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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0831.001 2018-2020 Harry Kim - .oF s., , Mayor ;'40ot� ".•'�� .,, Duane Hosaka �a,4li;,f' Housing Administrator Roy Takemoto *ii‘• •• � ��/ it .__•.__=.err+ :' • Alisa A.Hanselman Managing Director .•-� ,i- �,.•; Assistant Housing Administrator •Barbara J.Kossow '..•r OR.H''''' Deputy Managing Director County of Hawaii Office of Housing and Community Development 1990 Kino`ole Street,Suite 102 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8379 • Fax(808)961-8685 , Existing Housing:(808)959-4642 • Fax(808)959-9308 »tea C Kona: (808)3234300 • Fax(808)3234301 ; March 24, 2020 /..,„) . e - " MEMORANDUM •• m r TO: Chair Chung and Hawai`i County Council Members FROM: . DUANE HOSAKA f Housing Administrator 1W RE: Resolution 548-20 r The Office of Housing and Community Development(OHCD)would like to submit the following supporting information for Council's favorable consideration of Resolution 548-20. Under Resolution 572-83, Hawai'i County's Mayor designated Papa'aloa Elderly Housing as one of the sites to be used for an experimental and demonstration housing project as part of the Hamakua Sugar Experimental Housing project. HRS 46-15 requires that OHCD, as the County agency designated by the Mayor,submit preliminary plans and specifications to the legislative body of the respective county for its approval,or disapproval. Papa`aloa Elderly Housing was built in the 1980s on a 2.5-acre County owned property located makai of the Hawai`i Belt Road in Papa`aloa. Plans for Papa`aloa Elderly Housing call for the demolition and reconstruction of the existing community center and 10 1-bedroom units, which were former teacher cottages from various DOE school sites,built in the 1950s and moved to the property about 35 years ago. The structures have served their useful lives and can no longer efficiently fulfill the critical need for affordable housing for kupuna in this area. Plans also call for the new construction of 10 additional 1-bedroom units for a total of 20 units, one 1 manager unit and a new community center to provide essential housing and social services for the elderly residents. Construction will be coordinated to first build the 10 new units,move the existing tenants to the new units, demolish the old units,rebuild,then lease up'10 new tenants ensuring no one is displaced. As with all other senior housing in East Hawai`i, occupancy rates are 100° and there is an extensive wait list for only 10 units. Comm.,No. . - Ref.,To • in 2166aaah Ref.Date M _�.. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Chair Chung and Hawai`i County Council Members March 24, 2020 Page 2 Papa`aloa Elderly Housing is requesting 3 exemptions: 1. Zoning—The parcel is currently split-zoned AG-1 and RS-15 and a Double-Family Residential (RD-5) zoning is being requested to accommodate 10 residential duplex buildings for a total of 20 units. 2. Parking have vehicles. Eight of the 10 current Not all of the elderly tenants drive or residents have one vehicle and the other two do not own a vehicle. Relief is being requested from the current parking requirement of 1.25 parking stalls per every unit. This parking pattern is consistent with most projects developed/managed by Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation(HICDC). 3. SMA Use Permit—As the project was initially approved and permitted for development 35 years ago,the project is seeking relief from the SMA permitting process as a previously-approved County project. Further,the absence of an approved SMA permit will impact the comeptitiveness of the project's Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) application as "project-ready". There'is an urgency for the County Council's review and approval because these exemptions will allow the project to meet criteria for an extremely competitive application for LIHTC which is due on April 17 2020. These tax credits will allow the project to seek funding from investors for the construction of this estimated$8.5 million project. OHCD feels this is a strong and viable housing project and have committed funding for 20 Project based vouchers (PBVs)to provide Federal rental subsidies. The County of Hawaii Planning Department is also in support of this proposed'senior housing project and have submitted their comments (see attached). In our ongoing effort to increase the housing stock of affordable units, OHCD is asking Councilmembers to approve the preliminary plans and specifications so the Papa`aloa Elderly Housing project can be completed timely with their requested exemptions. Attachment �:�.° Michael Yee Harry Kim . ; •' '� Director Mayor • Duane Kanuha • Deputy Director East Hawaii Office West Hawaii Office 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 74-5044 Ane KeohokaloleHwy County o f Hawai`i Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 967 Kailua-Kona,Hawai`i 96740 Phone(808)961-8288 Fax n(808)3)2773 Fa (8 - 563 323-4770 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Fax(808)961-8742 Fax3 March 23,2020 Mr. Duane T. Hosaka,Housing Administrator Office of Housing and Community Development 1990 Kino`ole Street, Suite 102 Hilo, HI 96720-5293 Dear Mr. Hosaka: Papa'aloa ElderlyHousingProject Pursuant to HRS §46-15 SUBJECT: Resolution for J Tax Map Key: (3) 3-5-003:049,Papa`aloa,North Hilo,Hawaii We are in receipt of the request for comments for the above resolution and project and thank you for the opportunity to comment. We understand that the County of Hawaii owns the current Papa'aloa Elderly Housing project and the subject property, which consists of 2.5 acres of land. The project currently consists of ten (10) senior housing units. The proposed project would demolish the existing ten (10) units and construct a total of twenty(20) senior housing units on the subject property. On March 16, 1983,Resolution No. 572-83 was adopted by the Hawaii County,Council to allow the existing elderly housing project as an experimental and demonstration housing project under Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-15. The new resolution will allow the project to double the amount of senior housing units under HRS §46-15, which designates areas of land for • experimental and demonstration housing projects to research and develop ideas to reduce the cost of housing. The subject property is situated Within the State Land Use Urban district and the County's P P Y Single-Family Residential (RS-15) and Agricultural (A-la) zoning districts. The property is also situated within the Special Management Area(SMA). • The requested exemptions for the resolution include changing the County's zoning district to Double-Family Residential (RD-5), allow one (1) parking space per unit, and exempting the SMA Use Permit requirements. www.hiplanningdept:com Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer pians' aav�aiicounty.gov MAR23.2C20 Mr. Duane T. Hosaka,Housing Administrator Office of Housing and Community Development Page 2 March 23, 2020 The Planning Department is supportive of this proposed senior housing project and the requested exemptions. We have no further comments at this time. If you have any questions,please feel free to contact me at 961-8125. Sincerely, AAL/c):."--- -- MICHAEL Planning Director JWD:mads P\wpwin60\JefflLetters\201 H Projects\Papaaloa\LHosaka-Resolution-PapaaloaElderly.doc