - CARR - -CARR SMITH: Go ahead Zendo. KERN: Thank you so much. Yeah, Commissioner Vitousek, something really funky happened between that community component of having 80-something affordable units for Highlands being transferred to that non-profit to being sold for profit to my clients. Obviously, my clients are still willing to comply with as much of the affordable housing as they, as they possibly - - - so - - so it's kind of a compromised situation. It's really funky. I refrain from adding in a bunch of background stuff into the report just to kind of try to keep it clean in this discussion here. This obviously doesn't look well on the County level, and again, I think it's, it's a trying one that's right on the verge. CARR SMITH: Thank you. KERN: And,just, I, I actually did speak to the original consultant that negotiated for 80-something units, and he said he didn't even know what happened; it's like something really, really funky happened from that time it transferred—supposedly go to the non-profit and through. 13 EXHIBIT A