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Home My WebLink AboutRES 350 Draft 01 1984-1988COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION No. 350 87 WHEREAS, the people of the County of Hawaii acknowledge that Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., for over fifteen (15) years, has been developing the Mauna Lani Resort, a master -planned, first class destination resort community on certain lands located at Kalahuipua'a, South Kohala, County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, the people of the County of Hawaii recognize that the Mauna Lani Resort, which currently consists of the Mauna Lani. Bay Hotel, the Mauna Lani Terrace and Mauna Lani Point condominium projects, a world-renowned championship golf course and tennis and beach club facilities, has been and is being developed in compliance with all applicable County -imposed conditions; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Change of Zone Ordinance Nos. 380, 607, 608, 908, 85-7 and 87-73 enacted by the County of Hawaii, Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is required to provide and make available a certain number of housing units for the purpose of providing employee housing for its resort hotel developments; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the State Land Use Boundary Amendment No. A84-583 covering a portion of the project area, Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is further required to provide certain housing opportunities for low and moderate income Hawaii residents, equal to 10 percent of the number of resort residential units to develop in that area; and WHEREAS, the present development scenario of Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., includes the construction of up to 1,450 additional resort hotel units between 1990 and 1998 and up to 450 resort residential units in the area covered under State Land Use Boundary Amendment No. A84-583.; and WHEREAS, Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is continuing its efforts to ensure that the Mauna Lani Resort is developed and maintained in compliance with all County of Hawaii requirements, including the above -referenced resort employee housing condition imposed by the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, the people of the County of Hawaii recognize that Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is not required to provide any employee housing units until the completion of the next hotel in the Mauna Lani Resort, which is estimated to occur around 1990; and WHEREAS, the people of the County of Hawaii wish to acknowledge the present efforts of Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., to meet Its future obligation to provide employee housing in that Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is currently in the process of developing and constructing the La'ilani Housing Project at Kealakehe, North Kona, consisting of two hundred (200) multi -family residences, which is also intended for low to moderate income and gap group families; and WHEREAS, the people of the County of Hawaii wish to further acknowledge the efforts of Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., to meet its future employee housing obligation in that Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is also currently negotiating with the Hawaii Housing Authority and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the construction of the Noelani II Housing Project (24 three-bedroom units) under the public housing program for low income residences in Waimea, South Kohala; and WHEREAS, the people of the County of Hawaii desire to recognize the contributions of Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., to the housing stock available to low and moderate income and gap group families in the County of Hawaii and Mauna Lani Resort, Inc.'s, efforts to comply with the resort employee housing requirement imposed by the County of Hawaii by granting and giving Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., credit for the housing units comprising the Noelani II and La'ilani Housing Projects. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that: 1. Employee Housing Requirement. Pursuant to Change of Zone Ordinance Nos. 380, 607, 608, 908, 85-7 and 87-73 enacted by this Council, Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is required to provide and make available a certain number of housing units for the purpose of resort employee housing. Ordinance No. 607, which amended ordinance No. 380, contains the following pertinent language relating to the housing requirement: Condition P. "The petitioner shall provide a minimum of twenty-eight (28) units for the purpose of resort employee housing for the first hotel prior to the issuance of the occupancy permit for the first operational hotel. The manner in which these units are to be provided shall meet the approval of the County Council. Resort employee housing for subsequent hotel development shall be based on additional housing need studies prepared by the petitioner. The issuance of preliminary plan approval of subsequent hotels shall follow the approval of the housing studies." dM Furthermore, pursuant to a condition imposed upon the Mauna Lani Resort property by the Land Use Commission of the State of Hawaii, Mauna Lani Resort, Inc., is required to provided certain housing opportunities for low and moderate income Hawaii residents and/or employees employed at the Mauna Lani Resort. 2, Housing Credit. Mauna Lan! Resort, Inc., shall be granted and given credit for the housing units developed in, constructed for and comprising the Noelani II and La'ilani Housing Projects. Therefore, it is hereby recognized that upon completion of the La'ilani and Noelani II Housing Projects, said employee housing requirement imposed by the County of Hawaii pursuant to said Change of Zone Ordinance Nos. 380, 607, 608, 908, 85-7 and 87-73 shall be deemed fully satisfied and discharged for Mauna Lani Resort, Inc.'s, present development scenario which includes a maximum of 1,450 additional hotel resort units and a maximum of 450 resort residential units within the area covered under State Land Use Boundary Amendment No. A84-583. This Council hereby urges the State of Hawaii to likewise recognize that Mauna Lan! Resort, Inc., has satisfied and discharged its housing requirement imposed by the State Land Use Commission pursuant to Boundary Amendment No. A84-583. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk shall and is hereby directed to transmit copies of this Resolution to the Land Use Commission of the State of Hawaii; the Planning Director of the County of Hawaii; and Mauna Lani Resort, Inc. Dated: September 16, 1987 Hilo, Hawaii COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on September 16, 1987. ATTEST: e' COUNTY 9LIfK C M & 'REOD NG OFFICER INTRO UCED BY: i UNCIL MEMBER, COUNTYOF HAWAII ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX DAHLBERG X DE LUZ X DOMINGO X HERKES X JPICHAKU-INOUYE X KOKUBUN X LAI X SCHUTTE X YAMASHIRO X Reference RESOLUTION NO. 9 0 0 0 +350 87