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A RESOLUTION URGING THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE COUNTY’S INCLUSIONARY ZONING POLICIES, PURSUANT TO SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3, AND TO DEVELOP
A STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND.
WHEREAS, on March 31, 2021, the Hawai‘i State Senate of the Thirty-First Legislative Session adopted Senate Resolution No. 3 (S.R. No. 3), attached hereto as “Exhibit A”; and
WHEREAS, the purpose and intent of S.R. No. 3 is to request the counties to study how inclusionary zoning impacts each county’s housing supply; and
WHEREAS, the term “inclusionary zoning” is a housing policy that requires a certain percentage of units in new residential developments to be priced as affordable for buyers at the low
to moderate income level; and
WHEREAS, the purported benefits of inclusionary zoning include strengthening communities, stimulating economic development, supporting “smart growth” principles, enhancing economic and
racial integration, overcoming NIMBY-ism (not in my backyard), and offering a predictable and level playing field to developers; and
WHEREAS, certain research on inclusionary zoning policies over the last decade indicates that inclusionary zoning may actually be having an adverse impact, reducing the amount of affordable
housing available in the affected area; and
WHEREAS, this unintended consequence results from, among other factors, developers building high-rent housing in the same project to subsidize the affordable housing units, or developers
choosing not to build in inclusionary zoning areas; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, the State Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism released the Hawai‘i Housing Planning Study (prepared by SMS Research & Marketing Services, Inc.),
which found that from 2020-2025 the demand for additional housing units is 22,168 units for the City and County of Honolulu, 13,303 units for Hawai‘i County, 10,404 units for Maui County,
and 4,281 units for Kaua‘i County; and
WHEREAS, on January 22, 2020, the Council adopted Resolution No. 431-20, Draft 2, directing Hawai‘i County to strategically address the island’s escalating housing crisis with urgency
and provided a critical path for developing a housing development roadmap; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that the Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD), to the best of its abilities, research and address the following:
How the inclusionary zoning policy affected the production of new housing supply;
How many units built under the inclusionary zoning policy still have an owner-occupancy exemption; and
Any other impacts the inclusionary zoning policy has had on the housing market.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that OHCD create a strategic roadmap for housing development on Hawai‘i Island to understand what is needed by various stakeholders to increase the stock of
housing inventory.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that OHCD transmit its strategic roadmap for housing development to the Council for referral to the first scheduled Committee meetings in January 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that OHCD transmit its report on the County’s inclusionary zoning policies to the Council for referral to the second scheduled Committee meetings in April 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that OHCD collaborate with key departments such as Department of Finance, Planning Department, Department of Public Works, Department of Environmental Management,
and Department of Water Supply on its strategic roadmap and report to ensure coordination across County agencies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the strategic roadmap and the inclusionary zoning report be used to inform future housing policy adjustments such as updates to Chapter 11 of the Hawai‘i
County Code.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council will do everything in its power to support OHCD in these endeavors so that meaningful progress to address ongoing housing needs are met.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi, Senate President; the Honorable Scott K. Saiki, Speaker of the
House; the Honorable Stanley Chang, State Senator; the Honorable Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor; Lee E. Lord, Managing Director; Susan Kunz, Housing Administrator; Deanna Sako, Director of
Finance; Zendo Kern, Planning Director; Ikaika Rodenhurst, Director of Public Works; Ramzi Mansour, Director of Environmental Management; and Keith Okamoto, Manager-Chief Engineer of
Water Supply.
Dated at ____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of _______________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
CHUNG
DAVID
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________.
INABA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
KIMBALL
ATTEST:
LEE LOY
RICHARDS
VILLEGAS
Reference:_________________________________________
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO. _________________________________