2020-11-05 Exh A Ikaika Ohana (Amend REZ 09-103)

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KAY: Yeah. RAFFIPIY: Okay, I think Mr. Rock addressed the traffic and I think you still have the parking to address or there was a concern that one of the concern that was brought up by I think was by Commissioner Au. ROCK: Yes, would like me to address parking? RAFFIPIY: Please. ROCK: Sure. So, to start I think that over all the vision of our development and the ideals for Planning are pretty aligned having appropriate parking I think is a common goal that we share. So, from that standpoint we on pretty good grounds. Now, it just comes down to some of the details and again the concept of flexibility and imposing requirements through the ordinance. So, where we are today is, we've been engaged with Planning we sent some draft to the site plans and what we plan on doing just with the resident units and the parking stalls. As I mentioned the plans can and do change over time as we incorporate the different comments from the community and addressing different needs. So, having flexibility in the system is very beneficial because again it gives us all the opportunity to look at the entire playing field when we are going through the processes such as Plan Approval and to say, does this result makes sense. And so, the existing ordinance language it provides for a minimum and a maximum. So, the minimum is the 1.25 parking stalls per unit or eighty (80) stalls and then the Code reads up to sixty (60)percent additional units which I believe adds up to about a hundred and twenty-eight(128) stalls. So, for example the window of acceptable results is somewhere between 80 stalls and a 128. From our standpoint we did have back and forth with the Planning Department. Initially we requested to remove the maximum not to adjust the minimum and then we just backed off of that and said you know that window results I do think that's kind of a practical execution for us. Where we sit today I think our parking stalls count is about a hundred and sixteen (116) stalls and so the window of results that's our preferred method cause again it allows everyone to take a look at what we are doing and as far as the actual number of stalls produced we do want to provide adequate parking for the residents. Having someone that can't find a parking spot, they have to park down the street or just in this area because of the lack of street-parking and other concerns. That would just represent a challenge and that is not what we want to do to our own residents. So, we take a look at what the typical usage is for affordable housing properties like ours and so, for our project to add a little bit of clarity on the income restriction. Basically, our project has a ceiling for different levels of income so, we are not going to go above of 60% of AMI. We can go down I think effectively to zero because of the Section 8 vouchers that are allocated to the project. So, we have a wide range economic results anticipated for our tenants and its open to the general public so we may have some senior residents, we may have some families, it going to be a whole bag. And so,just looking at our properties that are currently in our portfolio and looking at other affordable housing projects in the County of Hawaii. The parking ratio that we EXHIBIT A 17