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of Public Works.” So with that condition in place, it will deal with the concurrency requirements of
<br />the Zoning Code and therefore allow us to support the proposed amendment.
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<br />And, let’s see, I had one final change to make – and for some reason I’ve lost track of it – okay, in
<br />Bill 255, as indicated in your background report, Exhibit H, as in Harry, that is a transmittal from
<br />the County Council sending Bill 255 to the Planning Commission for review, and the condition that
<br />I’m looking at in the draft ordinance is Condition L, as in Larry, and that is your standard fair share
<br />condition. This bill basically, with the proposed amendment, it – how do I say this – they are
<br />incorporating the language from the existing ordinance and sort of like refreshing it in this proposed
<br />bill; but what they didn’t do was to sort of update the fair share numbers. As you recall, over time
<br />the fair share assessment changes based on the Honolulu Consumer Price Index. So, because, once
<br />you, should this proposed amendment, or new bill, go through, it will lock in the assessment at this
<br />point in time. These numbers are actually making reference to numbers that were originally
<br />adopted in 2008. So what I simply did is I’m recommending that all the numbers you see there,
<br />which is like on Page 5 in the middle of the lengthy paragraph under Condition L, it speaks to “the
<br />fair share contribution shall have a combined value of $7,383, 36 per multiple family residential
<br />unit ($11,506.13 per single family residential unit),” I want to change those numbers and all the
<br />numbers that come after it regarding parks, Police, Fire, solid waste disposal and roads, to current
<br />fair share assessment, or the fees. So just as a reference point, the value for multiple family
<br />residential unit, the fair share contribution will now increase to $8,796.06, and for single family it’s
<br />$12,772.64, and we will then adjust all of the numbers to make it consistent with the current fee,
<br />fair share assessment. So we will plug in those numbers based on the current fees for 2012.
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<br />BEAUDET: Daryn?
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<br />ARAI: Yes, Commissioner.
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<br />BEAUDET: Is it necessary to change the numbers to current? Because if they don’t do it now,
<br />then it’s going to change next year because the sentence before provides language for the CPI
<br />change, right?
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<br />ARAI: That is correct. But then if you read the sentence in its entirety, it says, “The fair share
<br />contribution may be adjusted annually beginning three years after the effective date of this
<br />ordinance”; so when it makes reference to “this ordinance,” it will be this ordinance that could be
<br />adopted in 2012. But these numbers are actually reflecting numbers that existed back in 2008, so -.
<br />Was I clear? Thank you.
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<br />BOWMAN: Any other -?
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<br />ARAI: And just, I’m sorry, just for the record, whenever we make amendments to existing change
<br />of zone ordinance, we frequently go through these type of updates to the numbers, just it’s so we are
<br />not treating this any different. And this is only applied, if they build residential units on the
<br />property; if they don’t build it, then the fair share doesn’t kick in.
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<br />BEAUDET: So the three-year time frame starts from now or from the original date?
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<br />ARAI: It will start from when this bill is eventually adopted by the Council.
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