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• , <br />The Honorable Donald Ikeda, Chair <br />Committee on Planning <br />Hawaii County Council <br />25 Aupuni Streeet <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />LMD USE RESEARCH <br />FOUNDATION OF .HAWAII <br />7ne Bishop Street, Ste. 1928 <br />Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 <br />Phone 521-4717 <br />'ex 536 -0132 <br />September 20, 2010 <br />tip <br />'7 <br />Via Facsimile: 808 -961 -8912 & <br />Via E -mail: counciitestimpnv @co,htv_aii,hi,us <br />RE: Comments and Opposition to Bill 215 (2008- 2010), Draft 2 <br />Relating to Concurrency Conditions (New concurrency <br />requiremen' :s – parks, recreational and fire facilities) <br />Meeting Date: Monday, September 20, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. <br />Committee ,m Planning at Sheraton Keauhou, Kailua, krona <br />Dear Chair Ikeda and Meni:. rs of the Committee on Planning, <br />I am Dave ?.rakawa, the Executive Director of the Land Use Research Found . hon of <br />Hawaii (LURF), a private, no:1 -profit research and trade association whose members <br />include mayor Hawaii lane o-o,ners, developers and a utility company. One ofURF's <br />missions is to ,tsonable, rational and equitable land use planning, <br />legislation a encourage well- planned economic growth and <br />development, 1% _ :. ing Hawaii's significant natural and cultural resources and <br />public <br />LURF apps aciates the oppor: unity to submit its comments and opposition to Bill 215 <br />Draft 2. LURF Is opposed. tv. Bill 215, Draft 2, which simply proposes to shift the <br />burden for : c , ing infra s r i :ture capacity from the County to the applicants for new <br />developments, which. .n-i . ._ ; 'vase the cost of affordable rcusing:. Additionally, Bill <br />215, Draft 2 a ®:fir to :: with the ind E:g: ~ f - _ . : ity of Hawaii's <br />Impact Fey _ . a_ .` .d in .E epterbc. - respc._ my <br />recomrn rr , lip . ..zcil follow the' -1, . ai Impact Fee Study <br />and its reco:a1menda as follows: (x) have a z1r1o::`e extensive and <br />comprehensive disciissicn of funding options for new infrastructure and <br />public xac,ili des; and (2) 4 : mate an Impact Fee Working Group to explore <br />new and t; 4,. ,tialg fundtr:4 options i771.d make recommendations; and (3) <br />consicie °id`s _ s i " t v s - _." }vide the neces _ y infrastruct ".ire to <br />accomr o:l vtla.. <br />Co:,". 1 S <br />Ref. To: (" Pc <br />Ref: Date SEP 20 201 <br />