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RESOLUTION NO. 691 24
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAVI HOUSING FINANCE AND
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO APPROVE
THE KA LEI MOMI LANAKILA HOMES AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT,
LOCATED ON AN 8.65-ACRE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY TAX
MAP KEY NO. (3) 2-4-028:007 IN HILO, HAWAFI, SUBJECT TO THE NINTH
PROCLAMATION RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUED BY THE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF HAWAVI.
WHEREAS, the County and State of Hawaii are in a housing crisis; and
WHEREAS, housing is the single biggest household expense in Hawaii, making up
thirty-eight percent (38%) of household spending for local families; and
WHEREAS, the increasing cost of housing places our communities at greater risk of
poverty, with one quarter of our residents at risk of becoming homeless; and
WHEREAS, access to affordable housing contributes to better health, childhood
development, and education achievement, which are essential to the security, well-being, and
prosperity of our communities; and
WHEREAS, some of the barriers to developing housing are the lengthy zoning and
permitting processes, lack of infrastructure, outdated development plans, high cost of land and
building materials, and need for more affordable financing sources for both developers and
buyers; and
WHEREAS, the severity of the housing shortage in Hawaii requires that the State, in
addition to long-range plans, develop solutions that can be implemented in the short-term; and
WHEREAS, to date, the Governor has issued nine emergency proclamations relating to
affordable housing in an effort to remove barriers to housing development and ease the State's
housing shortage; and
WHEREAS, the most recent emergency proclamation, issued on October 1 oth 2024,
suspends Hawaii Revised Statutes, section 201H-38(a)(3), and allows the county planning
director to approve, modify, or reject a proposed housing development, provided that the project
has been approved by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation under chapter
201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the Ka Lei Morni Lanakila Homes Affordable Housing Project housing site
is an 8.65-acre portion of the property identified by Tax Map Key No. (3) 2-4-028:007, which is
vacant land adjacent to an existing public housing development situated in Hilo; and
WHEREAS,the Hawai`i Public Housing Authority is proposing to construct twenty-two
two-story buildings on the site and provide 258 new housing units, all of which, except the
manager's unit, will be affordable to households earning sixty percent (60%) or less of the area
median income; now,therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I that this
body hereby urges the Hawai`i Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the Planning
Director to approve the Ka Lei Momi Lanakila Homes Affordable Housing Project with the
requested zoning and fee exemptions contained within its application in accordance with chapter
201H, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, and the Governor's Ninth Proclamation relating to affordable
housing.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Joshua B. Green, M.D., Governor of the State of Hawai`i; the
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi, President of the Hawai`i Senate; the Honorable Speaker of the
Hawai`i House of Representatives; the Honorable Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor of the County of
Hawai`i; Zendo T. Kern, Planning Director; and Susan K. Kunz, Housing Administrator; and
Gary A. Mackler, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Hawai`i Housing Finance and
Development Corporation.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 20th day of November , 20 24 •
INTRODUCED BY:
UNCIL M BER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EVANS X
GALIMBA X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KAGIWADA X
County of Hawaii on November 20, 2024
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
ATTEST: KIMBALL X
LEE LOY
VILLEGAS X
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„), Reference: C-1126/GOEAC-168
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