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WATANABE:Im ready to make a motion then. Maybe we, during deliberation <br />we can then discuss the round issue or this housing issue, if thats okay. So I move that a <br />favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council for Change of Zone Ordinance <br />No. 02-21, REZ 655, with the amendment to Condition C securing final subdivision approval <br />inclusive of the new Condition L, which refers to the affordable housing credits. <br />GRAHAM:Thank you. Do we have a second? <br />DOMINGO:Second. <br />GRAHAM:Seconded by Commissioner Domingo. Okay, we can now take <br />any further discussion, if any Commissioners would like to put in. Commissioner Domingo? <br />DOMINGO:Yes, Mr. Chairman. I just once again would like to reflect upon <br />thehousingrequirement,towhichIamnottotallyagreeablewhenitsappliedtonotsomuchin <br />this particular application but in applications where you have bona fide existence of farming <br />taking place, and where you have an owner wishing to subdivide into smaller parcels so others <br />can come in and carry on the same kind of endeavor in the surrounding parcels. Now having to <br />pay and meet the requirements of housing provisions would somewhat burden those who would <br />be buying and those who would be selling it, and therefore discouraging in any such kind of <br />movement. And that essentially is my argument here. <br />With regard to Kohala Estates or Kohala Ranch, I think we find that many people have gone into <br />agricultural purpose; some of them bona fide and with sincerity, but others have gone into that in <br />order to qualify for some kind of tax credit or whatever. And then I have a problem with that <br />also. But if one would sell a lot in Kohala Ranch or Kohala Estates, as indicated, you can sell it <br />for a substantial amount, and thereby meet the requirements of the housing condition. In this <br />particular area they can, but not in every or any part of this island. <br />GRAHAM:Thank you, Commissioner Domingo. Any other -. Commissioner <br />Watanabe? <br />WATANABE:I have a comment, though, I -. By the way, Id like to commend <br />the applicant for your efforts here. I think the efforts are in the right direction. On the other <br />hand, the applicant has also testified that because of the cost of water, because of the wind, <br />because of the dry conditions, its extremely difficult to have an on-going agricultural concern. <br />Thats said, it is unlikely ‚ irrespective of what she wants to see this subdivision develop into ‚ <br />its unlikely that it will develop into any truly productive agricultural concern. And with that in <br />mind, and also I believe that 70,000 figure that I mentioned is pretty accurate ‚ I couldnt say its <br />right on the nose ‚ but I think its pretty accurate. Given that the Director has said that this <br />subdivision in particular would involve two credits, then you are talking, say, 140,000 to 150,000 <br />dollars thereabouts with one 3-acre lot going for several hundred thousand dollars. Its not that <br />big of a stretch, I dont think. And I think the more difficult thing would be to make an <br />exception here, and wonder where we are going to stop with the exceptions going forward, <br />because we are going to have a lot more subdivisions coming up and pleading the same case <br />and -. I pretty like to be more consistent in how we administer this, so that it doesnt give a <br />feeling of favoritism one way or the other. <br />11EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />