2018-11-07 Hearing Transcript - HI Island Veterans Memorial Inc. Amend REZ 06-051

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center, a 15,000 -square foot multi-purpose community center, and about 96 to 110 independent living apartment units for senior affordable housing with preference given to veterans and spouses of veterans. There—since 2007 when the ordinance was adopted, the Applicant has found another development entity, and they can explain more about that to you, but there's basically two major components of developing the property. One is the affordable housing and one is the veterans' center community-based, outpatient clinic. So, in order to implement the two components of the project, the Applicant is requesting to amend Conditions B, C, and F. Condition B required submittal of a water commitment payment to the Department of Water Supply by September of 2007. Water commitments have been secured for Parcels 29 and 31. This is to support the veterans' center outpatient clinic project; however, the Applicant has not yet secured water commitments for parcel 30. That's the location of the proposed affordable housing project. The payment would be the responsibility of the new development entity that will develop the affordable housing project. So, the Applicant's request was to amend Condition B to make the water commitment payable for parcel 30 upon securing financing by the affordable housing developer. Their second request is a time extension. Condition C required construction to be completed of the entire development by March 20th of 2012. The Applicant requests to amend the condition to allow an additional ten years from the effective date of the amended ordinance. They have made steady progress. They've completed a few different important project components. They actually constructed a driveway off of Kawili Street into, that will service the primary access to the veterans' center project and then also service another access to the affordable housing project. They've also done a lot of pre -planning and site plan development. So, they have made steady progress in the last 11 years. They are requesting the additional time to secure financing and to continue the permitting process. And, then their last request is to amend condition—actually delete Condition F. Condition F required the Applicant to design, purchase, and install streetlights and traffic controls as may be required by Department of Public Works. They are requesting to delete the condition because they spoke with Department of Public Works staff, and during that conversation, they said that staff agreed that entrance lights and traffic control measures would not be required for the project since the streetlights and traffic controls already exist at the intersection of Kawili Street and Kapi`olani Street. This is in close proximity to both of the project driveways. And, let's back up. So, this is the Applicant's site plan. It shows their overall development plan. Just for orientation, Kapi`olani Street is on the left side of the slide. You have Ululani Street on the north side and then Kawili Street on the bottom of the slide. So, the driveway entrance that already exists that they did construct located in this location here. This will service the primary access to the future veterans' center outpatient clinic which is, will be located on the east side of the property. Then you have a parking lot, and then you have the entrance into the affordable housing project which you can see the various apartment units kind of a reverse L shape here. Then we have parking with another access that will serve the affordable housing project and community center on Kapi`olani Street. On the bottom of the slide, you see in this location here EXHIBIT C 2